[SOLVED] Problem with Win 10 Installation : Blinking white line

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Hello there,

I was trying to upgrade to windows 10 because an essential program couldn't run on my current OS, Windows 8.1. I tried the media creation tool provided by windows, and tried upgrading it from there. Doesn't work, oh well. The next thing i tried to do was download the windows 10 iso and using rufus, create a bootable usb drive that could let me install windows 10. From there the problem begins and my sanity decreases. I shut off my pc, turned it on, went to the boot menu using f12, chose my drive and then came the blinking line at the top left that would cause my future distress. I have tried every solution i could find, changing the boot order, turning off secure boot, changing it to ntfs instead of fat32, etc etc . I'm at the end of my rope. I appreciate any and all help i could get.

My specs are :
Operating System
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 64-bit
CPU
Intel Xeon X3470 @ 2.93GHz
Lynnfield 45nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Gateway DX4840 (CPU 1)
Graphics
VX2035wm (1680x1050@59Hz)
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 (EVGA)
Storage
298GB Western Digital WDC WD3200BPVT-55JJ5T0 (SATA )
119GB SAMSUNG SSD 830 Series (SATA (SSD))
465GB Hitachi HTS545050KTA300 USB Device (USB (SATA) )

 

[Colif]

why did you manually choose the drive after the installer had finished? Windows would have likely booted fine if you just left it be, the installer can change the boot order during the installation. Your don't have to do it?

Is there an option in boot order called Windows Boot Manager? make it top if there is.
Is the boot method set to Legacy or UEFI, its possible the drive is formatted as GPT in which case making it 1st in line doesn't auto boot PC from it.

one way to tell what format drive is, is to look at it in diskpart
change boot order so USB is first, hdd second
boot from installer
on screen after languages, choose repair this pc, not install.
choose troubleshoot
choose advanced
choose command prompt
type diskpart and press enter
type list disk and press enter

if the column labelled GPT has an asterix in it, your boot drive set up as UEFI boot method which is what Win 10 defaults to if your motherboard supports it. GPT boot partitions can be anywhere on the PC, it might even be on 1 of the other 2 hdd. If PC had secure boot on, its likely does have GPT format.

type list vol and press enter - this shows all partitions on PC
can you tell me what their descriptions are?


exit out of cmd once finished.

if you still in the advanced menu of windows recovery, try running startup repair
it will scan PC and maybe fix this.

another fix is just fresh install win 10 again and not go into bios and make changes you don't need...

or boot from installer
on screen after languages, choose repair this pc, not install.
choose troubleshoot
choose advanced
choose command prompt
Follow this: https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-rebuild-the-bcd-in-windows-2624508