Error received when upgrading from 8.1 to 10

Megahertz · 13 Sep 2022

Now that the SSD has all partitions to boot, you can clean the HDD.
First of all make sure that the SSD with win 10 is the first boot option on BIOS.
Attach the HDD and boot from the SSD. You can also launch the boot menu (F9?) during post and select the SSD.

You can clean the HDD in two ways.
- Windows Disk Manager isn't a good tool as it doesn't show all partitions. Use MiniTool Partition . It works like a script builder. You select all partitions BUT D: and delete (it will show as unallocated space but it isn't yet) Then resize D: partition to right and to the left. Hit apply. Now it will begin to execute all tasks (delete partitions and expand D: to all available space)

- You can use diskpart to clean all drive, including D: and create a new partition. Be very careful.
Open a CMD window as administrator and type:

diskpart
list disk (it will list all drives. Identify the HDD drive number)
select disk n (replace n by the HDD drive number obtained with list disk)
clean
create part primary
select part 1
format fs=NTFS quick
assign letter=D
exit (to exit diskpart)

Restore your data from the backup

dbsoccer · 13 Sep 2022

Thanks Megahertz, The process you outlined worked perfectly. The entirety of the drive is now available and I'm uploading files from backup. During the course of doing backups I used a true external USB drive that was assigned the label of 'D'. As you know one of the steps in your diskpart process was to assign a letter label to the drive I was 'restoring'. Before starting any of the work on this drive I had ejected the external drive. I then assigned 'D' to drive being rebuilt. I was thinking at the time I could have labeled it 'E' or some other letter but I stuck with 'D'. During the MiniTool partitioning steps, MiniTool referred to the drive as the 'E' drive. Not sure if assigning 'D' will cause any issue when I try re-attaching the external drive. I am hoping the system just assigns it some other letter and we move on.

On a related matter and a bit of loose end, I've attached a picture of my F9 view as I was booting the PC. I used the Windows Boot Manager. There are two other boot sources in UEFI list. Is this normal? Any concerns or actions I need to take?

Again, thanks Megahertz for your help with all of the issues that came up. I can see now the Tutorials will be a valuable resource moving forward.

Megahertz · 13 Sep 2022

Good to know you now has win 10 on the SSD and a HDD for data.
- It wasn't clear for me if you have used MiniTool Partition or Diskpart to clean the drive.
- IPV4 and IPV6 are internet protocols. They can be used to boot from LAN if you have a server.

dbsoccer · 13 Sep 2022

I used diskpart to clean per the process you described. I plugged in my true USB external drive and it was assigned 'E' without issue. I guess I'll leave the IPV4 and IPV6 lines alone and call this issue "Solved". Thanks again, Megahertz for all your help.

Megahertz · 14 Sep 2022

Did you check Device Manager to see if there is any yellow alerts of missing drivers?

dbsoccer · 14 Sep 2022

device manager seems to be happy. No yellow flags anywhere - disk drives et al.