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Can we also see a screenshot of Disk Management - Post a Screen Capture Image - Windows 7 Help Forums - same tutorial for 10, except rightclick Start Button to access Disk Mgmt.
Did you unplug the other HD when you installed Win10?
Can we also see a screenshot of Disk Management - Post a Screen Capture Image - Windows 7 Help Forums - same tutorial for 10, except rightclick Start Button to access Disk Mgmt.
Did you unplug the other HD when you installed Win10?
Dunno about Win 8 because I installed on a brand new SSD drive. Strangely, I have seen the memory error on shutdown of Windows 10 a couple of times, but not every time I shut down.
I did the RAM test and HDD test a couple or three times and everything came out OK. However, I'll try what you've linked tomorrow after we get back from doc's office. Routine health stuff.
Absotively, posolutely! Ain't goin' back thar agin!
Still the same . . . requires two attempts to boot. Another thing to note is that on the first attempt to boot, "Press Esc, etc." flashes; you gotta be quick as the 'quick brown fox' to press Esc. On the second attempt, "Press Esc, etc." sticks around long enough to be read and to press Esc.
I was out of town when I installed the SSD and Windows 10 on the laptop, so I'll have to wait until things are unpacked later tomorrow afternoon.
To sum up:
Windows 8.1 on the original laptop hard drive requires two boots.
Windows 10 on a brand new SSD drive (original drive totally removed) requires two boots.
Although I have an external Toshiba hard drive, it's not normally plugged into the laptop unless I'm travelling.
My Brother MFC J825 DW network printer was installed on Windows 8.1.
My Brother MFC J825 DW network printer was not installed on Windows 10 because I was not at home where the printer is.
Oh, and I even changed out the mouse because Fry's had a Microsoft Mobile Mouse on sale for $10!
This laptop came with Vista 64 bit preinstalled several years ago. I immediately removed Vista and installed Windows 7. Windows 7 never required two boots, nor did Windows 8. When Windows 8 came out, I clean installed it and upgraded to Windows 8.1 and then Windows 8.1.1. Somewhere between Windows 8.1 and 8.1.1, things went awry, but I can't pinpoint when.
Thanks for the details, it does help.
When I read your post, it occurred to me that the memory error is a Win10 bug - I reported it to MS feedback and a few other people have posted it here (Noelbeth55 pointed me to the thread)
https://www.tenforums.com/general-dis...-shutdown.html
The clean boot tutorial is fine - just don't remove MS services, they're kind of needed to run MS Windows
The machine is a bit old (Vista original OS) and it might not be up to the task of Win10.
neowin said:If your machine meets or exceeds the required specs - then it will take some more digging.Microsoft Preview said:
Please post the URL to a PUBLISHED Speccy report per this tutorial:
Speccy - Publish Snapshot of your System Specs - Windows 7 Help Forums
You said it began around the time you installed 8.1 update 1 - Win10 is really 8.2. There is a difference between Win8 and 8.1 (which now includes update 1) - making the point because you said the machine ran on Vista, Win7 and Win8.
The thing that caught my attention was the having to press the ESC key at boot - that's not normal. What is the screen telling you? Post a screen shot if you can take a picture with a camera, or jot it down - thanks.
Also check if there is a BIOS update available.
We'll take it from there after you get a chance to post the information requested.
Since Win10 is a preview release - consider running it in a Hyper-V virtual machine. It's really easy and Kari did a great job making it nearly foolproof:
Hyper-V virtualization - Setup and Use in Windows 10
That won't solve the double boot, but it will save you from having to reinstall your main OS
Bill
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Exceeds the requirements big time: AMD Turion X2 Dual-Core 2.10 Ghz; 4 GB RAM; x64 Processor; 320 GB HDD
When I first got the machine, it had Vista preinstalled, which I took off and installed Windows 7. When Windows 8 came out, I formatted the hard drive and installed Windows 8; updated through the Microsoft Store to Windows 8.1 and then to Windows 8.1.1. I have never made it a dual boot system.
Whoops! No, no, no, I don't have to press Esc to boot . . . In order to boot from DVD or Jump Drive, I have to press Esc. I just thought it strange that the boot failure barely showed the "Press Esc, etc. . . . message, but the successful boot showed the message long enough to be understood and acted upon. Sorry I misled you.
Will do, but it's gonna be a day or so. Hubby's anemic and needs some blood, which will be an all day affair tomorrow.
It'll take a couple days to get the homework done. :) BTW, I also have an HP Pavilion g Series laptop that came with Windows 7 which was uninstalled and replaced with Windows 10. That one hasn't given me a minute's trouble.
Thanks for the help.
Ok, no sweat - take care of your husband first.
I'm still a bit confused. The esc is only required when booting from a DVD (jump drive should boot with only a Boot order menu change - without a timer to select).
As I now understand it: You don't ever have to hit esc, you were just describing that the first boot flashes by too quickly, but on the 2nd boot you can read the msg. The question is: Why are you seeing the esc msg at all.
The issue existed on the spinner with 8.1 update 1 before the SSD was installed and Win10 put on it.
Is there a bcdtext.txt file on your desktop?
Yes? Please attach that file to your next post.
The other requests for information, Disk management screen shot and is the system booted UEFI or legacy, would also be helpful.
Thanks,
Bill
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Thanks, the disk mgmnt looks fine. I'm not sure why the System Reserved is 350 MB though-more research for me, but I'm pretty sure it's not contributing to the issue.
Unfrotunately, the system is from HP - you won't have many options in BIOS. Look though the settings and see if there is any UEFI boot or Secure boot option - don't change anything, just post the setting. A camera shot is fine if you want to do that.
There are laptops with two drives (I forget the mfgr). I think Lenovo makes a laptop that you can swap out the optical drive and put a 2nd HD drive in it's place.
Bill
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Do you have Fast Boot enabled in BIOS setup?
Can we see pics of your other BIOS Advanced and Boot settings?
Have you unchecked everything in msconfig>Services after ticking the box to Hide all MS Services, and then disabled everything in msconfig>Startup?