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Trying to do a clean install - totally stumped
Hi, I'll try to include as much info as possible without taking up too much space. I'm not a tech whiz, but I'm not exactly a slouch. I want to completely reformat and reinstall Windows, but can't. It's driving me nuts.
It all started because of being unable to run windows update - it just kept saying "Your device is missing important security and quality fixes" and the Power options always said "Update and restart" or "Update and shut down" but never actually updated. Here's a breakdown of most of what I've done so far:
- tried making a recovery disk (errored out)
- created a recovery drive on a different PC (no recovery media is recognized)
- burning the Windows 10 ISO onto a 32GB USB stick and changing BIOS to boot into that
- tried with safe boot on and off (nothing worked either way)
- ran all the chkdsk commands I could find (no errors detected)
- there's no Windows.old folder to delete
- uicciso.dll showed up in the error log, but I wasn't able to replace it
- tried all recovery options to reset the PC and restore from a system image and no dice
- used Windows Media Creation tool multiple times
- removed all other USB devices and tried multiple USB ports with the recovery drive and ISO drive
- deleted a buttload of applications, disabled all startup options
- tried to boot into safe mode, but there's the glitch where my password doesn't work there
Device info:
Windows 10 v1909 (OS Build 18363.1556)
Board: Gigabyte AB350M-Gaming 3-CF
Chipset: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8-core
Memory: 8GB DDR4
Any ideas? Is there a nuclear option I'm missing?