Inspiron 560 is a desktop. Starter edition was typically loaded onto netbooks and low-end lappies.

You shouldn't need to install Windows to the additional disc. That walkthrough should correctly format the HD for you to indicate the correct size.

This link might be a bit more "user-friendly" in its approach to walking you through everything.

By the looks of the numbers you stated as available space on the new disc, it looks as though something has "stolen" about 2.3 Tb!! Perhaps GPT is not the correct formatting process?? Try re-formatting with the NTFS file system, and let me know how it goes.

Nigel - try this walkthrough:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/80aa2d6b-bf08-49...

Open up your COMMAND LINE (CMD) as ADMINISTRATOR, then follow the instructions as per the walkthrough. This should get you working properly.

Eddie - perhaps it may inspire you to know that yesterday, an envelope addressed to my late mum arrived with some Xmas cards featuring paintings that had been made by members of the Mouth and Foot Painting Artists charity. Their disability may differ from yours, but they do not let it get in the way of having a positive outlook on life. Part of your rehabilitation after a stroke is to re-learn everything that you previously took for granted. There is no reason why your photography cannot be relearned too. Stay strong, my friend!!

BTW: my thoughts are also with you, Mrs Eddie!!

Andy - by the looks of things, there's a miscalculation with the duties/taxes. Based on the indicated price of the K-3 and freebies, I'd have expected it to be a lot more than the figure you've quoted, as duties should be between 4-9% of the value of the goods. I can only assume that HMRC based these charges on the price of the flash unit, as camera bodies are duty-exempt. If you have a copy of the export entry from the shipper (or an import entry from the UK customs broker), it will indicate what it was declared as. It may have been cleared under a generic tariff number for general photographic equipment, rather than a specific tariff number for a digital camera body. Retain this entry, and carry it with you whenever you travel abroad. It is your proof that you have already paid duty/vat on it.

Seems like my 30 years' experience in imports has gone to waste!! Enjoy your Xmas,guys!!

HMRC processes 1000's of imports daily. Just because it's been 2 weeks without being invoiced, doesn't mean there's no storm coming. Since their priority is to collect revenue from commercial imports, private (relatively "low-yield") imports are placed on the bottom of their pile for invoicing, but believe me, if there's revenue to collect, collect it they will!!

Andy - feel free to purchase from the USA. When you receive a customs invoice for duty/vat and an admin fee that pushes the price way beyond the £858(ish) that you are anticipating, don't say you weren't warned.

These companies in the USA will refund your import taxes and vat then?? I have almost 30 years' experience of working in the international courier business, and I have access to the HMRC website that not only shows the tariff numbers for each item, but the level of duties payable on them, so I know that my figures are relatively accurate.

Sounds to me like you might have a software corruption. Try removing all traces of the program you are using by uninstalling from the control panel, then manually deleting the remnants of it by clicking on:

(ASSUMING YOUR HARD DRIVE LETTER IS) C:/PROGRAM FILES/PROGRAM X - WHEN YOU FIND THE PROGRAM YOU'VE JUST UNINSTALLED, RIGHT-CLICK IT, THEN SELECT DELETE.

*If you are running Win 8/8.1, you might see PROGRAMS (X86) and PROGRAMS (X64) (if you are running a 64-bit OS).

If so, look in both folders for the program, and remove as I advised. Once you have done this, re-boot your computer, and re-install the "rogue" program. Hopefully, it will have resolved this issue.