Clean install of Windows 10 on SSD (had Windows 10 on it)

[maceman121]

I built a new computer about two weeks ago, and put on Windows 10 in order to start off. It was a brand new copy, 10 Pro, and was running like a charm, until Tuesday morning. I woke up, and found my computer locked in a reboot to BSOD cycle. Long story short, after trying to troubleshoot it to no end, I went in and tried to format my drive and do a fresh install. I went in, through another Windows computer, and formatted the old partition (housing data), and using diskpart, deleted the partitions, and cleaned the drive. I did another format (not quick) and tried to install windows using the USB stick I purchased (as well as another stick I made.)

This is where the issues start coming into play. When I boot from the initially bought USB, I get to choose Windows 64 bit or 32 bit. It loads up the files it needs and gets to where we see a blue windows logo on a black screen. It thinks a bit, than has a BSOD. Trying this a few times, the error changes but mostly refer to either a bad driver install, or bad hardware (one error meaning either is possible, no error JUST saying bad hardware). No matter what I do, I cannot get into the install phase.

So, I went and unhooked all my hard drives and tried again, same issue, it BSOD after it loads files and is on the Windows logo a bit. Makes a bit of sense, but it is the same error sets. I plug in my main drive again and try, still no luck. So now I have run the Memtest86, for 6+ hours, and it has found no errors. I wasn't sure if some hardware (like RAM) had gone bad, but this suggests to me that it is not a hardware issue. I read somewhere someone's DMA had gone bad, causing a similar issue, but no idea how to determine that.

The only other thing, at this point, I have tried, is to boot off another windows on a different HD. Now this is an OEM windows, and after it starts to boot up, I get the old fashion BSOD telling me there are issues with the software. Pretty sure its because everything but the harddrive changed and is no longer valid. No biggie, it was what I expected, but suggests it is still not hardware.

I just do not know what to do. I am about to try installing Linux onto the drive, and installing Windows over that, but everything I am seeing suggests that Windows keeps finding left over files on the drive that makes it think windows is installed. When I boot from the USB, I can use advanced features like Boot to Safe Mode, and such, which is odd for a new install. I just want to get Windows up and running so that I can use my computer again.

Visual Concept of what is happening: http://imgur.com/a/iXJRk

MOBO: MSI Z170A Krait Gaming (BIOS: E7A11IMS.280)
VIDEO CARD: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070
PROCESSOR: Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake Quad-Core 4.2 GHz
POWER: EVGA 750 GQ
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 2400 (not overclocked)
MAIN DRIVE: Crucial MX300 2.5" 525GB SATA SSD
DATA DRIVES: Seagate BarraCuda ST3000DM008 3TB (2x, mirrored, not attached during install)

 

[Paul NZ]

Boot from flash drive, or dvd and delete all partitions on your system then reinstall windows

Dont try and reinstall windows while youre in windows

And dont use a hdd from another system with windows on it. You will have probs

 

[maceman121]

Boot from flash drive, or dvd and delete all partitions on your system then reinstall windows

Dont try and reinstall windows while youre in windows

And dont use a hdd from another system with windows on it. You will have probs

Sorry, I think I was confusing there. I used diskpart on windows (another computer) to delete all partitions on the drive (had it plugged in as an external drive). As far as I can tell, none are left (had been three with windows installed). I run into that problem trying to reinstall windows, booting from either my own made USB install flash, as well as the one that came with my Window's purchase.

The other HDD was simply to see if it would give the exact same issue as a means of troubleshooting, not trying to actually get it to work (it got further, different issue, so not suspecting hardware to be the main culprit).

 

[Shaun o]

As often happens with the install of windows 10 there is only ever one blue screen of death error ever shown.
After you select the SSD drive or hard drive you have in your system, at the point you are talking about.

And the cause is in a lot of cases this, that in the bios setup of the motherboard for the Sata ports of the board the type of mode you currently have selected is likely Sata mode.

Simply change the mode to Ahci mode.

Save the new changes in your bios before you exit it.

When you get to the part of windows 10 setup and install select advanced drive options and do a manual format of the SSD drive in question with a Ntfs file formatting.

Once done simply click next to start the installation of windows 10 to the SSD drive.
The BSOD error should not happen and the windows 10 installation will complete without any problems.

 

[maceman121]

As often happens with the install of windows 10 there is only ever one blue screen of death error ever shown.
After you select the SSD drive or hard drive you have in your system, at the point you are talking about.

And the cause is in a lot of cases this, that in the bios setup of the motherboard for the Sata ports of the board the type of mode you currently have selected is likely Sata mode.

Simply change the mode to Ahci mode.

Save the new changes in your bios before you exit it.

When you get to the part of windows 10 setup and install select advanced drive options and do a manual format of the SSD drive in question with a Ntfs file formatting.

Once done simply click next to start the installation of windows 10 to the SSD drive.
The BSOD error should not happen and the windows 10 installation will complete without any problems.

Jumped into my BIOS, under settings/advanced/integrated peripherals, I found SATA configuration. The SATA Mode is already currently set at AHCI mode (only other option is RAID). SATA1-6 Hot Plug are each disabled.

I can't seem to get to the actual Windows Installation part either, it keeps seemingly trying to boot Windows, not install it.

Kernal Security Check Failure is the error I am getting.

 

[Paul NZ]

Make sure you press a key when you boot from dvd or flash drive. Otherwise it will boot into windows

 

[geofelt]

The issue may be secure boot.
Windows, once installed wants to boot only from the device it was initially installed on.

To get around this, I think perhaps removing secure boot from the bios.
Legacy boot may also be an option.

 

[maceman121]

Make sure you press a key when you boot from dvd or flash drive. Otherwise it will boot into windows

Pretty sure it is booting directly from the drive. No option to press a key to boot from the flash, but I have tried to go through the boot menu just to verify and same problem.

The issue may be secure boot.
Windows, once installed wants to boot only from the device it was initially installed on.

To get around this, I think perhaps removing secure boot from the bios.
Legacy boot may also be an option.

Windows should no longer be installed, since I formatted it. As for the secure boot, not positive how to do that. Under Boot Mode I only have UEFI and LEGACY+UEFI. I use the later.