Seven to Ten
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Last weekend I took the leap and updated my Windows 7 Pro Lenovo to Windows 10 Pro. I'm quite happy with what I see, but that isn't much - nothing like the merciless fall from 7 to 8.1, but some things aren't quite right. Sometimes when I start up, the start menu just doesn't work, not just the Windows Key search, but clicking the start menu icon does nothing. Then, after a restart, all is well, for an indefinite number of restarts later. My PC is a few years old and I have never formatted and cleaned up or anything, because I've never had enough trouble, but now I am tempted; I now have a separate Dell laptop from work I can use to back up my Lenovo files and stuff, but I would still rather not have to do that until I fit a second hard drive to my laptop and the process will be easy-peasy. Does anyone know of any good diagnostics tools that are suitable for, or targeted at, pre-Ten machines that have been upgraded? Even a pre-Ten tool that could help me clean up about four years of really diverse and miscellaneous crap.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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Last weekend I took the leap and updated my Windows 7 Pro Lenovo to Windows 10 Pro. I'm quite happy with what I see, but that isn't much - nothing like the merciless fall from 7 to 8.1, but some things aren't quite right. Sometimes when I start up, the start menu just doesn't work, not just the Windows Key search, but clicking the start menu icon does nothing. Then, after a restart, all is well, for an indefinite number of restarts later. My PC is a few years old and I have never formatted and cleaned up or anything, because I've never had enough trouble, but now I am tempted; I now have a separate Dell laptop from work I can use to back up my Lenovo files and stuff, but I would still rather not have to do that until I fit a second hard drive to my laptop and the process will be easy-peasy. Does anyone know of any good diagnostics tools that are suitable for, or targeted at, pre-Ten machines that have been upgraded? Even a pre-Ten tool that could help me clean up about four years of really diverse and miscellaneous crap.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
Brady Kelly wrote:
Does anyone know of any good diagnostics tools
Try format c: in the command line. :rolleyes:
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Last weekend I took the leap and updated my Windows 7 Pro Lenovo to Windows 10 Pro. I'm quite happy with what I see, but that isn't much - nothing like the merciless fall from 7 to 8.1, but some things aren't quite right. Sometimes when I start up, the start menu just doesn't work, not just the Windows Key search, but clicking the start menu icon does nothing. Then, after a restart, all is well, for an indefinite number of restarts later. My PC is a few years old and I have never formatted and cleaned up or anything, because I've never had enough trouble, but now I am tempted; I now have a separate Dell laptop from work I can use to back up my Lenovo files and stuff, but I would still rather not have to do that until I fit a second hard drive to my laptop and the process will be easy-peasy. Does anyone know of any good diagnostics tools that are suitable for, or targeted at, pre-Ten machines that have been upgraded? Even a pre-Ten tool that could help me clean up about four years of really diverse and miscellaneous crap.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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Sometimes when I start up, the start menu just doesn't work, not just the Windows Key search, but clicking the start menu icon does nothing.
That is the beauty of XAML, fast, isn't it? :-) There is a Windows.old folder, comprising of more than 30GB in size, use the Disk cleanup, it will help you clean up the disk and make your system a little faster. I won't say it would be great and back in the same place, but it may make it better. :-)
The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~
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Last weekend I took the leap and updated my Windows 7 Pro Lenovo to Windows 10 Pro. I'm quite happy with what I see, but that isn't much - nothing like the merciless fall from 7 to 8.1, but some things aren't quite right. Sometimes when I start up, the start menu just doesn't work, not just the Windows Key search, but clicking the start menu icon does nothing. Then, after a restart, all is well, for an indefinite number of restarts later. My PC is a few years old and I have never formatted and cleaned up or anything, because I've never had enough trouble, but now I am tempted; I now have a separate Dell laptop from work I can use to back up my Lenovo files and stuff, but I would still rather not have to do that until I fit a second hard drive to my laptop and the process will be easy-peasy. Does anyone know of any good diagnostics tools that are suitable for, or targeted at, pre-Ten machines that have been upgraded? Even a pre-Ten tool that could help me clean up about four years of really diverse and miscellaneous crap.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
I suspect that it is not diagnostic tools but a little patience that you require. Periodically the system needs to do a full start-up to keep the quick start-up properly calibrated. Attempt to do something before this is fully complete and you have a potential lock up as you've experienced. Personally I've never understood this desperate need to get boot time world records but apparently everybody else just can't switch a computer on and take in the beauty of the sky for a minute before plunging into action. Consider this at least a degree of reaping what you sow!
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Last weekend I took the leap and updated my Windows 7 Pro Lenovo to Windows 10 Pro. I'm quite happy with what I see, but that isn't much - nothing like the merciless fall from 7 to 8.1, but some things aren't quite right. Sometimes when I start up, the start menu just doesn't work, not just the Windows Key search, but clicking the start menu icon does nothing. Then, after a restart, all is well, for an indefinite number of restarts later. My PC is a few years old and I have never formatted and cleaned up or anything, because I've never had enough trouble, but now I am tempted; I now have a separate Dell laptop from work I can use to back up my Lenovo files and stuff, but I would still rather not have to do that until I fit a second hard drive to my laptop and the process will be easy-peasy. Does anyone know of any good diagnostics tools that are suitable for, or targeted at, pre-Ten machines that have been upgraded? Even a pre-Ten tool that could help me clean up about four years of really diverse and miscellaneous crap.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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Last weekend I took the leap and updated my Windows 7 Pro Lenovo to Windows 10 Pro. I'm quite happy with what I see, but that isn't much - nothing like the merciless fall from 7 to 8.1, but some things aren't quite right. Sometimes when I start up, the start menu just doesn't work, not just the Windows Key search, but clicking the start menu icon does nothing. Then, after a restart, all is well, for an indefinite number of restarts later. My PC is a few years old and I have never formatted and cleaned up or anything, because I've never had enough trouble, but now I am tempted; I now have a separate Dell laptop from work I can use to back up my Lenovo files and stuff, but I would still rather not have to do that until I fit a second hard drive to my laptop and the process will be easy-peasy. Does anyone know of any good diagnostics tools that are suitable for, or targeted at, pre-Ten machines that have been upgraded? Even a pre-Ten tool that could help me clean up about four years of really diverse and miscellaneous crap.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
Well, since I can't get Sonar to even open a simple MIDI file, Win10 is being removed. Again. Damn Watchdog error, even after a clean install of everything. No errors in the Event logs. No nuffin'. Works fine in 7. Even works fine in 8.1, but not 10. But I'll try again in a couple months because I do like the rest of 10. Mostly.
We won't sit down. We won't shut up. We won't go quietly away. YouTube and My Mu[sic], Films and Windows Programs, etc.