Question Messed up booting with "Maximum memory" setting in msconfig

Djoks31

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Bought a new RAM memory (2x8gb) and after installation I noticed that system uses only one stick of memory (8gb). Found on internet solution to set "Maximum memory" setting in msconfig to something else than default, and it was automatically set to full RAM capacity.
After that I couldn't boot my PC, it was stuck on Windows logo. Tried to reinstall Windows but it can't finish installation, and Windows isn't fully installed either. Now I can't remove that "Maximum memory" setting I set because and can't install new Windows.

CPU: Ryzen 3 2200G
MOBO: Biostar A320MH
GPU: Vega 8 Integrated
RAM: 16GB Kingston Fury Beast 2666MHz
OS: Microsoft 10 Pro
 
Boot from windows installation media and fix bootloader.
You have to remove truncatememory value.

bcdedit /deletevalue {default} truncatememory

It may be necessary to specify BCD store.
First assign letter to bootloader partition.
diskpart
list disk
select disk 0
(If you have only a single disk, then it will be disk 0. If you have multiple disks, then you'll have to find corect disk number.)
list partition
select partition x
(select bootloader partition. Usually it's a small 100-500MB partition. Recovery partition is not bootloader partition.)
assign letter=S
exit

Then specify BCD store:
(for legacy/csm boot)
bcdedit /store S:\boot\BCD /deletevalue {default} truncatememory
(for UEFI boot)
bcdedit /store S:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD /deletevalue {default} truncatememory
 

Djoks31

Commendable
Mar 2, 2021
5
0
1,510
Boot from windows installation media and fix bootloader.
You have to remove truncatememory value.

bcdedit /deletevalue {default} truncatememory

It may be necessary to specify BCD store.
First assign letter to bootloader partition.
diskpart
list disk
select disk 0
(If you have only a single disk, then it will be disk 0. If you have multiple disks, then you'll have to find corect disk number.)
list partition
select partition x
(select bootloader partition. Usually it's a small 100-500MB partition. Recovery partition is not bootloader partition.)
assign letter=S
exit

Then specify BCD store:
(for legacy/csm boot)
bcdedit /store S:\boot\BCD /deletevalue {default} truncatememory
(for UEFI boot)
bcdedit /store S:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD /deletevalue {default} truncatememory
When I try to assign letter it says:
"There is no volume specified. Please select a volume and try again."
I selected partition with "Reserved" type, size 16mb. There is 523mb partition but it's "Recovery" type
 
I selected partition with "Reserved" type, size 16mb. There is 523mb partition but it's "Recovery" type
Wrong partition selected. It definitely will not be 16MB. 16MB is protective MBR partition.
You have to look for small (less than 500MB) Primary partition or EFI System partition.
Can you show a screenshot?
Execute following, make a screenshot, upload to imgur.com and post link.
diskpart
list disk
select disk 0
list partition
list volume

If you have more than one disk connected then also
select disk 1
list partition
select disk 2
list partition
...
select disk n
list partition
 
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