Hey guys - Just wanted to check in to let you know that so far Win10 has been running great ... and runs significantly faster than my Win7 installation.

I appreciate everybody's help in sticking...

Yup, I will be doing this. Thanks.

My google search was less effective and I didn't find the /verifyonly command quickly enough. Sorry about that.

If you knew my current life situation, you...

Famous last words :) Is there a way to scan only without it making changes? Or will it prompt me before taking any actions?

That makes sense - though I've had at least one or two bad experiences in the distant past with Windows trying to check/repair stuff.

Is there a command for having sfc run only a check without it...

Agree - but had issues multiple times with multiple USB sticks - not sure why. WinNTSetup ultimately did work, despite appearing to crash after setup completed.

Okay, thanks - I see that it can be burned onto a DL DVD.

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Breaking news: I am in!

Despite the error at the tail end of the WinNTSetup installation, I was able to boot...

I almost made it to the finish line and then got the below. Any ideas?

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I have also tried burning the image to DVD, so I can try installing that way, and that...

Thanks very much. And the mode setting is the one in your screenshot?

I will try this in the morning.

Nope. New Year's Eve :chuckle:

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Deleterious is a really great word.

Thanks for all of the very helpful insight.

I'm not sure I am following your comment. It looks like my drive config meets the needed criteria -



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No. Windows 10 is a new install and doesn't boot at all - see...

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Thanks for the explanation. I can easily answer this question. The boot manager is on the SSD along with the two OS installs. The other two drives are merely data drives. In other words, the one and...

Discussion is the only way to learn. I am a tech/computer/coder guy, a DIY guy, and here to learn. I was not discussing in lieu of providing the image. I need to be in front of my PC to provide it...

Hi MH -

I appreciate you taking the time to help. I will post this tonight. I would like to understand why you are interested in seeing ALL drives. I have a 1TB SSD with the two OS installs, and...

I wasn't worried about the cost of the drives. This just seemed to me to be a neater solution. From the perspective of the OS or installer, why would whether it is a standalone drive or a partition...

Well, yes, but not successfully.

The Windows 10 installation completed from USB but when it reboots into Win 10, I get the error shown below associated with the pci.sys driver. I would assume it...

I didn't go that route. I went with the guidance in subsequent posts - especially post # 7, to install Windows 10 on the MBR drive.

I've not been having any issues with this drive. Hard Disk Sentinel shows it in excellent health.

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How about the flash drive though? Can the thing that caused the failure...

I used Media Creation Tool

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I was excited - because this worked and the installer was running. Until it hit 20% and crashed with "Your device ran into a problem and needs...

Thanks. How do I boot in Bios mode?

I have read this is only true for Windows 7 32-bit, but not for Windows 7 64-bit. You are referring to a BIOS-specific conflict?



This would be ideal. However, the Windows 10 installer would...

I have Windows 7 64-bit running on one partition of a drive where I'd like to add a Win 10 installation.

What is the best way to convert from MBR to GPT without worry of any data loss on the...

Thanks for the super-fast response.

Are there any files to cleanup? I see a few that look like temps, but not sure what they were associated with ...

$WINDOWS.~BT
$WINDOWS.~BT.bak...

I have an old machine where I run Windows 7. At one point in time, I tried an upgrade install to Windows 10 which was unsuccessful.

There are still two entries at startup -

1. Windows Setup
2....

Thanks for this walkthrough - it was very helpful ... although it's worth noting that some of the screenshots are slightly outdated versus the current version.

More importantly, I ran into the...