Upgrade 23H = huge mess for me (SOS!!!!)

Ghot · Oct 12, 2024

LadyLee said:
oh, i think I will try this, thanks

Excellent job. I can see I'll have to bring out my extra special "thumbs up".

LadyLee · Oct 12, 2024

I don't get how to reply. It just does not seem to work for me in Firefox or in Edge

Ghot · Oct 12, 2024

LadyLee said:
I can't find a reply button on the original post

There's a Delete button, right next to the Edit button.. (lower left).
Maybe you clicked that by accident?

Ghot · Oct 12, 2024

LadyLee said:
I can't find a reply button on the original post

There isn't one.
You can use the EDIT button (lower left) to change the original post (post #1), your post.

Then... when you're finished making your changes... you'll see a SAVE button, at lower center.
Like I said... ElevenForum, is a strange and mysterious place.

Seriously... the software used here on ElevenForum, is newer software thasn most of the forums you see on the internet.

This is by no means complete, but it may help some....

Quickie Eleven Forum Setup Guide for new Members

Quickie Interface tour... Quickie set up... At the top right, click on your name, then choose "Preferences". Then go through everything on the left side. Quickie navigation... Click Forums and choose a subforum, OR... Click Forums, then New Posts or What's New Ranks, Trophies...

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LadyLee · Oct 12, 2024

LadyLee said:
Holy Socks I ended up with a huge mess. I did the upgrade and had two USB external hard drives active at that time. What I ended up with is a mess. I have 2 drives in the tower Windows is installed one is a Sata for drive C. The D: Drive WAS one big partition only & holds all my file data and personal files. But D: partition ended up with a Sub directory in it which is one of the external drives. So I now used to have a D: drive and now I have D: (D) and a D: (E:). What it did is just crazy and what was on D: is now in two places on D: (D:) and D: (E). I ended up trying to move all the things from D: (E:) to the D: (D) folder of all files and then removing the D: (E:) but it will not allow me to remove the E: sub dir. it just made a bigger mess.

Now, I am forced to do a format and install I believe? That I am not sure of but it sounds logical.
Another problem if I do that I do no longer have my password keeper so no clue now of what my Microsoft account is and this is a digital version of Win 11 product so I do not have the actual product license number if I reinstall from a thumb drive iso file. And I do not want to have to purchase Windows 11 if I can help it.

Does anyone have any ideas ??? I am wrung out trying to figure things out it is so tangled up. Thanks for any ideas

Ghot · Oct 12, 2024

Uh huh... now look who the pro is.

You could have, and still can type more in your post #25, by just clicking the EDIT button in the lower LEFT.

Just remember... if you start with the EDIT button... when you're finished typing... use the SAVE button in lower center.

The post # is in the upper right.

bobkn · Oct 12, 2024

The Disk Management screenshot is good.

I think that Disk 3 is an external drive. If you took another Disk Management screenshot with the external drives disconnected, that would confirm things.

I believe that you're not in trouble. The drives can be renamed to whatever you'd like.

Ghot · Oct 12, 2024

bobkn said:
The Disk Management screenshot is good.

I think that Disk 3 is an external drive. If you took another Disk Management screenshot with the external drives disconnected, that would confirm things.

I believe that you're not in trouble. The drives can be renamed to whatever you'd like.

That's my take on this.
The only real mystery, is that the OP said there were TWO externals and TWO internals.
I think Windows just lost the "file path" to the absent, Disk 2

@LadyLee

OP can be used TWO ways...
1. Original post... meaning post #1
2. Original poster... which in this topic, means you

LadyLee · Oct 12, 2024

LadyLee said:
Holy Socks I ended up with a huge mess. I did the upgrade and had two USB external hard drives active at that time. What I ended up with is a mess. I have 2 drives in the tower Windows is installed one is a Sata for drive C. The D: Drive WAS one big partition only & holds all my file data and personal files. But D: partition ended up with a Sub directory in it which is one of the external drives. So I now used to have a D: drive and now I have D: (D) and a D: (E:). What it did is just crazy and what was on D: is now in two places on D: (D:) and D: (E). I ended up trying to move all the things from D: (E:) to the D: (D) folder of all files and then removing the D: (E:) but it will not allow me to remove the E: sub dir. it just made a bigger mess.

Now, I am forced to do a format and install I believe? That I am not sure of but it sounds logical.
Another problem if I do that I do no longer have my password keeper so no clue now of what my Microsoft account is and this is a digital version of Win 11 product so I do not have the actual product license number if I reinstall from a thumb drive iso file. And I do not want to have to purchase Windows 11 if I can help it.

Does anyone have any ideas ??? I am wrung out trying to figure things out it is so tangled up. Thanks for any ideas

bobkn said:
I'll second "Ghot's" request for a shot of your Disk Management. (Use Windows 11's snipping tool.)

For a Lenovo PC, the Windows license should be embedded in its BIOS. That's in addition to the digital license that should also exist for the machine on Microsoft's servers.

If you've lost your Microsoft account password, you can reset it. Reset a forgotten Microsoft account password - Microsoft Support

But I can't get into my Microsoft account, and I don't know about the BIOS. I do know Belarc app gives it to you but they tell you it may not be the same as the real one due to digital license

LadyLee · Oct 12, 2024

bobkn said:
The Disk Management screenshot is good.

I think that Disk 3 is an external drive. If you took another Disk Management screenshot with the external drives disconnected, that would confirm things.

I believe that you're not in trouble. The drives can be renamed to whatever you'd like.

I sent a new screenshot showing the externals because someone asked for that. I hope to heaven it is in my original post here because I edited that post and attached it but I do not know if it is in there or not. I've got crazy things going on here on the windows 11 forum.

bobkn · Oct 12, 2024

LadyLee said:
But I can't get into my Microsoft account, and I don't know about the BIOS. I do know Belarc app gives it to you but they tell you it may not be the same as the real one due to digital license

As I posted before (#3), Microsoft offers a way to reset your Microsoft account password.

You don't need to re-install Windows at this point.

glasskuter · Oct 13, 2024

LadyLee said:
I can't find a reply button on the original post

Go to the bottom of the thread. Your avatar will appear on the left with a blank area to type in to the right of it. Type what you want. Then click "post reply" in bottom right corner

If you want to quote someone, In bottom right corner of any post you will see"quote" When you click that it "quotes" what that user posted into your post and you can type your response.

You can flag or respond to any user directly by putting the @ sign in front of their name anywhere within your post.

bobkn · Oct 13, 2024

LadyLee said:
I sent a new screenshot showing the externals because someone asked for that. I hope to heaven it is in my original post here because I edited that post and attached it but I do not know if it is in there or not. I've got crazy things going on here on the windows 11 forum.

Didn't seem to appear. Maybe a new post in this thread would be better.

I suggested a Disk Management shot without the external drives. That should just show Drives 0 and 1.

LadyLee · Oct 13, 2024

glasskuter said:
Go to the bottom of the thread. Your avatar will appear on the left with a blank area to type in to the right of it. Type what you want. Then click "post reply" in bottom right corner

If you want to quote someone, In bottom right corner of any post you will see"quote" When you click that it "quotes" what that user posted into your post and you can type your response.

You can flag or respond to any user directly by putting the @ sign in front of their name anywhere within your post.

I only see "Like Multi Quote at the bottom. No reply

LadyLee · Oct 13, 2024

I only see "Like Multi Quote at the bottom. No reply

antspants · Oct 13, 2024

bobkn said:
As I posted before (#3), Microsoft offers a way to reset your Microsoft account password.

You don't need to re-install Windows at this point.

This is very true. But I think Lee may have mentioned that they forgot their account also.

Find your Microsoft Account email (Username)

Open Windows Settings (Windows Key + I - Open Settings)
Click on Accounts (on the left)
Click on Email & Accounts (on the right)
The top email address should have Windows typed under it.
This is your Microsoft Account email address (username)

Then, to Reset your password after finding your Microsoft Account email (which is also your username) Use the following tutorial and choose what ever option you find the easiest.

Reset Password for Account in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to reset the password of a local account and Microsoft account in Windows 11. If you forgot or lost your account password for Windows 11, you may be able to change or reset it. References: Change or reset your Windows password Reset your Windows local account...

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antspants · Oct 13, 2024

LadyLee said:
I only see "Like Multi Quote at the bottom. No reply

I don't think your following peoples suggestions properly. I have posted the image many times. You click "Quote" then scroll down the page to near the bottom, this is where the quote has been entered.
Enter your reply under the quote
Click Post reply

I also think you're making it harder on yourself because you are asking the same question in two threads

Perhaps use this thread for your Windows problem and your following thread for how to post

https://www.elevenforum.com/t/cant-find-reply.29459/

LadyLee · Oct 13, 2024

bobkn said:
What happened to "LadyLee's" post of Disk Management? I only see it (?) in Ghot's follow-on posts.

The boot drive is listed in "My Computer" as 2TB. However, Lenovo's spec has it as 1TB max. Also, while it's possible to assign a drive letter to a partition, all partitions of a single physical drive would appear in Disk Management under a single drive number.

My guess is that the boot drive is a 1TB SSD (Disk 1). There's also a 2TB HDD (Disk 0), which has somehow been named "D:". (It's not supposed to be permissible to use a colon in the name of a drive, but I tried it. It sort of works.)

I presume that Disk 3 is a 1TB external drive. Maybe another one was connected as Disk 2, but isn't being seen now.

I think that nothing has been lost from the internal drives in the PC.

I wonder how the drives got renamed? A Windows upgrade shouldn't have done anything like that.

Your thread replies are so good, thank you for them. I sure wish I could reply better than having to hit quote. BTW, I am going to attach a disk mgmt screen showing all the drives. I tried to edit my original post but i do not think it worked.

bobkn · Oct 13, 2024

LadyLee said:
I only see "Like Multi Quote at the bottom. No reply

You choose "quote" to reply to a post, quoting it.

If you just wish to post to the thread without quoting, scroll down further. You'll see a windows with a "post reply" box. (Although you aren't necessarily replying to anything. It gives you a new post in the thread.)

LadyLee · Oct 13, 2024

But it would have no title? This is really a confusing forum. If this the latest, maybe the kids get it but I am a long, long way from being a kid

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