I got an email from H Power Computing asking if I wanted to replace my motherboard or not on the M2800. Apparently they didn’t read my last message to them telling them go ahead as a go ahead. So since I had the chance, I rolled that decision back and told them never mind, just restore it to the Windows 7 OS running and I would forget about Win10.…
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Fixing this old laptop might get expensive!!
H Power Computing also messaged me about my M2800 laptop having Win10 installed. It’s not installing. They believe the motherboard is bad. So they quoted ordering a replacement (used from overseas) at $378.00. WTF do I do, abandon the effort with money already sunk in for the Windows 10 upgrade and the labor to troubleshooting/fix the laptop???…
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Sought professional help (for laptop)!
It’s been over a week since I started trying to upgrade the old laptop (Dell M2800). I have been unusually patient, and it hasn’t aggravated me the way something like this normally would. It helps that it’s not the main computer, of course! But… I’ve given up trying on my own. I messaged H Power Computing aka Digital Solutions, the computer fix-it place I took this same laptop to in 2017, on Saturday to bring it in today.…
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Is this a lesson in futility?
So it’s day 4 messing with this damned old laptop (3 years old so it’s not really old) trying to upgrade it to Windows 10. It keeps hanging at about 85%. I get the error:
0xC1900101-0x40021
I run this setupdiag.exe that I downloaded to see why it is stopping, and it can’t find any failure signatures. Searching online and seeing many, MANY people having upgrade issues, I tried several things… updated BIOS, ran Windows 7 updates several times, updated drivers.…
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Old Dell laptop on ventilator
So in attempting to use my old Dell M2800 laptop for the online meeting, I decided to go ahead and upgrade it to Windows 10. I’ve been trying to upgrade it all day and evening now. It keeps erroring out. I purchased the Win10 upgrade so I’m kinda committed or will just waste my money because it’s non-refundable as a software download!…
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Periodic Speed test from router
I found this handy tool for the PC and router connection, which is good since I always have buffering issues on WiFi in the house…
Login to router and run speed test…
… WD MyCloud Drive Setup ~ Deleted
Before the Microsoft Monopoly
I was thinking about old technology, old software a while back while working on the last laptop I bought and the purchasing/licensing stuff required of MS Office, how it’s all online download/install. No more being sent discs! And in my mind, the sometimes hassle of re-installation because there’s no “back” install discs to go to.…
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Okay, re-installed the OS
I got up early this morning, and Dell called at 8am. We did a re-install of Windows7, and the Dell tech (Jared) updated drivers, etc.. We were done by about 9:45am or so. Bare install…
The rest of the day was pretty much spent installing email and all my apps again. I lost my emails from 4/11 to today… another goof up in preserving and transferring/copying the data back to my harddrive without checking each copy to make sure it went before deleting the backed up copy… shit!!!
Finally, Dell on the phone. Resolution? NO!
I took leave today. I called Dell. They had me download an ISO of the original OS setup and said I’ll need to reinstall the factory install. I think I want to go with that to stay ‘legit’. I’ll have to get back with them tomorrow tho, because now…
I have to copy all my data back onto the external drive since the factory re-install will wipe my harddrive clean.…
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