DC22

Tinkerer

Got it. You guys are super helpful thank you!!

No I have not. I will look that up. Thank you. Do you know why in this BIOS it doesn't list the devices on the Boot Menu? It lists something like "Boot Manager" "Peripheral Device" "Optical Drive" "Removeable Device." I put "Removeable Device" and "Optical Drive" on top of the list and it wouldn't boot to either of them.

Thanks ttttt! I have a System Image copy on the new Samsung SSD. I actually had to restore my system this morning from that image because I attempted to rollback a change I made last night with a Restore Point and it froze in the Registry restoration - at least I think it did because it had taken 3 hours and was still…

Thanks Billsey. Yes I was thinking of putting a second OS on the Samsung Sata SSD.

Thank you! I'm new to PC's and I didn't see that you had responded due to this PC being connected to outlook. I appreciate your time and tips.

I need to jiggle the mouse around to wake it up after a couple hours. After letting it sleep overnight I tap the power button and it turns in about 5 seconds. If I have it off and boot it up it takes about 10 seconds to get to the password screen.

ttttt Did it work like you wanted? I want to do the same thing if it did. I already upgraded my RAM and now am trying to figure out the best SSD option I can add internally while keeping the SSD it came with. I think I can just put a 2.5" 1TB on the inside of the metal wall, but if that PCIe x16 bus works that may be…