Recent content by Jerald7

Windows 10 will not boot up. Cannot get back into Safe Mode. I was successful getting into safe mode by booting up with my ISO disk, selecting Troubleshoot - Advanced Options - Startup Options. But now this last option is not available. Instead of Startup Options, it gives me "UEFI Firmware...

Trying to upgrade from Wondows 7 Pro to Windows 10. This process has crashed about 10 times, have been going back to Windows 7 working on drivers. I did a "clean boot" and did get Windows 10 to install. But then I went back to a normal startup, which killed it on reboot. I'm trying to boot...

Thanks for all the help. Not sure if I would want to format the SSD since that would require me to reinstall every program. If I get low with space on "C" I can always upgrade to a larger SSD, but 102GB free will probably be ok for the life of this PC. I was actually more concerned with the...

I think you are right, it is probably a restore drive, possibly so you can revert back to Windows 7 if desired. Will this drive have to remain, taking up valuable space on my SSD drive? It is constantly generating warnings about running out of disk space on drive "E." I still have 102GB free...

Windows 10 created a drive "E" for data, that is completely full, but I have not put anything on it. I am getting warnings that this data drive is out of space. Prior to Windows 10 installation, my 1TB data hard drive was unplugged. That drive was drive "E." When Windows 10 installed, it...

Evidently McAfee was the problem all along. I disabled McAfee and everything started working. What is strange, is that I then enabled McAfee - but everything is still working. I rebooted, and even with McAfee running as usual, everything works. I don't understand why cycling McAfee off and...

Yes I am signing with Microsoft Account, Yes I checked compatibility. I have installed Windows 10 on two other PC's with no problem, but this one is a beast. I've had a Microsoft Tech remote in and work on this PC for 3 hours today, he gave up and told me to do a clean install. This is my...

I have read lots of people are having this problem, have tried everything I've found, nothing fixes this issue for me. I did the free upgrade from Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 Pro. As with many other people, the start button, Cortana, Edge, store, calculator - doesn't work and has not worked at...

I thought that as long as you had the exact same memory stick (even though not purchased together), it would be matched. Is that not true?

I am building a new PC, using an AMD FX8350 on a MSI 970A-G46 mobo. I have G.Skill F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL (2 X 4MB). I also have one stick of G.Skill F3-14900CL10S-8GBXL. Which would be better for this build?

This PC started having erratic behavior, then everything went downhill. Sometimes it will boot up into Windows, but quickly freeze up, with no response at all, no choice but to force reboot. Most of the time it will not reboot at all, giving me a message to select a boot drive. The BIOS...

Yes, I already have the AFT PRO-57U" USB 3.0 card reader. If I'd noticed the 20 pin port requirement for the USB 3.0, I would probably have just gotten a USB 2.0 card reader to simplify things. I already have several external USB 3.0 jacks, don't really need more. But since I already have it...

Thanks guys for all your help. Guess I'll have to get a PCI card ordered. After reviewing some of them, it seems like quite a few folks have had issues with them. Seems you have to supply power to the card with an old Molex connector. Also, looks like these cards are shipped from China. Oh...

I have just found a couple of USB 3.0 PCI cards at Newegg that have a 20 pin USB 3.0 internal port on it. Is this the best way (or only way) to get a second 20 pin USB 3.0 internal port?

Yes, the MSI Z87 MPOWER LGA 1150 Intel Z87 mobo does support three monitors, system is working great. Thanks to everyone for your replies.