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MrEv15425
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01-22-2016, 09:39 AM
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Today something unexpected occurred. I couldn’t remove or uninstall a game from the Windows Store and ended up with about 250GB of unused space on my Gaming drive, which is just filled with games. The drive is on an SSD, but even after changing permissions, it wouldn’t let me delete it. When I tried formatting it using the Windows 10 install pen, that didn’t work either. Now my system won’t boot, even though I just formatted the drive. What should I do to resolve this? I’ve already tried booting from BIOS and using the W10 pen, but everything failed.
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MrEv15425
01-22-2016, 09:39 AM #1

Today something unexpected occurred. I couldn’t remove or uninstall a game from the Windows Store and ended up with about 250GB of unused space on my Gaming drive, which is just filled with games. The drive is on an SSD, but even after changing permissions, it wouldn’t let me delete it. When I tried formatting it using the Windows 10 install pen, that didn’t work either. Now my system won’t boot, even though I just formatted the drive. What should I do to resolve this? I’ve already tried booting from BIOS and using the W10 pen, but everything failed.

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RJB1
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01-22-2016, 10:55 PM
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During installation, Windows doesn't always place the boot partition on the same drive as the one you installed it on. Formatting that drive would have removed the boot partition it uses to start. That's why Windows won't boot anymore. You might need to create a fresh boot partition on your SSD using the Win10 pen drive you have. ttps://www.tenforums.com/installation-upgrade/52837-moving-recreating-efi-partition.html#post698505
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RJB1
01-22-2016, 10:55 PM #2

During installation, Windows doesn't always place the boot partition on the same drive as the one you installed it on. Formatting that drive would have removed the boot partition it uses to start. That's why Windows won't boot anymore. You might need to create a fresh boot partition on your SSD using the Win10 pen drive you have. ttps://www.tenforums.com/installation-upgrade/52837-moving-recreating-efi-partition.html#post698505