intel to amd help | Linus Tech Tips | Page 1

dawn sail May 9, 2024, 2:20 PM

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Hey people, I'm going from Intel to AMD, Everything works but I just can't get into windows, I just get sent to Automatic Repair, Any ideas on how to fix? Tyia

radiant warren May 9, 2024, 2:34 PM

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Use the automatic repair, that's why you're there.

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Meanwhile, post your pc details.

dawn sail May 9, 2024, 2:50 PM

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radiant warren Use the automatic repair, that's why you're there.

Already tried that

dawn sail May 9, 2024, 2:51 PM

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radiant warren Meanwhile, post your pc details.

Intel i5-7500 to AMD 5 5600X
16GB DDR4 to 32GB DDR4
1050 Ti same
Storage same

radiant warren May 9, 2024, 2:51 PM

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Good, now tell us why it didn't work.

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Like you should have, in the first place.

dawn sail May 9, 2024, 2:52 PM

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What else do I say? It goes to automatic repair and won't repair

radiant warren May 9, 2024, 2:52 PM

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I remember there were options, no?

dawn sail May 9, 2024, 2:52 PM

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Well yeah

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The start-up repair cant fix it

radiant warren May 9, 2024, 2:53 PM

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That would've been my next suggestion, ok.

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Couple of questions. Is there anything on the system drive you need, and do you have another pc around?

dawn sail May 9, 2024, 2:54 PM

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Well I would want to keep everything on my pc and no I don't

radiant warren May 9, 2024, 2:54 PM

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Because I'm thinking screw that old installation, if it doesn't have personal data. Make yourself a new install usb and go with that.

dawn sail May 9, 2024, 2:54 PM

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I got my old mobo and CPU still

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And no, I ain't got any way to power it

radiant warren May 9, 2024, 2:56 PM

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If you had another pc available, you could still grab that old boot drive out of the PC, install it to another one, say if you have friends of family, copy everything you need. Then reinstall on the drive and wipe it clean in the process.

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That puts you in a difficult spot, if you don't have a pc that works, nor a pc to fix it with.

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The solution is: find a pc that works.

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Everything starts from there, like reading about options or making new installation media.

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I guess you're on your phone right now?

radiant warren May 9, 2024, 3:02 PM

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dawn sail The start-up repair cant fix it

Does it throw up any errors, or just 'no sir, no windows for you'

dawn sail May 9, 2024, 3:04 PM

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radiant warren Does it throw up any errors, or just 'no sir, no windows for you'

Yup just no windows for you

dawn sail May 9, 2024, 3:04 PM

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radiant warren I guess you're on your phone right now?

Yeah

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I think I've found a way

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Open CMD

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Open notepad

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Open the "Open" in notepad then I can mess with the files and get what I want saved

radiant warren May 9, 2024, 3:22 PM

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open in notepad, "save as" on another usb is going to take you until september or something though

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Unless it's a very small number of files

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besides, doesn't the cmd have xcopy

dawn sail May 9, 2024, 3:43 PM

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In the open when it opens the file explorer, you can move files around

radiant warren May 9, 2024, 4:01 PM

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I guess that works, but having a second pc would be a lot quicker.

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