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I have an issue with my new installation.
I have this setup
Asus Maximus VI extreme motherboard
Samsung SSD 870 Evo 2 tb for image
I7 4770K chip
Gskill 16 Gb ram
I needed to get a bigger SSD so I clone the old to a new one, but that didn't go so well.
The cloning program corrupted the...
Running Windows 11 Home Version 23H2 on Dell Inspiron AIO 5490 AIO. BIOS Mode UEFI and up to date.
Total identified windows installations: 0 after using bootrec /rebuildbcd or bootrec /scanos command in Windows Recovery Environment. Ive done everything recommended online to fix the issue...
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I recently attempted to upgrade my laptop to Windows 11, but I encountered some compatibility issues. My laptop, a [insert model and specs], seems to fall short of meeting some of the requirements for Windows 11, particularly in terms of TPM version and CPU compatibility...
I am trying to install Windows on a HP Microserver Gen8. It contains 4 rust drives in the main bays, and an SSD in the optical slot. The nature of the HP BIOS is such that the SSD needs to be created as an "array of one" before it can be used, but I've done that, and set it as the primary boot...
Buongiorno, ho un problema con il mio PC MSI AM 241 All-in-One. Il computer funzionava correttamente, e volevo solo sostituire l'SSD M.2. Dopo aver smontato e rimontato il PC, al momento dell'accensione, non si avviava e mostrava un LED arancione quando collegavo l'alimentatore. Pensando fosse...
This is a weird one that my computer has been doing on and off for the last couple months. Every now and then after startup/login it will freeze but only system related apps. CTRL ALT DELETE doesn't work, taskbar is unresponsive, however non-system related apps such as games will function as...
I am multibooting 3 drives (1 Win10 and 2 Win11) the boot manager on one win11 drive is selected in bios. It works but in addition to the named drives it also lists the three efi partitions which are unbootable -of course. I am not sure why they are there and they are a nuisance. How can I...
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Hey guyz. Its been 48 hours since the door for windows is locked, I tried dual booting windows 7 for some project purpose... But since then windows have kept me stuck in BIOS and the loading error page since then. IMP NOTE: It won't reset, nor any commands in terminal helps, tried bunch of...
My issue is very strange and complicated and I was looking for a second opinion.
For starters, hardware:
ASUS TUF Z590 Motherboard
Intel i9 10900K CPU
Corsair Vengeance RAM 4x16GB overclocked at 3600MHz
RTX 3090 FE
1000W EVGA PSU
Firstly Ill say I have a custom water loop, in part to handle the...
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I have three drives two with win 11 and one with win 10. One of the drives is older and two are newer which were installed after the older drive.
I cannot seem to change the bootmanager. Wwwindows was installed on each drive independently but when I put them together the boot manager on drive c...
When I attempt to turn on/restart my PC, the PC almost never boots past the Bios Splash screen. The same error occurs consistently: The small screen on my motherboard displays code “F3” while the Bios Splash screen is displayed and my keyboard and mouse have power (It stays like this for maybe 4...