PC won’t boot into windows | Linus Tech Tips | Page 1

umbral gale Mar 28, 2024, 10:18 PM

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This is a bit of an abstruse story lol.

I opened up my all in one pc to see if it had an m.2 slot and when opening it I accidentally ripped the LCD screen connector off so the built-in screen no longer works. I put in an m.2 SSD and upgraded the ram anyway. When I tried to install windows onto the SSD with a USB drive I realised the bios and boot selection screens only come up on the built-in monitor even with my second monitor plugged in. I managed to boot into a Ubuntu USB blindly with windows advanced startup which only displays on the built-in monitor and then tried to clone the disks in Ubuntu but it didn’t work. Now when I turn on my PC the screen goes black and the fan starts spinning, I think I may have messed up the windows install on my hard drive. Is there anyway I can boot into a windows installer USB drive and have it appear on my second monitor rather than it trying to display on the unconnected built-in monitor?

slim prawn Mar 28, 2024, 10:25 PM

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Unplug the display connector for the built in monitor

umbral gale Mar 28, 2024, 10:25 PM

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I did

slim prawn Mar 28, 2024, 10:27 PM

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Ohhhh all in one

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I missed that sentence

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Does your keyboard have a switch screens button

umbral gale Mar 28, 2024, 10:28 PM

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I don’t think so

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If I boot into my Ubuntu USB drive would I be able to install a fully set up version of windows onto the SSD? It would need to be fully setup because the windows setup screen won’t display on my second monitor

slim prawn Mar 28, 2024, 10:33 PM

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Uhhhh

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Maybe

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