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Go ahead and run those SSD/HDD diagnostics from the BIOS—but since you DIDN'T UNPLUG THE POWER SUPPLY FROM THE MOTHERBOARD, let me tell you: that is absolutely not how this works. Honestly, you should consider yourself lucky if you haven't fried something already. Regardless of the fact that you unplugged the main power cable, leaving that 24-pin connector attached to the board is asking for trouble; there’s enough static electricity floating around to fry a component in an instant.
Maybe I can help you out here—there have definitely been instances where people managed to pull data through this site without spending a dime. If anything seems fuzzy or unclear, just give me a shout via DM. We can hop on LogMeIn and get everything sorted out easily 🙂 . In the meantime, take a look at this link: https://id-ransomware.malwarehuntert...php?lang=en_US
Ryan Watson43 said:Thanks... If I'm reading this correctly, it's showing 100%
https://ibb.co/Yk3XZ0B
You should check your BIOS settings—look for UEFI vs. CSM—because that can occasionally cause headaches, especially when you're dealing with an M.2 SSD. Based on SSu, the SSD is actually perfectly healthy at 100%.
Charles Howard6 said:Go to Settings, locate "Languages" on the right-hand side, and click it. You should see something similar to this: https://prnt.sc/k1EdpTaiBGSq. Enable the option circled in red. Every time you visit a site that isn't in your default browser language (in this case, American English), the browser will prompt you to translate it. I should note that the translation quality isn't always perfect.
Alternatively, navigate to the specific page you want to translate, right-click anywhere on the screen, and select this: https://prnt.sc/5vrVkz8BOUbm. Then, click "Translate to English."
German to English—and vice versa—is a bit of a nightmare, haha. But English to German? That's actually manageable at an intermediate level because the grammar is somewhat similar.
darkcyclist92 said:👍
To pull off something like this, you’re going to need a machine built somewhere between 2000 and 2008, if you ask me. It isn't just about the limitations of MS-DOS; it's about finding the right drivers for Windows XP for your graphics card, sound card, and everything else. Essentially, the older the better.
For instance, I currently have machines running almost every operating system imaginable, specifically Windows 98 and XP. In my opinion, Windows 98 was an absolute masterpiece—it was incredibly easy to mod and the games were legendary. 🙂 Actually, I even have one sitting in a closet with Windows 95 and a 166MHz processor; I haven't even powered it on in two decades, but I assume it still runs. 😂 I even have an old Dell CRT monitor paired with it, a 15" model.
By the way, why on earth would you even need DOS running on top? 😲
PS: One thing I know for certain is that 1GB of RAM is far too much for Windows 98... the installer won't even function on a machine with that much memory. It just throws a "too much memory" error and offers to abort the installation.
If my memory serves me right, 768MB was the limit for 98, hahaha! Though, there was some trick where you could modify the Windows installer to allow 1GB, but I don't see the point if neither the OS nor the games can actually utilize it anyway.
Try using a > live disk—use their built-in tools to reformat, defrag the SSD, and run a disk check. Honestly, you might have just gotten stuck with a bad batch of silicon and the flash memory is simply failing. In any case, it might also help to try repartitioning the drive; I used to do that back in the day on Windows XP whenever I was dealing with a failing HDD (you split it into two "equal" partitions and then reinstall... sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't). As far as MS-DOS goes, unless you're running from a "live disk," you can pretty much forget about it without IDE support.
steelhawk26 said:I just picked up a laptop running Windows 10, but I'm pretty annoyed that everything is set to American—wait, no, I mean it's stuck in this other language—and I really want it in English. Is there any way to switch the display language to English without having to go through the whole headache of a full Windows reinstall?
Just head over to the Control Panel—Language and Region—Add a Language—select English—and boom, you're done.