Hello everyone!
Recently, I attempted to upgrade my pretty old pc to windows 10. I used the 'upgrade now' option from the windows 10 installer, not a usb or iso. I did not do a clean install.
I had problems even during the end of the installation, with generic blue screen errors that didn't tell me what was causing the crash. Eventually as I was trying to boot into repair mode the installation finished by itself, but then the crashes continued seemingly randomly but with extreme frequency. The CPU was stuck at 100%, and the crashes would happen even before I logged in if I let the computer sit idle.
The problem, at least with the CPU (which I suspect was causing the crashes? I'm not an expert by any means and the error didn't say if it was a specific driver) did not appear to be happening when I'd boot into safe mode while trying to fix the issue. However nothing I tried worked. I also did not have sound anymore. Eventually I used the built in function that allowed me to go back to windows 7 if I do it within a week of the upgrade. That at least worked like a charm.
I am thinking of doing a clean install now, but of course I am extremely worried that the issue is going to persist even with a clean install, and since I've been told that with a clean install you don't have the built in option to roll back to windows 7, I am wary.
Does the fact that the crashes/100% cpu usage didn't happen in safe mode show promise? Does it mean that windows 10 is fine on my pc, it's just a leftover file from 7 or something that's not loading in safe mode that was causing the issues? My computer is 11 years old and I cannot afford a new one so I really don't want to mess it up.
System specs:
Foxconn H67M
gtx 1070 8gb
16gb ddr3 ram
intel i7-2600 @3.40GHz 2.80 GHz
Thank you!
Recently, I attempted to upgrade my pretty old pc to windows 10. I used the 'upgrade now' option from the windows 10 installer, not a usb or iso. I did not do a clean install.
I had problems even during the end of the installation, with generic blue screen errors that didn't tell me what was causing the crash. Eventually as I was trying to boot into repair mode the installation finished by itself, but then the crashes continued seemingly randomly but with extreme frequency. The CPU was stuck at 100%, and the crashes would happen even before I logged in if I let the computer sit idle.
The problem, at least with the CPU (which I suspect was causing the crashes? I'm not an expert by any means and the error didn't say if it was a specific driver) did not appear to be happening when I'd boot into safe mode while trying to fix the issue. However nothing I tried worked. I also did not have sound anymore. Eventually I used the built in function that allowed me to go back to windows 7 if I do it within a week of the upgrade. That at least worked like a charm.
I am thinking of doing a clean install now, but of course I am extremely worried that the issue is going to persist even with a clean install, and since I've been told that with a clean install you don't have the built in option to roll back to windows 7, I am wary.
Does the fact that the crashes/100% cpu usage didn't happen in safe mode show promise? Does it mean that windows 10 is fine on my pc, it's just a leftover file from 7 or something that's not loading in safe mode that was causing the issues? My computer is 11 years old and I cannot afford a new one so I really don't want to mess it up.
System specs:
Foxconn H67M
gtx 1070 8gb
16gb ddr3 ram
intel i7-2600 @3.40GHz 2.80 GHz
Thank you!