- Jul 19, 2008
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I'm going to attach pics because they will demonstrate my issue better than words. I was hacked awhile back, so I'm finally doing a format and clean install of Windows now.
I use a DVD of GParted to format my drives and create partitions.
Yesterday I installed Windows, and when Windows 10 Pro came up, on the left side of the screen there were two Windows Boxes (Wish I had taken a pic of this). One box said Start Windows from Volume 1 (Pretty sure that was the volume reference) and the other box said Start Windows from Volume 4
I've done Clean Install of Windows 10 probably 5-6 times between my laptop and desktop, and I've never seen this before.
OK, I used GParted today to delete my partitions and format my 1TB drive into one partition. I wanted to keep it as simple as possible. I booted up my ASUS UEFI Motherboard after the partitioning was complete, and saw very strange boot screen. Here's where the pics will tell the story. Currently I only have ONE hard drive attached - the 1TB I mentioned. I always unplug my external drive when doing an install.
Here is pic 1 link. (The Gparted DVD has been removed from my DVD drive, and I have rebooted)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q713fub4XP4h8GK8iLQT8u3GR5uv_5l1CQ/view?usp=sharing
Notice how there are two UEFI hard drives, and a UEFI DVD plus a standard DVD?
I rebooted the PC again, and the boot screen looked the same. I even went to ASUS to check for a new BIOS - NOPE, I'm current.
So I powered off my PC, got a cup of coffee, and started it up again. This time here was my boot screen:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IpEkpAKPm-oaoQ4Uh7CngAg9mfAoeIwlwA/view?usp=sharing
So I went ahead and installed Win 10, but I'm also a bit concerned that this weirdness displayed on my boot screen. Makes me nervous.
I know i could have sent this to ASUS tech support, but I have had terrible tech support from ASUS. This is my first ASUS product of any type, and it will be my last. Anyway, this forum is a great resource, so I wanted to bounce this off you guys first.
TTYL
I use a DVD of GParted to format my drives and create partitions.
Yesterday I installed Windows, and when Windows 10 Pro came up, on the left side of the screen there were two Windows Boxes (Wish I had taken a pic of this). One box said Start Windows from Volume 1 (Pretty sure that was the volume reference) and the other box said Start Windows from Volume 4
I've done Clean Install of Windows 10 probably 5-6 times between my laptop and desktop, and I've never seen this before.
OK, I used GParted today to delete my partitions and format my 1TB drive into one partition. I wanted to keep it as simple as possible. I booted up my ASUS UEFI Motherboard after the partitioning was complete, and saw very strange boot screen. Here's where the pics will tell the story. Currently I only have ONE hard drive attached - the 1TB I mentioned. I always unplug my external drive when doing an install.
Here is pic 1 link. (The Gparted DVD has been removed from my DVD drive, and I have rebooted)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q713fub4XP4h8GK8iLQT8u3GR5uv_5l1CQ/view?usp=sharing
Notice how there are two UEFI hard drives, and a UEFI DVD plus a standard DVD?
I rebooted the PC again, and the boot screen looked the same. I even went to ASUS to check for a new BIOS - NOPE, I'm current.
So I powered off my PC, got a cup of coffee, and started it up again. This time here was my boot screen:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IpEkpAKPm-oaoQ4Uh7CngAg9mfAoeIwlwA/view?usp=sharing
So I went ahead and installed Win 10, but I'm also a bit concerned that this weirdness displayed on my boot screen. Makes me nervous.
I know i could have sent this to ASUS tech support, but I have had terrible tech support from ASUS. This is my first ASUS product of any type, and it will be my last. Anyway, this forum is a great resource, so I wanted to bounce this off you guys first.
TTYL
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