Windows 10 Installation - Help!

LightSadge · 20 May 2020

Hi Dalchina! Thanks, for the link to the Bobomb tool. I am already booted into the usb, but I am a bit stuck. Not every HDD tool recognizes the HDD. The ones that do perceive it as 0.0 bytes and don't allow me to do much.

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NavyLCDR · 20 May 2020

Your hard drive has failed.

dalchina · 20 May 2020

You can run HDTune from Bob Omb's disk just for a laugh - if it sees the disk you will see the SMART parameters.

NavyLCDR · 21 May 2020

The hard drive has failed.

zbook · 21 May 2020

For confirmation testing you can run:
SeaTools for DOS - Hard Drive Diagnostic

Update the specs in the "My Computer" section:

System Specs - Fill in at Ten Forums
In the left corner below in your post you find 'My System Specs'.
After clicking it you can find a link a little below that says 'Update your System Spec', click on this link to get to the page where you can fill in your system specs.
System Info - See Your System Specs - Windows 7 Help Forums

Include PSU. cooler, case, peripherals and anything attached to the computer by wired or wireless (mouse, keyboard, headset, printer, xbox, USB wireless network card, etc.)

NavyLCDR · 21 May 2020

It doesn't matter how many times you test it with however many different tools. Its just time to admit the hard drive, or at least its controller board is toast. Replace it and be done with it!

dalchina · 21 May 2020

How might you help guard against this in the future?
a. Use disk imaging routinely - the very act of doing so verifies the integrity of the used parts of partitions imaged. E.g. Macrium Reflect (free/paid)

That way you have a full restorable backup.

b. Run a utility such as Crystal Diskinfo and set up reporting against thresholds (SMART params) so you get early warning of deterioration

bobkn · 21 May 2020

LightSadge said:

Like I said, I was deleting partition by partition, but the only 2 that could not get deleted or formatted were the System and Primary partitions. As it was late at night, I went back and powered off, but today it doesn't even show in diskpart.

You may have missed the point of my question. Did you delete the partitions from within Windows, or from the OS installer?

I recommend doing the latter.

LightSadge · 21 May 2020

bobkn said:

You may have missed the point of my question. Did you delete the partitions from within Windows, or from the OS installer?

I recommend doing the latter.

I do it from the OS installer, but I was only able to delete 4 partitions out of 6.

The other two which were System and Primary partitions could not be deleted or formatted. So after a few hours I called it a night and the next day after booting I had 0.0 bytes of unallocated space, 0 partitions, 0 volume and it is pretty much dead

but it is what it is

bobkn · 21 May 2020

LightSadge said:

I do it from the OS installer, but I was only able to delete 4 partitions out of 6.

The other two which were System and Primary partitions could not be deleted or formatted. So after a few hours I called it a night and the next day after booting I had 0.0 bytes of unallocated space, 0 partitions, 0 volume and it is pretty much dead

but it is what it is

I have never seen anything like it. If I booted from the installation medium, I have always been able to delete all partitions on the target drive.

Sorry that I can offer no useful advice.