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    Question Unable to boot from Samsung 990Pro after installing OS via Boot USB

    Thank you very much for this! I followed various steps for the reformatting originally. Option 1. Use command prompt to format the nvme as gpt. Option 2. Reformat the nvme in disk management then use option 1 before booting from the USB. A mix of things has fixed this issue but I think using...
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    Question Unable to boot from Samsung 990Pro after installing OS via Boot USB

    Hi, Thanks for the info regarding the USB. I was setting it as the primary rather than selecting the USB to override boot order. As for your earlier bit, am I understanding correctly that in doing those steps I would be formatting a modern nvme drive as an mbr and therefore treating it like...
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    Question Unable to boot from Samsung 990Pro after installing OS via Boot USB

    Hello! I used the Windows Media Creation tool to get the file. I originally used the USB option in the tool but after facing issues I found a guide where they said the USB option tends to mess up and that you should pick the ISO file option then transfer it to the USB using Rufus.exe. Thats...
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    Question Unable to boot from Samsung 990Pro after installing OS via Boot USB

    Hello all, after a very frustrating evening and much searching I thought I'd ask here. Mobo: Asus ROG Strix Z790-E CPU: i7 14700k Ram: 32Gb DDR5 Storage: 2tb Samsung 990 Pro NVME Old storage: 120Gb sata SSD After replacing my cpu, motherboard and ram I thought I'd be best performing a clean...