OK. So here's my confusion. I'm used to 3 smaller partitions of NTFS files followed by the larger partition with most of the data. The new build has 2 small partitions followed by the OS then a smaller partition. It's different from the pattern I'm used to. Here are screens of the new build on paragon's software:
That's why I was thinking the update advisor isn't such a good idea to update. Windows update probably would have been better. So that's when I burned an iso of 20h2 on a flash disc and reinstalled (overdue anyway-6 months old build). I'm thinking it caused the blue screens because the partition structure is different. ??? Just a theory.
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