So after about 9 hours I figured I would ask a question in the same place I get most of my answers anyway. Here goes, and thank you for any help you may be in advance - this will be lengthy.
Prior to the issue I am having I was running Windows 10 (upgraded from 7 Ultimate) on an SSD along with a second SSD I used for games, Steam, Origin, etc.
I just purchased a new SSD and did a fresh installation of Windows 10 Enterprise using the ISO from the MSPartner site on a USB drive. The install went pretty much as smooth as it could. The drive I was using for games was recognized and I started to install all my programs I needed. Now, I don't know if this is the cause or it's purely coincidental, but sometime after I installed Visual Studio Community my Games drive was no longer recognized. I then rebooted my computer and it sat at the Windows Logo Loading screen (the one with the circle of dots telling you it's thinking) and I stared at it for about 5 minutes. I rebooted my machine and was greeted by the "Preparing Automatic Repair" screen which I learned afterwards was a bug in Win10. I tried a bunch of solutions I read online including the Startup Repair option from the USB I used to install with. All that got me was all of my drivers and core program exe's erased after no prompt or warning. So after I vowed to strike down Bill Gates I then tried to wipe everything clean and start over but I got the "The disk Windows is on is locked, haha". I tried running a chkdsk on my boot drive but I got the "volume is busy" error and when I chose the option to schedule it on next reboot nothing happend. The only thing that gets my PC to boot is to unplug the drive I keep all my games on. If it's just my boot drive and my new storage HDD everything is fine.
So, I guess my questions boil down to these.
- How the hell can I access my games drive to reformat it.
- How the hell can I unlock my boot drive should I choose to do another fresh install.
- Where the hell can I find Terry Myerson so I can kick him square in his happy little balls.
Thanks TH.
Prior to the issue I am having I was running Windows 10 (upgraded from 7 Ultimate) on an SSD along with a second SSD I used for games, Steam, Origin, etc.
I just purchased a new SSD and did a fresh installation of Windows 10 Enterprise using the ISO from the MSPartner site on a USB drive. The install went pretty much as smooth as it could. The drive I was using for games was recognized and I started to install all my programs I needed. Now, I don't know if this is the cause or it's purely coincidental, but sometime after I installed Visual Studio Community my Games drive was no longer recognized. I then rebooted my computer and it sat at the Windows Logo Loading screen (the one with the circle of dots telling you it's thinking) and I stared at it for about 5 minutes. I rebooted my machine and was greeted by the "Preparing Automatic Repair" screen which I learned afterwards was a bug in Win10. I tried a bunch of solutions I read online including the Startup Repair option from the USB I used to install with. All that got me was all of my drivers and core program exe's erased after no prompt or warning. So after I vowed to strike down Bill Gates I then tried to wipe everything clean and start over but I got the "The disk Windows is on is locked, haha". I tried running a chkdsk on my boot drive but I got the "volume is busy" error and when I chose the option to schedule it on next reboot nothing happend. The only thing that gets my PC to boot is to unplug the drive I keep all my games on. If it's just my boot drive and my new storage HDD everything is fine.
So, I guess my questions boil down to these.
- How the hell can I access my games drive to reformat it.
- How the hell can I unlock my boot drive should I choose to do another fresh install.
- Where the hell can I find Terry Myerson so I can kick him square in his happy little balls.
Thanks TH.
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