Windows 10 installation

Forum discussion tagged with Windows 10 installation.
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    Question PC not booting after Windows10 update

    Hello everyone. Last night I upgraded my old gaming PC (Acer Predator G3620) from Windows 7 to Windows 10. I want to specify that I did a clean install (using a USB drive, formatting all partitions). Everything was working fine until I shut it down. Since then, on startup, it gets stuck on the...
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    Question I am looking for the Windows 10 product key that must be on the HP recovery USB

    I have an HP Omen. I reformatted the Windows drive and partitioned the disk. I want to use the Windows 10 product key, just the key, that must be on the HP recovery USB stick. Once I have the key I will validate the new Windows 10 installation with it. How would I go about this?
  3. Muz1e

    Question Blank Blue Screen when installing windows 10

    I know this question has been asked many time but I cant seem to find solutions for my unit, I've recently upgraded my motherboard from a320m to b550m( auros elite to be specific) Whenever I override boot my windows installation flashdrive (downloaded from windows media creation tool 22h2 and...
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    Question Install not showing nvme m2 drive

    I'm trying to install windows fresh on a new pc. I have two M2s installed. One in the top slot and another in the second. The bios seems to recognize that there are m2 devices installed but neither show up in the nvme setup page on my bios. Neither show up in the windows install option either...
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    [SOLVED] BSOD while installing Windows 10 from USB ?

    So if anyone has seen my previous threads, I recently made a small upgrade to my pc. I got a new board, psu, gpu, ram, and case. (Sucks I still havent gotten a new cpu yet) So upon building my tower, I got excited when It turned on flawlessly after I put it together. Unfortunately, I get bsod...
  6. KokoAkos

    Question Windows 10 won't boot from new SSD

    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...
  7. glenjj

    [SOLVED] Are they ripping me off?...

    So I bought a new pc from a very reputable site that assembled it for me, but I'd like some advice please guys on this situation. Timeline: First delivery, DOA, returned for inspection, dead GPU, replaced. Second delivery, DOA again, returned for inspection.. dead MOBO, offered an upgraded...
  8. rockii

    [SOLVED] Can't install windows 10; no device drivers were found

    Just got a computer from a friend yesterday, Everything was working normally until I brought it back home and tried to install windows 10 via the windows 10 media creation tool from a usb flash drive. After clicking the correct language settings and region, I click install but this error...
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    [SOLVED] Windows could not format a partition on disk 0. The error occurred while preparing the partition selected for installation. Error code: 0x80070057

    trying to install windows 10 on a new ssd and I'm met with this error. any advice?
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    Question We couldn't install windows in the location you chose. Please check your media drive. Here's more info about what happened: 0x80300002

    Hi all. Trying to reinstall windows 10 on a new ssd and I'm running into this issue. I tried running diskpart and cleaning the disk but that did not work. any ideas?
  11. redcandy

    Question BIOS ignores USB Boot

    I got a ASUS Vivobook e200H which I want to do a clean install of windows 10, got a Bootable USB with the windows 10 ready to install (which is detected and works in other computers) and it is detected in the BIOS has a bootable device but seems like the computer just ignores it and skips to the...
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    Question Windows installation cant see drive but shows up in bios and windows.

    Hello, I have an m.2 ssd that shows up in the bios and shows up in my current computer's file explorer. I've build a new computer and put the ssd in, it shows up in the bios but when I try to install windows from a bootable usb, the drive doesn't show up. I've tried formatting the drive on my...
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    Question SSD not showing up in BIOS after Win 10 installation problem

    Hello everyone, Yesterday, I started to build my streaming PC but got in trouble when installing Windows 10 from a USB flash drive. The PC has two storage drives : An M.2 NVMe 500 Gb SSD that I put in the only M.2 slot of the MB, and a 2 Tb HDD. After the initial boot, the SSD was showing up...
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    [SOLVED] Cant get system to boot after advanced reset???

    Long story short my Windows 10 has been running like crap for the last month or two, I decided to do a fresh install of 10 but I accidentally formatted both HDD's thinking that would allow me to start with a new clean drive and install without having the old OS still on the drive somewhere! Big...
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    [SOLVED] BUilding a new rig w/ windows 10

    I am building a new pc, and I need to know since it has been literal years since I have done this, what order to do this in. I currently have windows 7 in my rig, but I am going to be upgrading to windows 10. So I have a windows 10 installer, ryzen 7 2700x cpu, a 500gb ssd, corsair h100i cooler...
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    [SOLVED] Can't find HDD with Windows 10 after install

    I'm trying to install Windows 10 on an HDD (WD Blue 1TB) that I was previously using as a storage drive (I had the OS on another SATA SSD that seems to have died on me). I get through the whole installation process, including deleting all existing partitions, and then the computer restarts. But...
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    [SOLVED] Windows 10 version update issue

    Hello, first time poster. I'm having issues every time I go to update to a new version of Windows 10. It fails every time. I've had to do a couple of fresh installs already since 10 came out just to stay on supported versions. I have the operating system on an ssd, and I have a raid 10 setup...
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    [SOLVED] New 500GB hard drive recognized as 0.00GB?

    Update: I contacted WD and it turns out Amazon sent me an OEM drive for some reason. Got refunded for it. Thanks for the answers tho. I just built a pc today using new parts. When trying to install Windows 10 Pro through bootable USB the hard drive shows 0.0MB and Windows can't be installed. I...
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    Question Trying to upgrade to windows 10

    I am currently using a computer that has windows 8.1. I cleanly reinstalled windows 8.1 today in an attempt to fix some issues but it did not work because some of what I use was made for windows 10 (i.e. my graphics card). I was installing windows 10 and it got to 80% and got stuck. I ended up...
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    My 1080 ti underperforming, please help!

    Ok english is not my first language just saying.. So i got the asus strix oc gtx 1080ti a week ago and it is under performing and doing worse than my old 980ti. Anyone know what could be the problem? On cs and fortnite im gettin 120fps avg which is really bad when i have a 144hz monitor. Im...