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System halted with message requesting restart and choosing a correct installation medium

System halted with message requesting restart and choosing a correct installation medium

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tacorich1k23
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02-25-2016, 02:24 PM
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I turned on my PC from sleep and it functioned briefly before freezing. Pressing the power button restarted it, and at startup it asked to choose a boot device. My attempts: I verified the BIOS settings and the SSD appears in the Boot Options list (the only drive connected). I accessed the console and ran "bootrec.exe/rebuildbcd," which reported "Total identified Windows installations: 0." I connected my Windows 10 USB to test Startup Repair, but it failed after a short delay. A Custom Windows Install on the primary partition returned an error about creating or locating a partition. Upgrading Windows didn’t work either. I’m unsure what caused this issue. Anyone have ideas on possible fixes?
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tacorich1k23
02-25-2016, 02:24 PM #1

I turned on my PC from sleep and it functioned briefly before freezing. Pressing the power button restarted it, and at startup it asked to choose a boot device. My attempts: I verified the BIOS settings and the SSD appears in the Boot Options list (the only drive connected). I accessed the console and ran "bootrec.exe/rebuildbcd," which reported "Total identified Windows installations: 0." I connected my Windows 10 USB to test Startup Repair, but it failed after a short delay. A Custom Windows Install on the primary partition returned an error about creating or locating a partition. Upgrading Windows didn’t work either. I’m unsure what caused this issue. Anyone have ideas on possible fixes?

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LorrenK
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02-25-2016, 03:37 PM
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It seems the SSD has stopped working. You might want to launch Command Prompt from the installation media and then use DiskPart to remove all partitions from the affected drive before reinstalling Windows. DISKPART> list disk Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt -------- ------------- ------- ------- --- --- Disk 0 Online 931 GB 0 B Disk 1 Online 232 GB 1024 KB * DISKPART> select disk 1 Disk 1 is now selected. DISKPART> clean
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LorrenK
02-25-2016, 03:37 PM #2

It seems the SSD has stopped working. You might want to launch Command Prompt from the installation media and then use DiskPart to remove all partitions from the affected drive before reinstalling Windows. DISKPART> list disk Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt -------- ------------- ------- ------- --- --- Disk 0 Online 931 GB 0 B Disk 1 Online 232 GB 1024 KB * DISKPART> select disk 1 Disk 1 is now selected. DISKPART> clean

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Vichoflo
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02-25-2016, 10:05 PM
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Check if all your files are gone or if Disk 1 is the right target after cleaning. It looks like Disk 1 has the available space, so it might be the best choice.
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Vichoflo
02-25-2016, 10:05 PM #3

Check if all your files are gone or if Disk 1 is the right target after cleaning. It looks like Disk 1 has the available space, so it might be the best choice.

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eylon2030
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02-26-2016, 05:25 AM
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Choose the disk matching your boot device using its capacity. With just one drive, clean disk 0; it’s unlikely to be the 14GB USB (which would be a 16GB flash card).
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eylon2030
02-26-2016, 05:25 AM #4

Choose the disk matching your boot device using its capacity. With just one drive, clean disk 0; it’s unlikely to be the 14GB USB (which would be a 16GB flash card).

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Coopdawg_
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02-26-2016, 05:34 AM
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Sure, I'll help you with that! Just make sure to pop the SSD into your laptop tomorrow and then proceed with cleaning the disk. Let me know if you need any more support!
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Coopdawg_
02-26-2016, 05:34 AM #5

Sure, I'll help you with that! Just make sure to pop the SSD into your laptop tomorrow and then proceed with cleaning the disk. Let me know if you need any more support!

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