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    Is this HDD usable (benchmark)?

    Thank you for the good advice. I'll use the HDD for temporary savings and non-important files. Diano
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    Is this HDD usable (benchmark)?

    Thank you. The HDD is now mounted on a USB external hard drive case. Used as an external hard drive. A few weeks ago, I installed Linux Mint 21 Xfce on it. It was connected to SATA cables on motherboard. Ran a few time, but then it would not boot. Does the benchmark reveal anything why is...
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    Is this HDD usable (benchmark)?

    Thank you. The HDD was originally on Acer Aspire M5700 running Windows Vista. I replaced Vista with Windows 7 and used it until Windows 10. I kept this HDD and threw everything else of that PC away. Slow? It does not matter much since it is going to be a store and backup disk. Thanks. DiaNo
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    Is this HDD usable (benchmark)?

    Please see the benchmark. Is this HDD usable?
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    Does wrong date and time in BIOS block booting and/or installing?

    Thank you. Does any 17 year old BIOS have the feature of secure boot? There are "quick boot" and "quiet boot" but no secure toot in the BIOS. Maybe there is secure boot but I don't know how to find it. DiaNo
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    Does wrong date and time in BIOS block booting and/or installing?

    Thank you. The current battery is about 20 month old. Should not be too old. DiaNo
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    Does wrong date and time in BIOS block booting and/or installing?

    Have an old motherboard. Its BIOS is: American Megatrends, Inc. V.02.61 1985-2008 BIOS Version: R01-A1 BIOS Release: 10/08/2008 The system date in this BIOS is 01/01/2008. The time is 03:20:15. Both of them are not current. Can not boot and/or install any OS on this PC, simply not boot or...
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    USB live bootable system halts before displaying desktop.

    Acer M5700, Hardware: MB : G45T AM2 V:1.0 CPU: Intel Core2 Quad and cooling fan RAM: DDR2 800 SDRAM 4G (2x2) PSU: UFO AB450 (450W) HDD: WD Cavior 3.5" SATA 120G Try to run light distros of Linux, Puppy Linux, Mint Xfce, and many others on live bootable USB drive. The system halts before...
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    How does "Power" setting in Config in BIOS work?

    Thank you. "... when you plug it in it powers up and boots..." This sounds what it should be. But I tried on my Lenovo T540p, it turned on only, not boot. "not sure if that is how it is supposed to work on lenovos though." The demonstration of that tutorial on YouTube uses Lenovo Thinkpad, same...
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    How does "Power" setting in Config in BIOS work?

    Have a laptop, Lenovo T540p business. I want to connect a 24" monitor, keyboard & mouse to it and use it as a desktop. The power on/off button is under the cover. Very inconvenient every time to start up the computer. There is a video on YouTube showing: 1.No need to press the power on/off...
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    How to clone a 125GB M2 SSD to a 512GB M2 SSD?

    Thank you. "if you have other computer..." Yes, I do have other computers, 2 desktop PCs running Windows 10, 1 laptop Lenovo ThinkPad T540p Business Laptop, and one I am using on this Forum, an old PC running Linux Mint. What can I do with them for my SSD clone job, please? Thank you again. DiaNo
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    How to clone a 125GB M2 SSD to a 512GB M2 SSD?

    Thank you. Looks the Lazesoft Recovery Suite is a wonderful tool. Appreciate the information. "an external M.2 to USB adapter" Just a minute ago, while I was reading the reading the wonders Lazesoft can do, I came across with a YouTube vedia, a gentleman cloned M2 SSDs with a USB adapter, a...
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    How to clone a 125GB M2 SSD to a 512GB M2 SSD?

    Thank you. An extran M2 slot, No, it does not have. Only one M2 slot on the motherboard. Open PCIE slot, Yes, there is. Looks that some sort of a media is necessary, PCIE adapter or USB external drive. Appreciate your help. DiaNo
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    How to clone a 125GB M2 SSD to a 512GB M2 SSD?

    My PC: Acer T3 715 desktop, Windows 10 Home 64b. 22H2 C drive: M2 SSD 128GB, OEM installed on motherboard. My problem: Capacity of C drive is too small. Want to clone C drive to another larger M2 SSD. How to clone M2 SSD to another M2 SSD, please? Thank you. DiaNo
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    Will IDE hard drives be detected on the motherboard which cannot recognizes SATA hard drives?

    Thank you. "If that mobo is in fact an ECS G45T," The mobo is G45T but can not tell whether it is ECS. It was in the PC of Acer Aspire M5700, Windows Vista, on the market in 2008. It is said that the mobo might have been altered by Acer so that common users cannot change motherboards by...
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