Recent content by Maracles

I don't usually do this but I've been out of touch with storage and drive technologies for a little while but I'd now like to update my desktop while SSD storage is relatively cheap. I'd usually do all my own research but this time I'm short of time so looking for suggestions: I have an...

I went into the F12 > Diagnostics and ran that so that I could exclude Windows compatibility issues and it has found a problem. Critical Error Message Fan - The (video fan) failed to respond correctly. Error Code: 2000-0511 Validation Code: 67574 So I guess my first step is taking apart the...

@Lutfij thanks again, I will look into that but right now isn't a great time for me to do a full re-install so trying other fixes first (if possible). I just did a BIOS update and was about to try the driver again, but did a Dell check through the support assist and get the following fails -...

@Lutfij thank you for the reply. I did upgrade using the internal path, however after the first crashing from the Nvidia driver I ended up doing a complete Windows re-install from a bootable USB installer so hopefully that is equivalent? In terms of bios the Dell automatic update tool got...

I have a Dell XPS 15 2019 model with an Nvidia card (GTX 1050 Ti I believe). Since upgrading to Windows 11 (or shortly after, do not know exact timeline) I have started encountering a Nvidia driver bug that completely crashes the system and then fails to allow the system to start again forcing...

Sorry for my late reply, I wasn't getting notifications of any responses! So you are correct, it had been turned on and I managed to find my decrypt key with my windows login - thankyou! This itself didn't fix my problem, I spent hours in both the Dell OS Assist software and then in the...

A bit of a strange one. I have a Dell XPS 15 Laptop - 9570 if I remember rightly. A couple of days ago the whole windows interface and explorer begun to randomly freeze, sometimes without any applications even running. A restart would fix it but then over time it would freeze again. This got...

Without knowing, my computer has updated Windows 11 with the updates show here: https://ibb.co/2ghPw6V This seems to have broken my bluetooth adapter and gave me huge problems since I couldn't even get into my computer because my mouse and keyboard are bluetooth only (MX Keys). I had to buy a...

I guess I've learned the hard way. Useful information for the future. The old drive was getting very full, I'd uninstalled some stuff to make the image smaller but it was about 200GB full previously. If I went down a clean install route there would be no problem there, correct?

Ah, ok - it was my first time using it and I missed out on that -thanks for pointing it out. And yes, the previous drive was 250GB. Doing it again would be quite difficult, if I didn't want to do that are there any performance hits from having the extra space set up as an additional simple...

Thanks, The image of the partition is below: https://ibb.co/qN3Zr07 I used Macrium Reflect.

I have just updated my m.2 operating system drive. Prior to installing the drive I created an image of the existing drive. I have now installed the new larger drive and have Windows back up and running. The new drive however has kept exactly the same partitions as previous, and all the...

Thank you both for the two different solutions, I think I'm going to go for @USAFRet 's this time, as it seem a little simpler and no need to buy an additional drive. Appreciate both options though!

Thanks for the confirmation. As for the ‘gotchas’ lol, what would they be... you’re keeping me in suspense!

My Alienware Aurora R7 currently runs a Toshiba 256GB NVMe M.2 as the OS drive (Model: KXG50ZNV256G). This is now too small for the gaming, video editing and 3D work I do on my PC. Can someone recommend a good mid-range drive that would be a recommended replacement? I'd want a minimum of 1TB...