Wifi working with hotspot but not with router (+ NVDIA error message during install)
I'm a complete beginner and I'm considering switching to pop os on my laptop (currently running windows 11)
I'm in demo mode and so I can check for compatibility. Most stuff is working great except for wifi.
I was able to connect to my phone's hotspot but not my home network. I tried both the 2.4GHZ and 5GHZ. Every time I try entering the correct password the "authentication required" window keeps popping up and my computer won't connect.
During the boot process I received the following error message: "Failed to start Nvidia powered service". This laptop has two GPUs and I will try to run a demo with non NVidia install. Do you think the two issues are related?
So yes before installing popOS I want to be sure this is something that can be fixed.
Hi! Thanks for all your suggestion. I can't answer to every comment but I hope this is okay (I'm new to lemmy). Consensus seems to go towards some sort of external hard drive so that's what I'm going to get. I have no idea what redundancy systems are and still have lots to learn about torrenting so I'll make a bigger investment once I'm more knowledgeable about this stuff.
Thanks again for your input.
i really want to switch to kbin but im struggling seeing lemmy posts/communities on kbin whereas the opposite works better for me. i would love to switch to kbin because of the tankie thing though.