Question Windows 10 keeps rebooting and making me reinstall it again ?

[treshawn]

I recently had to replace my old motherboard (Asrock h310cm-hdv) for a new one because some pins had broke when i was putting my new cpu (i5 9400f) in. i bought the exact same motherboard as before so i wouldn’t run into any compatibility issues. i rebuilt it all and it ran perfectly the first time and then i had to leave for work, i get home a few hours later and now it tells me to reinstall windows and i do that but it keeps rebooting and making me reinstall windows again. any idea on what’s wrong?

 

[lvt]

How did you install Windows?

If you used an USB stick, remember to remove the USB or the installation will go in loop.

 

[CountMike]

I recently had to replace my old motherboard (Asrock h310cm-hdv) for a new one because some pins had broke when i was putting my new cpu (i5 9400f) in. i bought the exact same motherboard as before so i wouldn’t run into any compatibility issues. i rebuilt it all and it ran perfectly the first time and then i had to leave for work, i get home a few hours later and now it tells me to reinstall windows and i do that but it keeps rebooting and making me reinstall windows again. any idea on what’s wrong?

Check and replace CMOS battery. It's probably not keeping BIOS settings.

 

[treshawn]

Check and replace CMOS battery. It's probably not keeping BIOS settings.

i will try this and let you know thank you in advance

 

[treshawn]

How did you install Windows?

If you used an USB stick, remember to remove the USB or the installation will go in loop.

i did use usb stick, i will try this. thank you in advance

 

[treshawn]

How did you install Windows?

If you used an USB stick, remember to remove the USB or the installation will go in loop.

i removed the usb after installing and now i get the “Reboot and Select proper boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected boot device and press a key”

 

[treshawn]

Check and replace CMOS battery. It's probably not keeping BIOS settings.

i swapped batteries for my old one which had no issues and nothing has changed, any other tips or advice?

 

[lvt]

i removed the usb after installing and now i get the “Reboot and Select proper boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected boot device and press a key”

Maybe you didn't select the right device to boot.

Enter the Bios and make sure the SSD or HDD with Windows is selected as first boot device.

 

[treshawn]

Maybe you didn't select the right device to boot.

Enter the Bios and make sure the SSD or HDD with Windows is selected as first boot device.

when i change the order of my boot devices the windows installation is different, one is higher quality and one is lower quality. other than that nothing really changes

 

[lvt]

when i change the order of my boot devices the windows installation is different, one is higher quality and one is lower quality. other than that nothing really changes

What do you mean by "higher quality" and "lower quality"?

Do you mean screen resolution?

 

[treshawn]

when i change the order of my boot devices the windows installation is different, one is higher quality and one is lower quality. other than that nothing really changes

What do you mean by "higher quality" and "lower quality"?

Do you mean screen resolution?

yes resolution, the UEFI boot gives me a higher resolution and the SSD boot gives me a lower resolution

 

[treshawn]

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yes resolution, the UEFI boot gives me a higher resolution and the SSD boot gives me a lower resolution

on the UEFI boot, i have the option to choose from volume 2 or volume 5. no matter which one i choose it always loops back to the windows installation

 

[CountMike]

Do you have another disk except the one you are installing windows on ?

 

[treshawn]

Do you have another disk except the one you are installing windows on ?

yes, i have finally figured it out. thanks for your input though

 

[CountMike]

yes, i have finally figured it out. thanks for your input though

It's easier if only the disk meant for windows is left in.