Windows 10: Usser-Password Trouble After Full Restore From SSD Failure

I have several PCs running Windows 10 Pro. The SSD on one failed and I could not repair/restore so I h=downloaded the recovery file from MS to USB and eventually got windows 10 pro installed on new SSD. I selected did not have activation code and answered questions about my Microsoft account and was able to set up the PC as if it were new. I could not get the PC logged in to my WorkGroup error always was the password/user was incorrect. After a few restarts, I could not log in to the PC error said my PIN could not be verified. I ran the who setup again, set up the PC again, still could

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Trouble Changing Wi-Fi Password


I've been following the following steps to change my Wi-Fi password for some time:

1. Launch Control Panel.
2. Click "Network and Internet."
3. Click "Network and Sharing Center."
4. Click "Wi-Fi...."
5. Click "Wireless Properties."
6. Click the Security tab.
7. Check "Show characters."
8. Enter the password in "Network security key."

Those steps have been working just fine, but today I discovered a new wrinkle. If I change the password inside the router first, "Wi-Fi..." doesn't appear in step 4. This isn't much of a problem at home, because I can just change the password in Control Panel before I change it inside the router, but it would be a problem at a public hotspot, or something of that nature. I also tested Brink's instructions in "How to Connect To a Wireless Network in Windows 10," but they don't work for me either. How can I fix this?

 

SSD Failure


Last year I replaced an aging hard drive in my Mum's pc with a slightly less aging OCZ Vertex 2 SSD.

This morning she was using the pc just fine then left it until this evening when it suddenly would not boot and reported sata drive failure.

Perhaps I shouldn't be too disappointed considering it was last generation technology.

What should be my first steps in diagnosing this fault? If the drive has failed I may as well suggest it be replaced with a more modern one which I'm sure has better longevity. I have an external drive reader which can take any sata device. This should allow me to see if the data is accessible.

In my own rig I have a Samsung 840 EVO 250 which has served me well so I may suggest she gets the same unless you guys have alternative suggestions.

 

Trouble cloning a ssd to a larger one

It is easy to clone from a small SSD with V8 of Reflect to a large drive, using drag and drop.
You do not need to use images, or other third party tools.
Everything can be done from Reflect GUI using drag and drop.

1) Lets say you have 4 partitions
EFI
MSR
OS (C)
Recovery partition

Here are the steps plus some images to help explain.

1) From gui is select all 4 partitions and select target drive to clone to (as you have already done).

2) on target drive, remove any existing partitions using delete partition option so all space is unallocated.
You can skip this step if no partitions on target drive.









3) Drag EFI from source to target

4) Drag MSR from source to target

5) Drag Recovery partition from source to target (looks like this after 3 partitions dragged)



6) Select Recovery partition and click on float right option. The recovery option moves to far right.

(If you have other partitions to right of C drive, drag them before Recovery partion and float right)




7) Drag OS partition to unallocated space between MSR and Recovery partition (Drive F as using a VHD but it will be C for host OS)





8) Select Recovery Partition and click fill space option




9) Click next and continue cloning


It may seem a bit complicated but literally takes one minute.