re OP and re HARDWARE... nice!

you might enjoy this commentary:
ttps://sdf.org/?faq?BASICS?02

re backup/clone/copy/etc tool(s), we happily pay for and use:
ttps://partedmagic.com/

(have used and trusted PartedMagic throughout it's existence, in the early days it was no-charge but now it is well-worth the small fee!)

re kingston ssd

we're also using 120gb-ssd from various name-brands and have only had one expire/drop-dead so far(knocking_on_wood) over 7 years.
(still operating under the consideration that at any moment it/they will go dark forever...always a little unsettling whenever it does happen)

running Beowulf and Chimaera machines presently but with the direction of linux/systemd/wayland/redhat/microsoft/etc will need to move to something else eventually(another learning curve...sigh)

@Ron,

when you have the time, review of Michael Horowitz works/websites is sometimes educational and always thought-provoking.

ttps://www.michaelhorowitz.com/

ttps://www.michaelhorowitz.com/second.router.for.wfh.php

regarding cabling, connectors, and physical ports, it is good to establish their correct and complete functioning and connectivity

i have a second-hand laptop that has a damaged ethernet port(sold to me that way, unbeknownst to me...sigh) and it works properly if you jiggle it in a certain way a bit(the poor connection shows as a 100Mbps and after some jiggle it will usually become correct at 1000Mbps).

also i grabbed a random webpage as an example:
ttps://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/getting-10-100-instead-of-1000-mbps-network-speeds.1710132/

9 out of 10 stand-up comedians approve of this thread
(even Steve Harvey admits to going commando on the Family Feud set)

as an aside, why are mericans so uptight...twisted knickers et al.

that laptop was manufactured in the era where some could boot mbr/dos and some required gpt partitioning

ttps://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=150117

ttps://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-bootloaders/index.html

also for reader reference:
ttps://www.pcmag.com/reviews/asus-n550jv-db72t
ttps://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/laptops/asus-n550jv

it should be noted that at any random point in _time_ upwards of 50 percent of the planetary inhabitants aren't wearing any undergarments (for _whatever_ reason) #StrangeButTrue

we are using Firefox-esr 115.7.0esr (64-bit)

in addition to @Andre4freedom advice please note that any _Saved_Login(s)_ will need manual deletion(selecting "Saved Logins" opened a new tab for us at "about:logins")

definitely a clean install is best. when i prepare and partition a new hdd/ssd i always reserve several partitions for future newer versions(or completely different operating systems). and they are always there if i need to use them for some temporary purpose. don't forget a bullet-proof back-up plan!

if you've just done a fresh install of Devuan 5 Daedalus then your /etc/apt/sources.list should have lines like

deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus main

@stultumanto, came across your post regarding the unknown Dell admin password:
ttps://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=47591#p47591

this search on dell.com shows 69.7K results(naturally a better search will narrow down the results):
ttps://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/search?q=%22reset%20admin%20password%22

would be great if you could figure it out

perhaps this will help _some_ future thread visitor

ttps://www.ralphminderhoud.com/blog/rclone-two-way-dropbox-sync/

if go to _ttps://www.devuan.org/get-devuan

and some poking around, might find

_ttps://pkgmaster.devuan.org/devuan/dists/daedalus/main/installer-amd64/20230607%2Bdeb12u4devuan1/images/netboot/

and 52MB netboot

netboot.tar.gz   10-Dec-2023 19:07   52506966

apologize if have misunderstood request

adding link for possible review

ttps://downloads.raspberrypi.com/raspios_armhf/release_notes.txt