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I would try that also. Like I said, rather than updating drivers, roll them back to a working driver. Could roll the machine back to pre windows updates using a restore point, and then be selective with the windows updates.

Aussies might find this article interesting, and disturbing. Some eye watering figures. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australia-drives-up-debt-to-menzian-levels-with-no-end-in-sight-20211228-p59kg1.html I can only imagine what new taxes and cost cutting awaits the present generation, and many generations to come. With a country of only 25 million people, having only around 12 million people in the workforce, it will take generations to pay back the debt. How could a country with such an abundance of resources be so mismanaged, for so long?

I have decided to buy my first NAS. I've never owned one, nor do any of my friends, so posting here for some discussion. I've done a bit of online research and I can definitely see their benefits. I've settled on the Synology brand. It's probably going to be a 4 bay NAS. I don't think I will outgrow a 4 bay NAS, so it should do me well into the future. Hard Drives will be Seagate Ironwolf, maybe the pro model. I don't have a lot of data to back-up, but what I do have I would like to take care of. I have between 1TB and 2TB, but currently I am backing up to 2 portable hard disk drives. One recently died, which started me on my NAS journey. It also occurred to me that it was useless having my laptop and 2 hard drives all at the same location. I would like to practice the 3-2-1 back-up policy and will leave the NAS at a relative's house. I have a question about this. Can I set the NAS up on my network, loading some data onto it and the settings I like, and then just connect it to my relative's network? They won't be using the NAS, and I will be always backing up from a remote location to it. Any problems with this, other than a slower speed? I'm learning about the different RAID's available, but what I don't understand is, if you have 3 or 4 HDD's in a 4 bay NAS, and each HDD is greater than the amount of data you need to store, why not use the mirroring RAID, where all the HDD's are clones, or mirrors? Why use a RAID 5 in this case? I've read Synology's Hybrid RAID is good also. Is anyone using it? I was pretty shocked seeing their prices. They are pretty expensive for a low spec device, but I understand there's some good wizardry going on inside them. I understand there's a bit involved in the initial set up, but thought it might be a good project during lock down. ???? I'll have more questions as the thread progresses. I'm in no hurry to buy, but it will be sooner rather than later. Do any member have a NAS? What are your experiences? Do you have any advice to share? Thanks.