Thank you for the advice and instructions. At this point, my only option is to do a clean install as you mentioned anyway. Furthermore, it is probably best that I reformat both the SSD and the HDD...

Kari,

Thank you for the suggestion, unfortunately the drive letter assignment is not the issue. My computer only has two drives, and SSD on Drive 0 and an HDD on Drive 1. There are no optical...

Kari,

I need your help! I had followed all the steps for moving the users folder from an existing installation. Upon reboot, I get the OOBE Wizard and run through it accordingly. The problem is...

Kari,

Thanks very much for your timely and accurate responses, it is much appreciated and I will take your advice.

On a final note, it may be helpful for you to change your original instruction...

On an informational note:

I believe the true value of your procedure is vastly extending the life of an SSD, as after much analysis using the Resource Monitor and Process Monitor tools, I noticed...

Kari,

If I can get ahold of the install media with the install.wim file and get your procedure to work, would you then recommend creating a directory junction (hard symlink) from C:\Users to its...

Kari,

I am following your instructions exactly, however, the ISO file that I created using the Media Creation Tool only has the install.ESD file in it, the same as on my USB Flash Drive media. I...