[kiryandil]

How did everything turn out?

[LouAvul]

I bought a new computer. It’s working fine. I’m going to put a new hard drive in the old one and install Linux. My wife is a watercolorist and wants it for her studio.

[LouAvul]

It was catch 22 all the way. I tried to reformat and restore but that process alone took several gigs of space.

Long story short, I bought a new computer. My wife is a watercolorist and wants my MS crippled computer for her studio. I plan to install a new hard drive and install Linux.

But the new computer is fine.

Thanks for all your help.