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Unusual Boot Issue - Windows 10

I have windows 10 Home Edition and I generally leave my PC on round-the-clock. Today I had to restart my PC andWindows forced an update on me like usual, except this time it would not boot back. I had ...
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Dell keeps booting to old SSD

My Dell G5 5590 has a 250GB SSD and a 1TB HDD. I bought a Samsung Evo 870 1TB SSD, and used Samsung's Data Migration tool to clone from the 250GB to the Evo. Then, I opened the laptop and installed ...
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please insert a disk into usb drive after rufus [duplicate]

I used rufus to install windows on a fresh pc and after the install was finished I booted into windows, removed the usb drive. When I restarted and plugged the usb in it can't detect any media on it ...
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Windows boot loader corrupt on encrypted Windows 10

Good evening. I am looking for assistance in decrypting a HDD encrypted with Drivecrypt Plus Pack (or DCPP). In preparation for formatting, I uninstalled Drivecrypt from Windows without first removing ...
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How to correctly boot into Windows D: drive after cloning

I've recently bought a new SSD and successfully cloned the old HDD and all it's partition to the SSD resulting in a C: and D: drive. I've added a new boot entry with bcdedit by copying over the ...
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INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE BSOD after cloning a drive, but only when the old drive is still connected

I've used Clonezilla to copy my Windows installation to a new drive. I have done a disk-to-disk copy, from the old SATA SSD to the new NVMe SSD. Upon removing the old drive, the new drive boots just ...
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Making an existing Windows 10 partition bootable

I have a PC which previously ran a W10 dual boot setup. The drive which had my first windows installation died, and now I can't boot into the second drive, although as far as I know it has a complete ...
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I have a Windows 10 Laptop, It doesn't boot up when I enable the HDD

I have a Windows 10 laptop and I just upgraded it to use a SSD by replacing the old HDD with the new SSD and cloning the Windows with MiniTool. It was just working fine until I started having random ...
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Windows partition won’t boot despite being detected everywhere else

I recently removed a dual-booted OS from my computer. However, Windows won’t boot with the IO1_INITIALIZATION_FAILED error. Notes: the recovery partition boots fine DISKPART outputs: there are no ...
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How To recreate bootloader to UEFI?

My hard drive is malfunctioning and not being recognized by my computer. However, i can use testdisk and get to the data on the drive and copy it, so i know data is in tact. I took it to a computer ...
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Change boot system from Legacy > UEFI and set hard disk from MBT > GPT

There are many questions I need someone can help me answer it. Let me explain first... Longtime ago, my laptop only have 1 HDD and 1 CD-Drive. I have been using around 3 years, and my hard disk is ...
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I cloned my old boot drive to a new SSD and deleted a partition. Now I cannot boot from either drive

Situation I cloned the contents of my old (boot/OS) SSD to a new SSD. I then attempted (and failed) to edit the contents of the new SSD, and this has made me unable to boot from either drive. ...
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Unable to delete SSD

Everything began when my laptop (MSI PS63 Modern) went on being stuck in a BIOS boot loop back a few months ago. From what I remember, it happened after a BSOD where windows got frozen during the ...
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Windows 10 desktop no longer booting after hard disk swap

I have a work desktop, a Dell Vostro, which initially worked fine except for long periods of freezing after being awoken from sleep. I consulted and was told it was a hard disk issue. I received a ...
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Disk usage at 100% during startup

Every time I start my computer, I have to wait 15 - 20 minutes just for it to actually be usable because disk usage is stuck at 100% and causing high lag. I have no idea why, and I tried a few ...
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How to log all file access in Windows before login?

I am trying to troubleshoot/fix a 30 minute boot time (i.e., the time between power being applied and the login screen appearing). All diagnostics (CPU, HDD, RAM) seem fine, so I simply suspect a bug ...
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Windows 10 doesnt boot after install

I've run into a problem! My computer is running somwhat old, but it was upgraded about 2015-2017 with diffrent parts. Today its running a MSI Mag Z390M Mortar motherboard with an intel i7 4790K and ...
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NVME SSD disappears from BIOS during Windows operation, but never on BIOS load

I have an SSD (ADATA SX6000LNP) which contains a full-disk C: partition for Windows 10 and is installed in an NVME slot on the motherboard (ASRock X370 Pro4 with P6.30 UEFI). I also have an old HDD as ...
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Laptop Booting takes long time and File transfer takes hours

I have an SSD installed for booting my Windows 10 and an additional HDD of 1 TB for storage in my laptop some days ago my laptop took a long time to boot it always asks to run chkdsk. Folders take a ...
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Move cloned ssd windows 10 to new hardware acquire a new license and keep old for old hardware

i have an i5 windows 10 with 2 SSD and this is my old hardware I want to move to new hardware with i7 my plan is to pick the one SSD which is a clone with windows 10, and boot to a new hardware. My ...
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Windows 10 UEFI won't boot (solved)

I can't boot my Windows 10 Pro mounted on GPT partition. For a couple of days it entered a loop caused by WinRE. The strange thing is that no recovery function was able to get my drive to boot. I ...
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BIOS doesn't recognize internal HDD connected through a SATA to USB adapter

BIOS(or motherboard firmware), doesn't recognize internal HDD connected through a SATA to USB adapter I have two computers, a tower and a laptop. I usually use a laptop but recently, in addition to ...
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Hibernation doesn’t work when it is booted from external SSD drive

I have an external SSD drive connected to my laptop through a USB C port. I can start Windows flawlessly from the SSD. Windows was installed when the laptop was directly connected to the motherboard ...
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Cloning active partition to another drive

Can I clone my active partition (H:) in "Disco 1" to "Disco 0" and erase the old one without any risks of boot errors? What program should I use? Is Macrium Reflect all right? I'd ...
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boot from old internal HDD after fresh Windows install on new SSD

I replaced the HDD (Win10 Pro Bld # > 1800 can't remember exactly) on a V502UX Asus with 2 SSDs: 500GB 2.5" SATA III Samsung 870EVO on which I installed a fresh Windows 10 Pro (21H2 Bld #...
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Cloning/copying a complete PC

My home has a high end Home Theater controlled by a small PC with two separate drives (C and D). I will be selling the house some time in the near future (I am 83 years old). I designed the theater ...
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What is "Check for installed LCU, Error code 0x17" (Win10pro doesn't start after power loss)?

We had a storm that knocked up power (maybe twice in ~10 sec).  Some PCs at work do not have UPSs, most are set to keep Off after power loss.  Next day Win7 machines simply started without any issues. ...
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How do I fix an issue with Disk Manager that is causing a Windows Boot Manager Error?

A user of my desktop erroneously clicked 'make drive active' on the C: drive in Disk Manager. This has caused a Windows Boot Manager Error when I try to restart the computer. Here is what I do not ...
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swapping between Hard drives with OS in a laptop

I'm about to do some tinkering/experimentation with my laptop and looking for some options to keep my system safe from any wrongdoings that I may trigger. Therefore, is it possible to take out my ...
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Problems with windows drive not booting

I had a problem after tyring to install Ubuntu and I kinda screwed some things up, so my Windows 10 wouldnt boot, luckily I had a drive with nothing important on it so I installed Windows 10 on it, ...
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