HELP !! Unable to boot to Desktop no matter which Windows I install

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  1. Posts : 18,432
    Windows 11 Pro
       #21

    If you post a screenshot of disk management, we might be able to tell you:
    Disk Management - How to Post a Screenshot of
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  2. Posts : 38
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #22

    Yes i will, currently the computer is checking drive c for errors and repairing it. Will post the screenshot.
    NavyLCDR said:
    If you post a screenshot of disk management, we might be able to tell you:
    Disk Management - How to Post a Screenshot of
      My Computer


  3. Posts : 38
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #23

    Wow. Another twist. Scanning and repairing stuck at 10% for past 1 hour and more.
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  4. Posts : 18,432
    Windows 11 Pro
       #24

    Sounds like the hard drive is bad.
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  5. Posts : 38
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #25

    The chkdsk didnt gave me any error log or report. And to my surprise, the scanning which stuck on 10% reached 100 percent with the blink of an eye. Here is the screenshot of the Disk Management. Please also tell me that I want to install Windows 7 in E: drive (as shown in the screenshot) can I do that ? I will shrink the C: drive to around 100 GB and let Windows 7 use the remaining.

    HELP !! Unable to boot to Desktop no matter which Windows I install-capture.png

    NavyLCDR said:
    If you post a screenshot of disk management, we might be able to tell you:
    Disk Management - How to Post a Screenshot of
      My Computer


  6. Posts : 31,651
    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
       #26

    Saad Anwar said:
    The chkdsk didnt gave me any error log or report. And to my surprise, the scanning which stuck on 10% reached 100 percent with the blink of an eye.
    This is typical of a chkdsk that has found and repaired bad block(s). It can spend a very long time trying to recover data from the bad block then, once past the bad block, speeds up again. Type chkdsk in a command prompt without any switches to display the summary info for the drive. Does it list any bad blocks now? Your initial chkdsk should have written a report that can be read in the Event Viewer.
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  7. Posts : 38
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #27

    The chkdsk report shows 0 errors. But here is another problem. I have three hard disks before the BSOD encounter. Now when i attached the remaining hard disks, one is OK and another is showing as 'Foreign' with a yellow error mark. Screenshot below.

    HELP !! Unable to boot to Desktop no matter which Windows I install-capture.png
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  8. Posts : 18,432
    Windows 11 Pro
       #28

    Disk 1 above needs to be reinitialized as a stand alone disk. It looks like it was part of a dynamic disk array before. Right click on the disk 1 square and should be a selection to initialize or convert to either MBR or GPT.

    Yes, you can install Windows 7 to E: drive. In order to shrink C: drive to add to E: drive you will have to use a program like MiniTool Partition Wizard:
    Best Free Partition Manager for Windows | MiniTool Partition Free

    MiniTool Partition Wizard would also be an excellent tool to use to deal with Disk 1.
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  9. Posts : 5,452
    Windows 11 Home
       #29

    Saad Anwar said:
    Here is the screenshot of the BIOS,
    First picture - Windows 8/10 Features is set to Other OS, simply put, you have UEFI disabled.
    I guess it does not matter now, since you have installed Windows using MBR partition.
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  10. Posts : 38
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #30

    I have a lot of data in Disk 1, should i backup all the data (its very time consuming) before initializing or converting it into GPT ?

    NavyLCDR said:
    Disk 1 above needs to be reinitialized as a stand alone disk. It looks like it was part of a dynamic disk array before. Right click on the disk 1 square and should be a selection to initialize or convert to either MBR or GPT.

    Yes, you can install Windows 7 to E: drive. In order to shrink C: drive to add to E: drive you will have to use a program like MiniTool Partition Wizard:
    Best Free Partition Manager for Windows | MiniTool Partition Free

    MiniTool Partition Wizard would also be an excellent tool to use to deal with Disk 1.
      My Computer


 

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