and maybe my external HD and I'm FURIOUS!!!
I don't know what to do.
I can't reformat this laptop. I have a piece of software on it that is the only copy I have, & only works because I was logged in when they got rid of it and forced everyone to go with the newer version I don't want. Not to mention it has all of my info on it in offline mode.
1. I didn't realize the update affected my external HD which has all of my files on it until I tried to play some music & it kept spinning. Then I started to get a popup saying it needs to be formatted. OMG. I plugged it into my desktop that has Win 7 on it & it also wants me to reformat it. WHY??? What did Windows do to it?
2. I had to restart my laptop 5 times before the Open shell would load & it takes forever to load. Someone else is saying that maybe Open shell caused this. I have noticed recently even on my Win 7 computer that it keeps popping up saying there's a new update or something & I don't know what I'm supposed to do with it.
I HOPE it didn't break my computer. I've been using it for years.
3. The Windows 10 update broke my Thunderbird, but now I know why my emails never loaded, it's because it can't get access to my external HD. But even so, even the look of TB looks different now.
I can't believe this. I don't know what to do & no, I don't have a thumb drive with the restore point thingy on it. I needed that, didn't I?
But how would that fix the external HD?
At least I don't think I have it. I may have put it on a thumb drive, but I can't remember & wouldn't even know how to tell.
4. It even broke my backup software. It went missing from my computer and they had to come onto my computer to re-install it because I couldn't.
I have most (not all) of my files backed up using my backup software, but I'm still very nervous about reformatting the external. I don't even know if it will work after reformatting. sigh
Someone said:
"you can navigate on linux live system, on your computer and your hard drives" but when I went to the link he gave me, I can't figure out how to use it because it says it wants to burn an ISO. I'm confused.
Please help me. I haven't slept all night because of this. I'm going to have to go to sleep. I'm exhausted. I'll check back when I wake up.
Thanks
I don't know what to do.
I can't reformat this laptop. I have a piece of software on it that is the only copy I have, & only works because I was logged in when they got rid of it and forced everyone to go with the newer version I don't want. Not to mention it has all of my info on it in offline mode.
1. I didn't realize the update affected my external HD which has all of my files on it until I tried to play some music & it kept spinning. Then I started to get a popup saying it needs to be formatted. OMG. I plugged it into my desktop that has Win 7 on it & it also wants me to reformat it. WHY??? What did Windows do to it?
2. I had to restart my laptop 5 times before the Open shell would load & it takes forever to load. Someone else is saying that maybe Open shell caused this. I have noticed recently even on my Win 7 computer that it keeps popping up saying there's a new update or something & I don't know what I'm supposed to do with it.
I HOPE it didn't break my computer. I've been using it for years.
3. The Windows 10 update broke my Thunderbird, but now I know why my emails never loaded, it's because it can't get access to my external HD. But even so, even the look of TB looks different now.
I can't believe this. I don't know what to do & no, I don't have a thumb drive with the restore point thingy on it. I needed that, didn't I?
But how would that fix the external HD?
At least I don't think I have it. I may have put it on a thumb drive, but I can't remember & wouldn't even know how to tell.
4. It even broke my backup software. It went missing from my computer and they had to come onto my computer to re-install it because I couldn't.
I have most (not all) of my files backed up using my backup software, but I'm still very nervous about reformatting the external. I don't even know if it will work after reformatting. sigh
Someone said:
"you can navigate on linux live system, on your computer and your hard drives" but when I went to the link he gave me, I can't figure out how to use it because it says it wants to burn an ISO. I'm confused.
Please help me. I haven't slept all night because of this. I'm going to have to go to sleep. I'm exhausted. I'll check back when I wake up.
Thanks