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Truth be told, no idea how... ? But I can Google it!

So, my old Gigabyte motherboard died on me. I ended up getting a new PC, but wanted to still fix my old one. I bought the following motherboard- Asus Q87M-E Socket LGA1150 Q87 MicroATX Motherboard with I/O Shield I got it off of ebay. I had an older socket type, so it was hard top find an...

OK, nevermind that, I Googled it and got it working. So, what I would like to do is get those two Samsung 850s back in RAID and then copy all of my data off of my old Samsung 830, so I can essentially transplant the brain of my old computer into this one and then wipe the 830 and stick it back...

So, I pulled one ssd out and then I went into the BIOS and did a secure erase on the other. Now, I can see the SSD in the device manager, but not in disk management. Not in My Computer. What do I do to get that thing recognized again? It shows up under storage device in the device manager.

So, I bought a new PC on eBay. Asus motherboard Intel Core i7-6700K Skylake Quad Core Samsung 850 Pro 2.5" 256gb SSD x 2 (512gb total capacity) G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 32gb (8gb x 4) DDR4 2133 ECGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6gb sc+ Gaming w/ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling Graphics Card Corsair...

Another question I have, that is sort of related, is if these 2 SSDs that came with my new PC are setup in RAID, is there a way for me to copy everything off of my old SSD onto these so that my.new PC basically just runs like the old one (software wise) and then I can put my old one back in my...

Hello all, So, I bought a new PC on eBay. Asus motherboard Intel Core i7-6700K Skylake Quad Core Samsung 850 Pro 2.5" 256gb SSD x 2 (512gb total capacity) G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 32gb (8gb x 4) DDR4 2133 ECGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6gb sc+ Gaming w/ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling Graphics Card...

But I currently have a different password on the lock screen than my Microsoft account one, but I have no idea how I got it, or how to change it.

So, I can find a bunch of tutorials online on how to disable my lock screen, but I just want to change the password. This is where I'm lost, my Microsoft account password is different, and more secure, than my lock screen password. I know how to change my secure Microsoft account password, but...

So, long story short, I bought a computer used online, here I am 4 years later and it now tells me that the Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit is not genuine. I've tried fixing things, but I think it is just not genuine. That said, is there any way for me to pay for the OS without having to reinstall...

Ok, so I've been searching for a while this morning and I have not found the answer to my questions. I usually read up on my DIY projects, but frankly I am really stressed out right now and this is on my mind. Sorry to take the easy way out, but after 30 minutes on Google, I finally told myself...