Problem with starting the PC on Windows.
Problem with starting the PC on Windows.
Hello everyone! I've been working on fixing my friend's problem for a while now, but so far nothing has worked. Could anyone give me some advice? His PC specs are: Corsair Vengeance 5180 CPU, i7-8700 GPU, GeForce RTX 2080, MBOO b360, 2x8GB DDR4 2666, Storage setup including Force MP300 and Seagate 2TB HDD, running Windows 10. On the night of October 3rd he encountered a blue screen and shut down. The next morning it booted into UEFI, but restarting brought it back to BIOS. Enabling Optane Genie in BIOS caused an endless loop between Windows and Vengeance. We adjusted settings like boot priorities, BBS options, Fast Boot, and Optane status, but nothing changed. We also tried using the Windows 10 installation media to try and fix things. The repair attempts didn't help. The restore process offered two options—one from October 3rd afternoon and another from October 2nd—but both failed. The situation is tough because I can't be there in person, so I have to call him. They don’t have access to the PC’s inner workings easily, making it hard to replace RAM or swap drives. Thanks for your support!
The motherboard connects directly to BIOS yet still recognizes the drive suggests corruption. A fresh Windows installation might be possible, especially using a live Linux USB such as Manjaro or Ubuntu. Since your 2TB drive isn’t running Windows, it should remain intact. For a clean setup, consider disabling the drive in BIOS before starting the install to prevent accidental formatting.
Linux and Ubuntu can be a bit more challenging... My friend is less familiar with PCs than I am, and we haven't used Linux before. Still, I appreciate the concept and plan to reinstall Windows soon! Thanks for your assistance—I'll update you on the progress (likely in the coming days, since my friend and I are feeling a bit exhausted).
Creating a live Linux USB is straightforward using Rufus, and starting it is just as easy as using any other USB drive. No prior Linux experience is required—just use the File Manager to find your files if needed. If you're worried about data loss, Rufus is sufficient: https://rufus.ie. For Manjaro, download the XFCE version from https://manjaro.org/download. Open Rufus, select the downloaded ISO, click Start, and then restart your system. Enter BIOS settings and enable booting from USB; consider disabling Secure Boot if it's active to avoid issues.
You don’t need to install Manjaro or anything else. Just plug it in from the USB and use the File Manager right away. After booting, you’ll see a menu with choices—press Enter on the first option and it will launch Manjaro. If prompted for a password, enter "manjaro".
Hey there! We managed to get into Manjaro and back up our files. Windows won't install at all, not even a hint. Diskpart can't clean, remove, or fix partitions, and MSI Secure Erase Plus also fails. The Diskpart clean command says it worked but does nothing. Windows Installer's drive selection delete/format doesn't help either. We tried clearing disk attributes with the attribute disk clear readonly, but it didn't work. Installing Windows on the biggest partition forces a restart before it starts again. In BIOS, we can't boot from the right drive. Overall, Manjaro seems really tough to handle. If I had this in high school, I'd probably get into some wild stuff on school computers. By now, I think the drive is beyond repair.
Where were you planning to use Diskpart? Were you attempting to wipe the disk while running Windows? To remove an operating system drive, you need to boot from another source. If you created a Windows installation media on a USB drive, you can boot into it and erase the original drive. You referred to the Windows Installer drive selector, but I’m unclear about its purpose—it seems unrelated to the process. It should either erase the drive or trigger an error if it fails, but you must start from the USB during installation. Windows 10 Installation Media: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software.../windows10
I understand your point. While working with DiskPart, we were started from the Windows installation media. During the setup, when choosing the drive for installation, there was an option to delete or format partitions, but it didn’t work. Once, the drive appeared as unallocated space, yet the partitions and data reappeared automatically. We haven’t managed to get back into Windows on that PC yet.