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Hello everyone, Yesterday I started trying to clone my Windows 11 to a new M.2 NVMe that I bought (you can see the Reddit post here) but was not able to get anywhere with this so I decided to just do a clean install. I have pretty much tried everything I could find here and on other forums but...

Hello so recently my NVMe SSD died unfortunately. so i bought a new Samsung EVO 860 SATA SSD , and I'm now trying to install Windows on it but i keep getting the following error: " A media driver your computer needs is missing, this could be a DVD, USB or hard disk driver " I need help fixing...

Hi everyone, I have uninstalled and re-installed Armoury Crate numerous times on my Rog Strix since purchase using their official uninstaller and then re-installing it using the download link for my specific product on their product page. Reasons are mostly related to troubleshooting. Each time...

I have an HP Envy pre-rebuilt system. It had Windows 11 Home pre-installed on a 1TB NVMe M.2 drive. So the question is, can I remove that drive completely, pop in a brand new one, and do a fresh install from my USB drive Windows 11 media that I created? I extracted the original product key...

I recently bought my first pc, and built it. I put in my flash drive with windows, and start it, but is says I don't meet the minimum requirements. I have a B550 phantom gaming 4 motherboard from asrock, a ryzen 5 3600 from amd, 2 16 Gb ram sticks, an RTX 3050, and a 1Tb sata hard drive. I...

I'm doing an in-place installment of Windows 11 to fix a cumulative update error and have this option to tick if wanted. View: https://imgur.com/a/uXhcDuQ Does ticking this option install any kind of unnecessary drivers that could potentially make things worse for a gaming laptop, or is it...

Hello, I've built a new system (parts list below) and decided to install Windows 10 using bootable USB. At first, I tried downloading and using the official Windows 10 bootable USB creator (which worked many times before on other systems). Then, tried using Rufus to create bootable USB with...

A few months ago when I logged in to my windows 10 computer I got an error saying DipAwayMode.exe not found So I found out that this error belongs to ASUS AI Suite and it was unable to open. So I uninstalled it and also deleted the remaining files manually after that I couldn't be able to...

Hello, the company I work for previously purchased about 100 PCs. I would like to know if there is a way I can load all the software on a USB or external and have a program install all the apps/change settings. I've seen Ninite and Allmyapps. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

I'm in the market for a new laptop my use cases will be heavy video editing and university this rog strix g15 looks good to me the only issue is win11 which i really don't want so I've planned to install win10 onto it although I've seen a lot of controversial answers on whather is possible or...

Hello, I'm a bit of a novice builder. I bought a new M.2 SSD because the old one was full, and smaller capacity. I was planning to use the new, faster one as my OS boot drive, and install windows on it with a USB, but the old M.2 with Windows currently on it is still installed, and I'm not...

Windows 10 Re-Starts instead of Shutting Down more than 50% of the time. When clicking "Shut-Down" the system turns off for about a second, then re-starts automatically. I have tried: *Disabling Fast Startup in Power Options *Updating Chipset Drivers *Flashed motherboard BIOS to most...

I am trying to install Windows 10 on a new m.2 SSD. Previously, this system was working with Windows 10 until I removed the old m.2 SSD. --- When I am trying to install a Windows 10 on the new m.2 drive, the installation starts normally "copying windows files, getting files ready for...

I would like to install my old Photoshop CS2 onto a new PC with Windows 7 Ultimate. I have read that this is not possible anymore, even with the original software CD. If I cannot install from the old .EXE file that Adobe offered several years ago, or my own CD, is there any other way to...

Hello People :) Lately i purchased 3x Masterfan 120 Halo from Coolermaster which came with an ARGB Controller. (Please check the images). Unfortunately later i got informed that my Motherboard ( DS3H B450M rev.1) doesn't have ARGB header. My questions are: Will there be any damage if i connect...

I have been having problems with my pc recently. I bought a mobo from ebay(10k+ positive reviews, its an actual german store) Its a d2799 mobo, with a 3x8GB(kingston ktm-sx313k3/24g) ramkit, and a hynix ram. I tried with 2x xeon l5638 and xeon x5570 cpus, pc turns on, recognises everything...

I’ve built a new pc and am trying to install windows 11 on it. In BIOS I’ve turned on TPM, secure boot. But it still says the PC doesn’t meet the minimum requirements. What am I doing wrong? My parts: -MSI MAG X570S TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI Motherboard - Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Gaming OC 8GB...

Motherboard: ASUS PRIME H610M-A D4-CSM ( Version 1603 newest available ) CPU: i3-12100F SSD: Toshiba 256 SSD (plugged into Sata 1) RAM: TEAMGROUP T-Force Delta RGB DDR4 16GB (2x8GB) 3000MHz (PC4-24000) GPU: XFX RX480 Black Edition 8GB Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart 500W Building my wife her...

I did a fresh install of Win 10 Pro on a new build, and in some settings and config windows it's preventing me from changing the settings, showing “Some settings are managed by your system administrator” -- even when logged in as admin? For example when I run sysdm.cpl to change system...

Hello, I'm building a pc from the ground up. I got through installing Windows but then about after 10 min of use, Windows goes black and I am unable to restart Windows. The only way to get Windows working again is to install it again using USB. I have now done this 4 times already. When I do get...

I'm assembling a PC for my mother out of old parts I no longer use. I shall refer to it as PC 2. PC 2 will get its HDD from my main PC (PC 1). For reasons that are irrelevant to my question, I want to install Windows on that HDD before I assemble PC 2. Like I said, the HDD is currently on PC 1...

while updating to the newest drivers my system got stuck at about 70% for a few hours, and it didn't seem like it was moving, and when I attempted to to close the installer it just crashed which left me with no drivers and no Radeon software because the installer uninstalled them to install the...

I just got done building my pc and I’m installing windows 10 pro. I plugged my usb into my pc and went through all of the instructions but when I got to the “Where do you want to install Windows?” screen my SSD didn’t show up. What can I do to fix this? Specs: MAG B560 tomahawk wifi mobo Sabrent...

Intention: Move from old PC (Z170,Win 10 Pro on M.2 NVME SSD) buy a new PC (12700K with Z690) and put the old NVME on motherboard of new PC. I would like to avoid that I have to install on new PC all the software again, licenses, settings, games etc. which will cost me at least 2 days...

I’ve been trying to install windows 10 on my new PC, but all it does is show me the ASUS logo then switch to a blue screen with no text or error code and after 20 secs or so my PC completely shuts down. I’ve already tried it a second time from the very beginning, but it just doesn’t work. What...

I just got a new ssd and I was wondering if I need to remove the old hdd to install the OS because I've read some threads that Microsoft puts partitions of the newly installed OS on the old HDD if still connected to the system while installing a new one on the ssd.

Hi, I am installing my first AIO - Corsair h100i. I'm looking for some clarity on confusion I had while reading the instructions. (Attached below) Mainly: Are "headers" any socket on the mobo, or are "headers" only the ones on the edge for the front case usb ports? My mobo has a...

I want to install Windows 11, but when will it be stable to use, no bugs. I'm thinking about waiting until next year, but I don't know what date, until then, wait how many months?

Hi, I was using Windows 10 Home activated with an OEM license, I no longer have the product key but it was automatically activated everytime I did a new install. I did a fresh new install for Windows 11 Home and it didn't activate automatically so I went back to Windows 10 Home in order to keep...

Hi everyone. I am struggling to install windows 10 onto my new SSD (500GB 970 Evo) I have a z390 gaming x mother board Things I've done I've updated bios I've Updated SSD drivers Ive wiped SSD Turned off and on I've unplugged all storage devices except the new SSD and the USB...

Hi guys! I've just build a brand new pc, here are some of the components: Gigabyte Aorus RTX 3080 xtreme - Gigabyte Aorus x570 elite - AMD Ryzen 7 5800x - Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB m.2. Now, here are some video's. I think you can obviously see what's wrong. Install 1 - Install 2 - Homescreen So...

Hello, im trying to sell my Lenovo Thinkpad E495 laptop that originally had Windows on it, but I installed Linux and now im trying to reinstall Windows. I have done the usb about every way I possibly could but I always get the "missing media driver" thing. I've tried switching the usb port but...

Hello! I recently bought a new NVME SSD, and installed Windows 10 on it with my USB installation drive. Everything seemed to work just fine and I moved some files I wanted to keep over from my old SSD, which has Windows 10 installed on it as well. I played some games from the new SSD and have...

I am trying to perform a clean install of Windows 10 onto a new laptop, but the Windows installer doesn't recognize the M.2 SSD (Micron 2210) that came with the laptop. I can install Ubuntu perfectly fine, but when it comes to installing Windows, the drive doesn't show up. The drive shows up in...

There are some days that I just fail to solve this problem for my Acer. I want to install Windows 10 directly from USB and have followed all the necessary steps in this manual:(some site), but is not finding the result. Goes as far as Bios, but I just can not get inside the USB driver, it...

Hey guys! Today I finally got my RTX3080 TUF OC after 8 months of waiting. BUT when I tried installing it into place and starting my pc up, It only booted into bios. After that I restarted it, but now it keeps saying NO SIGNAL. Then I got worried that my GPU is broken, I changed it to my old...

Current PC Specs: GPU: RTX 2060 CPU: i7-6700k(this is the original) Mobo: MSI Arsenal gaming z270 ddr4 Ram: Corsair vengeance 16gb Howdy. I just tried to install my new i9-9900k, but when trying to boot up, the Mobo light would just blink and turn off again. So I think "okay, maybe I Removed...

Something is very wrong with my desktop computer and I have no idea how to fix it. I feel like I've tried everything. Here's the problem: Everything associated with my file explorer is running critically slow. Yesterday, I turned on my computer and the desktop would stop responding, go black...

So I have ASUS FX503VD, and I bought Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB. Next to ssd, there is 1TB HDD. Of course I want to do a clean install to SSD, but I have some problem. When I install Windows 10 to SSD, it goes properly in the beginning, and the system reboot the laptop. After this, it doesn't...

I'm building a pc using a bunch of older components I've had laying around and now that everything is put together, I can't get windows to install. I have the flash drive selected as the boot (afaik, the bios is old and simple) but every time I try booting it the black screen says "loading...