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reinstalling windows 10 after upgrade - think I made a mistake
hi all
Was posting over in the windows 10 apps issue as I was having problems with the xbox and store apps. I decided to reinstall after doing some reading.
This was a windows 10 upgrade from windows 7 ultimate.
I went thru the reinstallation process and got to the login at windows. It kept asking to login with the same password previously used, which was interesting since I had elected to not keep any prior settings. The problem is that I had been logging in with fingerprint so no password would work.
I think this is where I made a mistake. I decided to attempt to go back to the installation process again. I know, not wise now that I think about it. Not sure why I thought that was a good idea.
So I went to boot off of my windows 10 installation usb drive as before. Now I cannot get anywhere past the reinstallation process.
I cannot see the drives anymore to boot back into windows despite not redoing the installation a second time. It will not install on any of the drives listed.
Any thoughts?
The problem may be because I did not disable secure boot, the tutorial on windows.com I followed did not mention it or I failed to see it.
Would I be better off reinstalling windows 7 again then windows 10?
Anyway, any help would be appreciated to fix this mess I got myself into. I can easily upload pictures as well.
thank you.
Of note, I have two drives - SSD had windows, bigger 1tb drive had most other things.