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  1. Thread: C: drive suddenly showing as unformatted? by Darkstrike
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
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    The external IS the disk I'm having issues with....

    The external IS the disk I'm having issues with. It's plugged into this laptop using a USB 2.5" SATA enclosure. I removed the drive from the desktop PC it was previously installed in.

    Said...
  2. Thread: C: drive suddenly showing as unformatted? by Darkstrike
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 13 Views 1,530

    OK, just started up DiskGenius....it's showing a...

    OK, just started up DiskGenius....it's showing a 'cyclic redundancy check' error on the SSD I am having issues on and the OS partition is listed as 'damaged'

    How should I go about trying to...
  3. Thread: C: drive suddenly showing as unformatted? by Darkstrike
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 13 Views 1,530

    OK, I'll try checking the disk through a USB...

    OK, I'll try checking the disk through a USB enclosure on my other laptop first.

    I've never used DiskGenius before...is there a certain command I should be running?

    Thanks for the help by the...
  4. Thread: C: drive suddenly showing as unformatted? by Darkstrike
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 13 Views 1,530

    Yes, macrium still lists the partition as having...

    Yes, macrium still lists the partition as having a drive letter, despite saying it is 'unformatted primary' so I tried chkdisk on it from the command prompt on the Macrium Live USB.

    I can't boot...
  5. Thread: C: drive suddenly showing as unformatted? by Darkstrike
    Forum: Drivers and Hardware
    Replies 13 Views 1,530

    C: drive suddenly showing as unformatted?

    Hi all,

    I've got a friend of the family's desktop here. It is an older Inspiron 620 running Win10 22H2 (I'm assuming, I can't boot it up to check, but it does have auto-updates turned on, so...)
    ...
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    Hi, good to know about the Win7 upgrade thing...I...

    Hi, good to know about the Win7 upgrade thing...I wasn't aware that path had officially closed :(

    Thanks for the replies folks - I ended up just wiping the machine and doing a reinstall of Win10...
  7. Replies 21 Views 3,767

    Hey all! Bringing this thread back from the dead...

    Hey all! Bringing this thread back from the dead because I now have the PC I had tried this on back in my possession again!
    Hearsepilot - How would I uninstall the RAID driver if the disk is...
  8. Replies 21 Views 3,767

    Sorry for the slow reply zbook ! The fellow...

    Sorry for the slow reply zbook !

    The fellow wanted his computer back for the time being so I don't currently have it to go any further with the attempted upgrade. He's going to clean it up a bit...
  9. Replies 21 Views 3,767

    Uh oh....but if the RAID driver is the cause, how...

    Uh oh....but if the RAID driver is the cause, how can I uninstall that when the system is RUNNING in RAID? I'l try using the AMD Cleanup Tool to remove all the display drivers and give the upgrade...
  10. Replies 21 Views 3,767

    Thanks - logs attached in a zip file! You guys...

    Thanks - logs attached in a zip file! You guys know more what you're looking for than I do...

    387517

    - - - Updated - - -




    OK, good to know what Safe OS is referring to. I watched it...
  11. Replies 21 Views 3,767

    Essentially yes - running Win7 Home, run Win10...

    Essentially yes - running Win7 Home, run Win10 setup from Media Creation Tool-created USB stick, go through the motions, goes to the usual blue screen for installing Win10. It gets someway through to...
  12. Replies 21 Views 3,767

    WIn7 fails to upgrade to Win10? 'SafeOS phase - BOOT operation' error.

    Hey all - a friend of mine who is an older gentleman, but quite an established and capable photographer asked me to replace the power supply in his desktop PC after a recent power surge killed it.
    ...
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    I'd tried a checkdisk and it made no difference,...

    I'd tried a checkdisk and it made no difference, sadly. The disk is a fairly new TeamGroup SSD.
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    I ended up having to do a wipe and reinstall,...

    I ended up having to do a wipe and reinstall, unfortunately.
  15. Replies 5 Views 2,817

    ASUS laptop no-boot...loads to black screen with spinning cursor?

    Hi all - looking at an ASUS laptop for a friend, but I'm stumped.

    It's an ASUS Viviobook Max running Win10. She turned it on the other morning and it just boots to a black screen with a spinning...
  16. Thread: 'No Bootable Disk' issue. by Darkstrike
    Forum: General Support
    Replies 5 Views 633

    Ghot I ended up having to back everything up and...

    Ghot I ended up having to back everything up and wipe and reinstall....everything I tried unfortunately failed to repair the original Windows install...

    Thanks for the help though!
  17. Thread: 'No Bootable Disk' issue. by Darkstrike
    Forum: General Support
    Replies 5 Views 633

    Thanks, but I managed to sort it! Booted into...

    Thanks, but I managed to sort it!

    Booted into a Linux Live USB, converted the GPT to MBR using these instructions:
    https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-convert-gpt-to-mbr-on-linux

    Then...
  18. Thread: 'No Bootable Disk' issue. by Darkstrike
    Forum: General Support
    Replies 5 Views 633

    'No Bootable Disk' issue.

    Hi all,

    I was given an ASUS laptop and an Acer laptop by somebody to get the Acer working for them. The ASUS has a screwed motherboard as the soldered-on power jack stopped working, so I can't...
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    Hi @MisterEd...

    Hi @MisterEd - thanks for the reply! I actually figured it out on my own with a LOT of Googling and just hadn't had a chance to update the thread yet! I ended up booting the old drive on the new...
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    Install storage driver on cloned Windows install?

    Hi all,

    Weird question - I have a lady that had her old Dell die (motherboard failure), so I've cloned her Windows install to her new Lenovo. The old drive had an M.2 drive, the new Lenovo has an...
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    No problem!

    No problem!
  22. Replies 12 Views 3,387

    Ultra Low Power State - see the link in my...

    Ultra Low Power State - see the link in my second-last post! :)
  23. Replies 12 Views 3,387

    Windows update installed official AMD drivers as...

    Windows update installed official AMD drivers as I see the Catalyst Control Panel in the System Tray.

    I just fixed it though! Now that I have ULPS disabled, I tried turning back on Fast Boot and...
  24. Replies 12 Views 3,387

    OK....update...for the hell of it, I completely...

    OK....update...for the hell of it, I completely wiped it and reinstalled Win10 and it is still doing the same thing :/

    So it can't be an sfc or chkdsk issue because this is a fresh install of...
  25. Replies 12 Views 3,387

    OK, finally back! Very sorry for the LATE replies...

    OK, finally back! Very sorry for the LATE replies as I only just found some more time to look into this! :)

    SSD is a brand new install late last year - a 240GB TeamGroup unit. The laptop has...
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