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did reboot instead of using sleep (sleep has always been a problem with win 11) and have not seen the black screen recently, he says, fingers crossed

this update just installed 2 days ago - before the problem began - 2025-06 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5060842 when black the sound is still going and when the screen comes back whatever Im working on is still fine

added: I leave it on sleep overnight, hardly ever shutdown and reboot

version 24H2 ( OS build 26100.4349 So in the past few days the screen goes blank for a second or so. Happens when using a browser and also other software. just started. have not made any changes but I think an upgrade was installed in the past few days. I can say since I started windows 11...

so I have the old computer and the new. all my data is on removable disks so all that's left on the old is the C: drive (windows and programs). Read all the complicated tutorials and they never say exactly how to connect the two computers (what cables and ports etc) and do both of them have to...

so my download speed is 400 + but my upload speed went to 1.5! after internet searching we identified this app called Killer which turned out to be the cause. deleted everything I could find related to Killer (as advised in many reliable internet places) and the upload speed went back up to 12...

thanks for your responses. let me provide more detail - I want to put the upgrade download on the new ssd. then I can try that out and put stuff on it getting it ready to use. then I will make the ssd the primary drive and not use the current drive C:

so the update screen wants me to upgrade to win 11. I have 10 installed as the C drive. I want to put 11 on a new ssd which is labeled the (S) drive. So if I start the auto download can I park it on the ssd instead of messing with the current 10? a tutorial in plain english would be useful if...

downloaded the media creation tool from microsoft.com and put it on the usb stick along with win 11. I want to put it on a new ssd and still use the win 10 ssd while I transfer over files and programs. then I will make the win 11 disk the C: drive/boot drive and not use the win 10 drive

when I started the download there was no choice offered of upgrade or clean install. btw I have now got the win 11 on a usb stick. If I unplug all the drives including C will the thing still run install from the usb stick? eventually I want to make the new ssd with win 11 the primary drive but...

I am trying to get it onto a brand new ssd that is not the c drive

well it downloaded and starting installing it but it did NOT tell me where it was installing to...so I turned off the computer and killed the install I think

so I use davinci resolve on my win 10 box. put win 11 on a new ssd. if I install the vid editor on the win 11 drive how is going to find its data files it uses to put together videos?

ssd 1 which is the OS c: is win gonna give me a choice?

want to add a 2nd ssd to my dell xps 8930. not sure if it can be done. to buy new there are 2 kinds of ssd now the old 2.5 inch like the one already installed and a new kind of ssd which is long and skinny and has metallic teeth which look they should be plugged into a slot like a memory card...