It has a Serious Problem ! Do not pass Go , go directly to Costco and buy a New One. They have concierge services and support is Good and last for Years, if not the life of the product.
Ray WA6VAB From: Jim Brown Sent: Monday, June 28, 2021 7:32 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Old DOS computers On 6/28/2021 6:24 PM, Bob Liesen wrote: > My Windows 10 laptop takes a full 18 minutes > to boot up from a cold start. I've researched this "feature" and had it in > to 2 repair places and have been told that the only fix is a SSD for $$$. That suggests something seriously wrong with the computer, possibly the hard drive. Or perhaps it is seriously under-powered. I own six laptops, three with Win10-64, two with Win 7-64, and one with XP. None of them take more than a minute to boot. Perhaps there are problems with the hard drive, or there's not enough memory. The XP box is about 16 years old, one of Win 10 boxes is 12 years old, the Win 10 in my shack is 5 years old, and the Win 10 box in the the house is 3 years old. Some of these computers are left over from when I was running my own small biz. Also, my computers last as long as they do because I don't try to buy the cheapest, least powerful stuff, but something with a modern processor, decent hard drive, and plenty of RAM. All of them are Lenovo Thinkpads, some bought new, but most bought used. 8 GB of RAM is an absolute minimum for Win 10, and 16GB is much better. Very nice well-equipped used (off lease) Thinkpads can be bought in the $350 - $400 range. When I've had problems like yours, I've gone to one of the guys in our ham club who specializes in setting computers and solving problems for people who pay him for his services. I can afford to pay him, and I do. I suspect he would do it as a favor, but he needs the money more than I do. 73, Jim K9YC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to wa6...@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
