installation

What are the risks involved of installing SSDs and SATA drives from an older laptop into a newer one? I have two Samsung SM951 MZ-VPV256 (256 GB - PCI Express 3.0 x4 (NVMe)) drives from my older laptop (Asus ROG G752VY). I also have a Hitachi 0J30563 - 1TB 7.2K RPM SATA 9.5mm 2.5" Hard Drive...

Hello! I'm updating my system and want to be sure I get this installation correct. I'd like the new system to run off of an NVMe drive. Old one has a sata SSD. What is the best way to install Windows on the new computer/NVMe and keep my files/apps from the old one? I looked on the Microsoft...

Hello! I've seen this question answered before but I feel like mine might be a slightly different case. I tried the solutions there (deleting/updating drivers and checking resolution settings) but nothing worked. Ever since I installed my new GPU and CPU (Nvidia 1060 GTX 3gb and AMD Ryzen5...

MSI B550 Tomahawk Ryzen 5 3600 Corsair Vengance 3600 XfX RX 5700 XT 600W EVGA 80+ Bronze Seagate Barracuda 256gb Nvme SSD I created a USB with the Windows 10 iso file, but it is not being recognized as a bootable in the BIOS, and in the Boot Menu, the only option I get is to boot into the Bios...

So I went on my Windows PC and download the Windows 10 Installation Media Creation Tool. I then ran it on my PNY 32gb NTFS USB flash drive. Once it was finished making it a bootable USB, I plugged it in to my laptop. How do I boot from it? Picture of BIOS

This is a dumb question but can I have two Wifi adaptors installed in my desktop? I have MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE Wifi that came with a prebuilt Wifi adapter but I'd like to upgrade it with an intel Wifi 6 adapter. Can I keep the old one in or do I need to remove it before I can install the...

Hey, I'm having an issue with a mini-pc. It won't install Windows 10 when booting to a USB for some reason. The temporary solution I've found is to take an older drive, install windows 10 on that on my main desktop, plug it into the mini-pc, boot up. (The older drive couldn't be installed from...

Hello everyone, Before describing the problem, I can briefly say that I tried many methods to fix this bs - YouTube videos, instructions on the Internet, etc. I ask for some advice / help, because I have been struggling with it for two days and I don't have the strength to do it anymore. I am...

Hello all. I recently built a computer for a friend. And used an old 950 Evo of mine for his boot drive. I wiped it clean using the formatting tool on my computer. Now whenever I try to start the computer it just goes into recovery mode. Like it thinks that windows is still installed on the...

(Disclaimer - I know the bare minimal about PCs) So, I've basically purchased a 500GB Crucial SSD card which I have successfully installed into my PC, my PC does pick up that it is installed, however I'm struggling to understand how to make the SSD the boot drive. I understand how to enter the...

I want to change my 1 TB HDD with Wind 10 pro installed for a new SSD for performance reasons. I know what SSD i want to get and ive made sure its compatible wiht my motherboard and all of that. i get how to physically install the drive but im seeing mixed instructions for installing the OS...

Hello everyone. I'm trying to help a friend install Windows 10 on his computer, and he's been waiting over three hours for it to install. Currently, he's stuck on the following: "Getting files ready for installation - 11%" What steps should we take, or should we wait it out?

Hey Guys! Now I know that this question was asked many times in many different versions, but I feel like mine is more exotic, I also just have not found an answer to my question. Now I have an old HP laptop, which has slowed down significantly, so I wanted to clean it all up and install...

Dear users, I've found myself in quite a pickle and could do with some well placed advice. I've recently build a new system, mostly with new parts though some were salvaged from my previous workstation. After putting the pc together I continued installing windows after making sure everything...

I just bought an NZXT Kraken X53 AIO, and was about to install in my PC with an MSI Z170A Gaming M3 motherboard. However, it appears that the AIO needs three CPU fan headers (2 for fans, one for pump), but my motherboard only has two, and does not have an AIO header. Is there a solution to this...

Hi everyone, having a multitude of BSOD problems. Issues started a few weeks ago when I started getting a netio.sys BSOD but different stop codes (e.g. DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION). Weirdly it seemed to happen when I was installing games from the Epic Games Store...

I recently installed a fresh copy of Windows 10 Pro in place of my former installation of Windows 7 - I did not upgrade, but cleared my system drive and installed clean. Since doing this, the hard drive will not boot alone. There are three physical drives, the system drive, one drive for...

I recently just purchased a few new parts for my PC and as always I like to do a fresh install of windows for my hardware. Is using the Reset "REMOVE EVERYTHING" option just as good if not the same as reinstalling windows via USB? I'm looking to really have the cleanest version of W10 on my PC...

I've just built my PC. I can get into SETUP and everything seems to be working fine. I can boot the installation (I tried both 7 and 10) but I cannot use my mouse or keyboard. Basically, the Windows installation media can't detect keyboard and mouse (these worked fine in SETUP). I tried both...

Hello I'm attempting to install a 120gb Kingston A400 NVMe SSD in my brother's Lenovo Ideapad 330-15ICH, which already has a 1tb HDD. When doing a clean installation of Windows, I cannot find the SSD to install Windows to. I have found posts detailing needing drivers, but I cannot find any that...

Hello, I am currently building a new PC but I can't seem to get to the Windows 10 installer. Every time I boot into the Installer, choose my Language and click "Install now" I get an error that there are missing media drivers. I created my Windows USB drive using a Mac and not the Media...

Hello good people! My new SSD is not showing in the BIOS. I've played with the boot options but nothing happened. When try to install Windows 10(different versions of it) from a booted flash drive, when I get to the option for choosing the disk on which the OS to be installed, it shows the...

Hey guys, So the other day my old case fans (stock fans that came with the case) started rattling, etc. and at the end of the day I decided to have them replaced. Coming to the actual problem now.. I ordered a pair of Noctua NF-P12 fans. Great product really, but I couldn't even get to install...

Hii legends.. i already Installed windows 7 Home Premium with 2 partition.. ( local disk C & local disk D ).. now my task is install dual boot option with ubuntu.. Clarification please Anybody clearly explain me... where i shrink the partition local disk C or local...

Hey guys, I have a new build that I'm working on and can't seem to complete the Windows 10 Installation process. My components are listed at the bottom. The issue that I'm having is that the Windows installation program will not recognize that I have an NVMe drive. The only storage listed is...

I just bought my first laptop, and it came without an OS, so I tried installing windows 10 with a pendrive, and during installation my SSD doesnt show up in the options, neither in diskpart, nor in the BIOS in the boot priority section. It only shows up in the storage section of the BIOS. What...

I'm currently running 2 SSD's in my system, and just recently prepared my USB flash drive for a clean installation that i've been putting off for my brand new upgrades. My one question is if i don't really care about what's on my other SSD(NON-OS) can I also simply delete all of the partitions...

Hey guys; Back when the free upgrade came out, i deleted that GWX thing and i was careful to not install any windows 10 related updates. Due to that, is there any windows 7 "prep" i need to do now before i install 10 or will the windows10 installation prep my computer regardless? thanks

Howdy, I am attempting to install windows 10 to my pc. I am using a usb for installation and I am running on legacy mode. When I run the installer I get an error "System Service Exception". I have tried using chkdsk on my C drive but there is no problems found. What can I do?

There's an old game I used to play a lot a couple of years ago that last worked with Windows XP, so I bought an old used Windows XP laptop. First thing I did was trying to install a fresh copy of XP that the seller sent me, but the installation gets stuck over and over again. First time...

Hello I’m looking into getting a new GPU for my pc and I’m looking at a 1050ti 4GB and I’ve made sure it fits my motherboard. Here’s where the questions come in 1) is there anyway I can find out the total power being currently used by my PC hardware like cpu etc in case I need a bigger PSU 2)...

Im going to be buying a new cpu (Ryzen 5 2600x) and SSD (Samsung 860 evo 500gb) soon and im wondering if it would be pointless to get expert installation for both products. I know that most people online would say that the installation process for both products is really simple but im not really...

Currently trying to reinstall Windows 10. The setup allows me to get to the stage where I enter an account name and password, but typically when I start typing into the password, it crashes and just gives me a black screen. All of the fans run very loudly when the screen turns to black. I have...

So here's the situation. I just wiped and reinstalled Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. Everything went smoothly until I realised I could not connect to the network. In fact, I could not even detect networks with the ethernet cable plugged into the pc. I went into Device Manager and saw that my...

So i just received my GTX 1060 upgrading from a 1050. After trying to re-install the drivers it keeps giving me the same error (Nvidia installer failed, Installation failed, etc) no matter where I install from. I used DDU to remove the drivers and try a fresh install but it still didn't work.

Hello, I have just built my PC and I'm attempting a fresh install of windows 10 from a USB 3.0. The specs are i7 9700k, 16gb of ram, crucial nvme m2 1tb ssd. Whenever i try to install windows it freezes on getting files ready for installation or just as it completes this stage, freezes...

Hi, Today I used Rufus to make bootable usb drive and tried installing windows 10 on my pc. When windows setup comes with 5 steps i.e 'Copying Windows files' - 'Getting files ready for installation'...... The problem is 1st step goes like 0% to 100% in 3 second I don't have SSD still. And it...

I just built a computer from some older parts earlier today, and have been pulling my hair out because of this error that occurs when trying to install Windows. Here's the error: So far, I've tried changing some settings in the BIOS, such as changing from IDE to AHCI as some guides have...

I’m installing a SSD on my dad’s computer (Packard Bell iXtreme M5850). But 4 of the the SATA ports are blocked. Are these covers that can be removed? Or are these non-functional dummy ports? If they are covers, how do I remove them? They feel very rigid and I'm afraid to break something if they...

So I'm upgrading my PC's Motherboard, RAM, and CPU. I know how the hardware installation works as I built this PC, but I have no idea what I should do for Windows and keeping all of my files. Any help? OS: Windows 10 Old: Motherboard: MSI 970 Gaming CPU: AMD FX: 8350 New: Motherboard: ASUS...