Why is it so hard to put my Windows on this machine? I am very annoyed and can't get it installed right now.
Why is it so hard to put my Windows on this machine? I am very annoyed and can't get it installed right now.
For a week now, my computer won't let me get online. My friends at Tom's were super patient with me. They ran lots of tests and helped out a lot. The internet service provider tech looked everywhere and found no problems. I also talked to the Motorola (router) tech and he said it wasn't his gear either.
I couldn't find any physical hardware problems, so finally, I realized the problem was probably in Windows. So, I decided to install a brand new copy of the operating system. My old C: drive worked fine, so I put that back in place and got online again. That's when I made my USB boot drive from the Microsoft website and let it work.
After a few days, the computer stopped completely and shut down. I thought it was done. But then I tried to restart it. Yes, I even changed the order in which it boots (BIOS settings). Then I looked at the old drive that worked before and realized it was blank. So, it looks like the drive had been formatted but the new Windows wasn't installed yet.
I tried again and again to put Windows on this drive, but every time I got a message saying Windows couldn't install because the file system was wrong. I thought it was weird that Windows would format the drive in a way it couldn't use. So I went into Disk Management to check it out and try to reformat it. "Format" button looked grayed out. Even when I tried right-clicking in the context menu, it wouldn't format because the computer said the drive was open and in use, even though nothing on my part made it that way.
I feel like I'm going crazy. Nothing works anymore. It won't let me install a fresh copy of Windows or even format this drive. Every time I try to run the new installation, the computer goes into automatic repair mode but then tells me it can't fix it myself. Anyone have some ideas on how to help with this? Thanks so much!
It seems pretty much like the disk is going to break soon. You can try checking its life on the maker's website, but if they don't have one handy, just go with Crystal Disk Info or whatever other tool you're used to using that shows you the smart status.
I am going to check the Samsung website, and the message says my drive is fine.
Samsung Magicician - for the ssd, you need to download Samsung Magician Software | Consumer Storage | Samsung Semiconductor Global The Samsung Magician software helps you manage your Samsung SSD with a simple, easy-to-use interface. You can find download links and see which models are supported at semiconductor.samsung.com Here is how to check if your SSD health is good in Windows 10 or Windows 11 Find out how many times it has written data so far. I would suggest turning on OneDrive and backing up all your files, because eventually all the SSDs will stop working properly. (I keep some old hard drives from Samsung, but they don't last long, so I always backup my files there.)
Are you trying to run everything at once with both drives plugged in? No way. Take out your old one, just leave what you need for Windows, and put a USB stick of the setup program in there. Then turn on using that USB drive instead.
No, all drives except one are unplugged. I am trying to start up with a USB stick. This is what happens when you want to install Windows: "Windows can't be installed on drive 0 partition 2. [Details]: The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks." So, I tried to use mbr2gpt to change the format of the drive. (The drive had a 2TB main part with two smaller parts in between.) mbr2gpt doesn't work on small partitions that aren't the first one. I tried to clean it up using diskpart, but an error told me "clean is not allowed on the disk containing the current boot, system, page file, crash dump or hibernation volume." How do I format this drive so Windows can be installed?
Don't mess with anything. When Windows shows a place for your new drive, pick "Advanced." Then erase every existing part of the hard drive so there is nothing left behind. Just tell it to go into that empty space instead. The program will take care of making the right kind of storage parts and setting them up itself.
Here is a plan to split your hard drive into two parts before using it: make sure about 250GB goes to "C" (or 175GB) and let the rest become your D-Drive. Keep Windows on its own part so you can reset or reinstall everything easily if needed, while the other drive stays for games and work. This way, when one drive wears out from using it too much, you won't lose anything by having a game open while working on a file at the same time.
Use THIS EXACT method and you won't need to worry about doing anything to the drive. Windows will handle everything that needs fixing. If Windows can't fix it, then there is a hardware problem either with the drive, the storage controller or another part on your motherboard. It could also be because of the USB drive you are trying to install from or some other hardware issue. In case you ever need to do a CLEAN installation of Windows 10, this guide will help ensure it gets done properly. How to do a CLEAN installation of Windows 10, the RIGHT way What's the exact model of your power supply? And by "model" I don't mean XXX brand 500w. I mean, like, Corsair RMx 650, Core reactor II 650w, EVGA G2 750w, etc.