Recent content by Graingej07

It is now the latest update and it appears to be working, thank you for your efforts

Yeah it's definitely blank under the password section, and I used the Window's media creation tool for windows 10, it's odd that without an ssd installed the flash drive worked no problem but once there's an ssd installed nothing advanced past the bios. Is there anything preventing the secure...

I did both with no success, blank format on the PNY drive and secure erase on a spare Kingston drive

USB was indeed the priority in this case, and yes the SSD was blank, I tried 4 different drives to the same effect including my Samsung 860 Evo 2TB. I tried the same configuration in an Acer V5 from 2012 and all of these worked despite the same bios configuration including the boot order and...

Yeah I thought that too, but if there was no internal drive in the laptop and the usb media was inserted, the computer would boot from this but obviously has nothing to install to. If both were installed they were detected in bios but neither would boot... Odd

I used the 3.0 port, and no there isn't a secure boot option, is there an incompatibility or something I'm doing wrong here?

Hi there, already completed all of this to no effect, and the MBR was absolutely fine. It was cloned using AOMEI Backupper. I have found a solution so far this morning; even though a blank SSD could not be written to by a USB windows installation media, or a functioning HDD/SSD from any other...

I am trying to upgrade the father's laptop to a cheap PNY CS900 240gb SSD, however after trying multiple cloning software attempts, the drive is not bootable. I have gotten to the point now where even a blank SSD can be detected by the bios, but shows a blank screen with a solid underscore in...

solution: laptop under warranty, no apparent cause. laptop replaced.

Does it get overly hot when you're playing? Computers shut down to protect components when a part is overheating. Also, check the minimum requirements for the game to see if your Dad's laptop is good enough to play. If it is not, or is only just good enough, the components will be working very...

Hi all, thank you for taking the time to read this, Any help would be much appreciated as I've been having a problem that's affecting my work at university as the screen won't turn on sometimes on startup. It works on an external monitor whilst it is black so it is not the graphics card and...