Windows 10: Booting Windows 10 PRO installed on two disks in one computer, file access problems

Problem:
My PC has several HDD's than can boot. The booting disk is selected in the BIOS. After installing Windows 10 PRO the loose of access to some files or folders was observed when the booting disk was changed. This problem was not observed up to Windows 8 Pro.

For this reason I developed a procedure that enables to reproduce this effect by other people. A PC with one HDD and one SSD was used, both with the same OS "clean installed" based on "Win10_1803_EnglishInternational_x64.iso" and activated. The version is "Windows 10 PRO Version 1803 (OS Build 17134.1)" and was not connected to the internet in this test.

According to the Disk Management, the MBR partitions formatted with NTFS are:
[5] HDD= 149.05 GB, System Reserved 500 MB, [5]Main 80.08 GB, [5]Work 68.48 MB.
[0] SSD= 119.24 GB, System Reserved 500 MB, [0]Main 80.08 GB, [0]Work 38.67 MB.

Test:
a) boot with [0] as master and [5] as slave
b) copy from the USB the files Master.txt to [0]Work and Slave.txt to [5]Work **
c) shut down (use not Restart from the menu!)
d) boot with [5] as master and [0] as slave, both files exist
e) delete both files and shut down
f) boot with [0] as master and [5] as slave, both files remain accessible
g) shut down.
g) boot with [5] as master and [0] as slave, both files are not accessible,
they were deleted in step e)

Conclusion:
The access structure of the partitions and folders is stored only in the booting disk.
The reason is probably the speed up of the access. The problem is that the access information is not stored at the slave disk so when the slave is used as master, the access data is not available.

There are many other problems that appear when changes of contents or of structure affect a slave disk. This test example was selected so it can be easily reproduced and verified by other users. It is important that the test is performed with a "clean" installed OS in order to avoid information from previous
uses. The option "Shut down" and not "Restart" should be employed between the changes of the booting disk. Only under these conditions is the test reproducible, otherwise the behavior changes. The problems were observed also in other Windows 10 PRO versions.

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Windows 10 upgrade problem, no input accepted

I really hate having to come here and ask for help, but I really am stumped. It hurts my geek pride. I have a PC with fairly modern hardware in it. It has a p8p67 pro in it. I have tried upgrading windows 10 on it twice now. Both times I have had the same result.

After windows finishes upgrading it goes to the log in/set up screen. I can't do anything. No keyboard or mouse input is accepted.

I will list some, or hopefully all, of the troubleshooting steps I have tried:

• Move keyboard and mouse to different USB ports.
• Try different keyboard or mouse.
• Restart computer, repeatedly.
• Google for related issues.
• Update Bios, because why not.
• Create boot media and revert to windows 7.

The windows 10 system restore boot media works fine with keyboard and mouse. All USB ports work in windows 7. I don't know what is wrong. I suspect that windows 10 is lacking a driver of some sort, but since the computer accepts no input I have no way of checking for which driver let alone installing it.

Please help me figure this out. If I have to revert back to windows 7 again, I am not going to get it upgraded to windows 10. Thank you in advanced.

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

I need to convert Quattro pro files to windows Office 2007

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/ha010448731033.aspx

Install the Quattro Pro 5.0 converter
To install the converter for Quattro Pro versions 1.0 through 5.0 for Windows, do the following:

Click Start on the Windows taskbar, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
Click the name of the Microsoft Office 2000 or Microsoft Excel 2000 program that you have, and then click Add/Remove.
Click Add or Remove Features, and locate the Quattro Pro 5.0 Converter under Microsoft Excel for Windows.
Click Run From My Computer to install the converter to your hard disk.
Click Update Now.
Open a Quattro Pro file
To open a Quattro Pro file in Excel, follow these steps:

Click Open on the File menu.
In the Look in list, click the drive or folder that contains the file you want to open, and then locate the folder that contains the file.
In the Files of type list, click Quattro Pro 1.0/5.0 (Win) (*.wb1) if your files are from Quattro Pro for Windows versions 1.0 through 5.0, or click Quattro Pro/DOS Files (*.wq1). The former requires installation of the converter, as outlined above, before it appears in the list.
Double-click the file you want to open.
Notes

You cannot save files in the Quattro Pro 1.0/5.0 (Win) (*.wb1) format. If you open one of these files and make changes to it, you can save changes by saving as a Microsoft Excel Workbook (*.xls) or in another spreadsheet format.
You can save changes in the Quattro Pro/DOS format, but changes made using features that are unique to Excel may be lost.


or


http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HP052538431033.aspx

You can open a file created in another program, such as Lotus 1-2-3 or Quattro Pro, in Microsoft Excel the same way you would open an Excel file. You can then save the file in its original file format or as an Excel workbook using the standard Excel save commands. Files saved as Excel workbooks might not retain all of their original formatting, and features and formatting of an Excel workbook might not be available in other programs.