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FreeCat:
OK Valid and downloading.  When finished, what are the steps to use it to fix system without stopping existing programs from working.  Thanks, Tom.

Boggin:
Save the download and then download Windows USB/DVD Burner Tool to create either a bootable DVD or USB.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=56485

When you've done that, go Start - Computer - insert the install media and double click on its drive.

This will start the process when using a DVD but will open to its files when using an USB where you would then double click on setup.exe Application.

I think there may be an EULA to accept but it will do its own thing where at some point you will be prompted to enter the product key.

Your Dell install disk may not have included SP1 which may not have worked for a repair install but the ISO will include SP1 so the repair install should succeed.

It could take about 2½hrs.

There may be a few updates to install afterwards.

FreeCat:
That is clear.  Thanks.  but, what are the options so that I do not wipe out my existing programs from being included in the rebuilt OS?

Boggin:
It only does the OS and doesn't touch personal stuff or installed programs.

There is one thing you should do first though and that is to back up the drivers folders as a precaution onto something like an USB but I've never had any driver problems going missing when I've performed a repair install on my Win 10.

The drivers folders can be found in C:\Windows\System32 where you can drag & Drop them into the storage USB drive and then drag & drop them back into System32 after if needed.

FreeCat:
OK, I ran the backup.  I was not sure which to use.  Macrium Reflect was what I was usning after Aomei kept hanging in 2017.  But Macrium was slow and kept my whole system hostage.  I thought of using
Ashampoo2020 but once I installed it, it seemed complicated and I could not direct it to a local drive and it could not attach to my NAS.

I read AOMEI cleaned up their act so I used AOMEI.  Fast and an improvedment over the AOMEI of the past; no hanging.

But, I can not get the drivers from the System32 folder that you mentioned.  System is not allowing copy to local or to NAS.  So I am keeping my fingers crossed that the AOMEI will be good.

I will do the OSA fix in a little while and report back to you then.

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