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Hi again @kerberos_20 I just wanted to inform you of the latest developments regarding the issue with the Bluetooth hardware on my laptop. I can now confirm with 99% certainty that you were correct and that the Bluetooth hardware on my motherboard must have died within the last weeks/months...

Oh yes. Now I can see from the screenshots of your own device manager, what you meant. Got it. 🆒 In regards to the Chipset Driver(s), including USB Host Controllers, I think you are correct. I remember, having seen them on the list of drivers for my Acer (link in my initial post). I could try...

Hi kerberos and thanks for your help and swift reply. I read both of your posts and got two questions I would like to ask you in regards to those. 1) You mentioned, that you could tell from the screenshots of my device manager, that the Bluetooth hardware has died. That would be a tremendous...

I have just encountered an issue with my Windows 10 machine (fully updated with latest updates, running Avast active protection, Malwarebytes -->passive<-- protection, firewalled). My issue is similar to this post...

You are misunderstanding a very important aspect here. I didn't lose those files due to being negligent or due to a missing backup. I lost those files, because I a) am benevolent of nature and always try to help others with their acute IT-issues, usually on-the-fly or sometimes even instantly...

Hi again, I know this thread was started a while back, but just for good measure and because I promised you to turn back here with the results of your Autopsy program, I wanted to let you know, that I was able to scan for and find all of the images and videos located on my external harddrive...

@USAFRet Actually, I already finished doing a regular and a deep scan with "Recuva". https://www.ccleaner.com/recuva/download None of those scans was able to find any files according to its rules. And since I assume that the other recovery programs work similar, I reckon that these type of...

@USAFRet Thanks for the tip on that Open Source Program. I'll give this a try and turn back here with the results. MIght take some time, but I think I'll be able to address this within the coming weeks days/weeks. By the way..., I guess your answer implies that the recovery tools are...

@Grobe Yes, I agree. The way the partitioning was done back then was senseless. However and as described earlier, this was 12 years back in time and Operating Systems and technology has - luckily - improved by a great deal. So, we can easily agree on that it used to be quite messy at the...

@USAFRet Hi and thanks for your reply! I read your post with great interest and wanted to ask you some questions in response. You mentioned, that maybe recover deleted files but don't fix corrupted. To the best of my assessment, I got both problems. I checked the filesize for the unreadable...

I am filing this entry under "Apps and Software" for lack of anything better but still hope, that it will be deemed acceptable. Here is my problem... Wayyyyy back in time, I used to have a laptop running Windows XP. Due to some specific circumstances, there came a time where I needed to do a...

Hi again Will, and thanks for your reply. Well..., I will not recycle anything from the old machine (except for the other hardware like monitor etc.) and I will go for new parts only when getting a new machine. I am unsure as to whether it is possible to reuse the old case (I am thinking of...

I used the link in my first post and the first tool from the list of that website to do the benchmarking of the graphics card (you can have a look up there if of interest). The name of the tool is 'Video Memory stress Test'. I also got the isopropyl alcohol yesterday and just tried out the...

Hi Will and thanks for getting back so fast and for your input. I can try out topic 1 (need to buy some isopropyl alcohol first though in one of the days to come), 2, 4 and 5 with ease. 3 is out of my reach since I do not know anyone who would have a stationary compatible pc and 6 is - as you...