[SOLVED] HDD broken??

[jdc606]

i built a pc recently with a seagate barracuda 2.0 TB HDD that i had. i booted it and it loaded me into windows 10 and everything worked and was fine. i went to settings and recovery and cleared the hard drives files. after that finished my pc would boot infinitely into CRITICAL PROCESS DIED. and windows 10 installation media wouldn’t show up the HDD on custom installation. please help

 

[CountMike]

i built a pc recently with a seagate barracuda 2.0 TB HDD that i had. i booted it and it loaded me into windows 10 and everything worked and was fine. i went to settings and recovery and cleared the hard drives files. after that finished my pc would boot infinitely into CRITICAL PROCESS DIED. and windows 10 installation media wouldn’t show up the HDD on custom installation. please help

Just what files did you "clear", more than likely you just ruined windows.

 

[jdc606]

Just what files did you "clear", more than likely you just ruined windows.

i went on the recovery option in settings and made it just remove my files. i’ve done this with laptops before and it never did this to me.

 

[CountMike]

i went on the recovery option in settings and made it just remove my files. i’ve done this with laptops before and it never did this to me.

Yo may be better off to just do clean install

 

[jdc606]

Yo may be better off to just do clean install

yeah it tells me i need to repair my pc with a usb or dvd. i’m gonna try and boot off my Installation media USB and see what it tells me.

 

[USAFRet]

New motherboard (system) and old drive+OS, and its not working?

Full wipe and reinstall.

How To - Windows 10 clean install tutorial

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[jdc606]

New motherboard (system) and old drive+OS, and its not working?

Full wipe and reinstall.

How To - Windows 10 clean install tutorial

If you are looking for the Windows 11 Clean install tutorial, you can find that here: Windows 11 Clean install tutorial (Click here) Otherwise, welcome to the Windows 10 Clean install tutorial This tutorial is intended to help you, step by step, to perform a clean install of Windows...

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thanks, i’ll try this and i’ll tell you if i have any luck.

 

[jdc606]

New motherboard (system) and old drive+OS, and its not working?

Full wipe and reinstall.

How To - Windows 10 clean install tutorial

If you are looking for the Windows 11 Clean install tutorial, you can find that here: Windows 11 Clean install tutorial (Click here) Otherwise, welcome to the Windows 10 Clean install tutorial This tutorial is intended to help you, step by step, to perform a clean install of Windows...

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yeah whenever i try booting it off the installation media it doesn’t go to it it just brings me to a recovery screen that i need to repair my pc.

 

[USAFRet]

yeah whenever i try booting it off the installation media it doesn’t go to it it just brings me to a recovery screen that i need to repair my pc.

How did you create the install media?
Did you check the boot order in the BIOS?

 

[jdc606]

ok it loaded up the windows setup

 

[jdc606]

when it asks me where i want to install windows there are no drives available even though my hdd is plugged in.

 

[USAFRet]

when it asks me where i want to install windows there are no drives available even though my hdd is plugged in.

There is NOTHING listed there?

 

[jdc606]

There is NOTHING listed there?

yeah even though my drive is plugged in. I’m getting an SSD. not sure what to do with my ssd once i get it. i don’t want to mess it up because i tried another hdd and it still wouldn’t show up that hdd on the drives.

 

[USAFRet]

yeah even though my drive is plugged in. I’m getting an SSD. not sure what to do with my ssd once i get it. i don’t want to mess it up because i tried another hdd and it still wouldn’t show up that hdd on the drives.

Try:
Different SATA cable
Different motherboard port

What specific SSD are you looking to get?

 

[jdc606]

Try:
Different SATA cable
Different motherboard port

What specific SSD are you looking to get?

thanks for everything so far, will do that. i’m looking for samsung 970 evo.

 

[jdc606]

thanks for everything so far, will do that. i’m looking for samsung 970 evo.

wow! i changed the sata cable and the port and my hard drive shows up on the windows installation media and i’m now installing windows!! thank you so much.