windows-ios

[vivid temple]

aye, because it doesnt "make" the usb then :)

[livid bluff]

Exactly

[vivid temple]

i am just curious about IF his previous boot was pure luck, or if the usb stick just had "perfect" timing to crap its pants

[livid bluff]

Yeah USB sticks are known to crap out at the least desirable moment

[unreal zenith]

I messaged u a pic naed

[vivid temple]

Viper, just a misunderstanding, he is testing the Boot now

[livid bluff]

ok

[unreal zenith]

Ok I'm testing it

IT WORKS

It works on my laptop

[vivid temple]

that is bad news

[unreal zenith]

Why?

[vivid temple]

because that means we dont have a quick suggestion for the p55 machine

[unreal zenith]

Well crap

[vivid temple]

correct

[unreal zenith]

I have a feeling, just a feeling, that I do need to update the bios

[livid bluff]

It may help.

I aslo think setting the SATA controller to IDE would help to. But thats just my experience with Motherboards in the past

Each One is different

[unreal zenith]

It uses uefi

The name of the thing is uefi lexar usb flash drive

[vivid temple]

there is no toggle for that in the bios, that i can see @livid bluff

[livid bluff]

That is Odd. Every PC ive dealt with that has both SATA and IDE has that Option in the BIOS for the SATA Controller

[vivid temple]

only if enabled

by the vendor

[livid bluff]

Ah. So maybe a BIOS update is needed then if it was added

[vivid temple]

because it is an optional "feature"

[livid bluff]

Yeah Cause they can program it to automatically switch the Controller if no IDE is detected

[vivid temple]

again, IF he hadnt booted once, i would agree

[unreal zenith]

So how do I update the bios then

[vivid temple]

and yes, i know, i am resistant to the bios update idea.

and that is entirely based on the "he booted once" experience

[unreal zenith]

What if that was dumb luck?

[livid bluff]

I did have a friends Computer that I built that One of the peripherals the Keybaord for some unknown reason when the system was booting up after Install it would actually black screen. Had to unplug the keybaord till after The Windows Logo came on the screen otherwise it would fail to boot. It was on a ASUS motherboard

[unreal zenith]

I have a msi motherboard

[vivid temple]

because it is "that" old a board, i prefer ticking all the boxes before i go with something as potentially fatal as a bios update

[livid bluff]

Right

Yeah Dont know. She had a Corsair keyboard at the time

[vivid temple]

his point still stands @unreal zenith. And the lesson is this: things can be very weird, for no logical reason

[unreal zenith]

I'm glad you are here

[vivid temple]

@livid bluff you going to be around for a while?

[unreal zenith]

I am not that good with computers since this is my very first

[livid bluff]

Yeah

[vivid temple]

because it has just crept past 06:30 in the morning here in denmark

and i must admit, i would like a bit of sleep

[livid bluff]

11:33PM for me

[unreal zenith]

Its 9:33 pm for me

[livid bluff]

Ah Your West Coast. Im Central Time

[unreal zenith]

Ah epic

[vivid temple]

the manual on the site has the bios update procedure, just check that there isnt a "dont use bios update" version in between his and the newest

because yes, i honestly cannot think of anything else to try (that will logically make a difference)

so might as well throw the hail mary and update the bios

[livid bluff]

He should do the Update in Steps though for max efficiancy so that the BIOS gets all the updates that were put into previous versions though.

[unreal zenith]

So I want to make sure

[vivid temple]

your call on how you want to do that Viper

[livid bluff]

Not go straight from 1.2 to 1.B

[vivid temple]

because i will be snoring, loudly, very soon

[unreal zenith]

Is the bios 1.2 blue and yellow?

[livid bluff]

I dont know what the colors they have set for the screen are

[vivid temple]

So, i am sorry to run. @unreal zenith, but Viper does have a working brain, so you are in safe hands :)

they should all be the "usual" colours

[livid bluff]

LOL Thanks Naed

[unreal zenith]

Alright thank you Naed

If you want viper we can do this later

[vivid temple]

best of luck, i will check in when i am awake again :)

[unreal zenith]

So u can sleep

[livid bluff]

Im good actually

[unreal zenith]

Alright

[livid bluff]

I have INsomnia til like 2 or 3 am my time

Then I sleep for like 3 maybe 4 hours and Im good again

And Im in my Mid 30s so Go figure

[unreal zenith]

Ah I'm in my 16s

[livid bluff]

Ok

[cinder mauve]

Is there a difference between recording and streaming when it comes to a performance hit on your fps?

[azure sandal]

I believe recording isn’t as demanding as streaming

[last gorge]

I'd say about the same performance hit

[azure sandal]

All I know is on my i3 laptop I can record minecraft but I sure can't stream it

[last gorge]

but record at what fps

[azure sandal]

Pfft 30

My laptop was not built for recording and gaming at the same time, but I can comfortably play and record minecraft at 30 fps

[rocky cedar]

I don't think recording takes that much power

I notice no decrease in performance when recording

[azure sandal]

Yeah if you have a decent CPU that won't happen

My desktop with a Ryzen 1600 AF can record and there is practically no difference

in fps

[vast summit]

Anyone know anything about dolby atmos?

[last gorge]

ye

[vast summit]

watchu got on it

[crisp ether]

I have an old microATX build with 16 GB RAM. The 500 GB HDD crapped out so a 2 TB replacement is coming in. I'm going to set up a Fedora Workstation, I'd like to start hosting some microservices to run some automated processes for me. Any blog or YouTube recommendations on tips & tricks, please feel free to send them my way

[last gorge]

it is for digital surround sound, you can find it in the windows store, it is meant for stereo headphones and for positioning it is actually not that bad. Although I do just prefer normal stereo especially for music

[vast summit]

I have stereo headphones and imma try it rn

ill let you know how i like it lol

[last gorge]

I thought it wasn't bad, it surprised me for a number of reasons

[vast summit]

why'd it surprise you

[last gorge]

overwatch actually has a setting to use dolby atmos for free

[vast summit]

oh rly thats cool

[last gorge]

in some games it just felt so atmospheric like in battlefield V I tried it in

[vast summit]

ok

Im not much of an audiophile but first impression is that it sounds a little bassier

it has a bunch of different configs tho evidently

[last gorge]

in the dashboard there are some eq settings

[vast summit]

ya i see them

don't know what to do with them tho lol

[last gorge]

that's fine, you can stick to the presets

[vast summit]

sounds good

[languid lodge]

My pc didn’t start correctly so I chose startup recovery and now it says preparing automatic repairs and then my screen goes blank I can see the screen is on by a faint dark blue light but I sit here for hours and it doesn’t do anything please help me

[rocky cedar]

@vivid temple Correct me as needed, but isn't this a case of "just turn it off and back on again"?

[vast summit]

Lol

[pale night]

Stuck on windows getting ready for 40 minutes, currently missing online classes because of it. I tried restarting my pc after restoring corrupted windows files through cmd with the sfc /scannow command, and it’s been stuck on that now

[low lichen]

rip

[livid bluff]

@pale night Sounds Like a Possibly Corrupted Install disc or USB

[astral canyon]

Anybody know why my pc starts up into bios everytime I turn my pc on

[shadow jay]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

it might failed to find proper bootloader

and boot to bios

[astral canyon]

Is there any way to fix this?

[smoky pagoda]

you'll have to see whats going on in boot device priorities

@astral canyon

[tranquil ermine]

My network driver after finishing installing on windows 7 and then I restart it still doesn’t connect to wifi I have rosewill n300

[tepid silo]

Have you tried windows 10?

[tranquil ermine]

It should work on windows 7

[tranquil ermine]

If I install windows 10 does it keep my key (not an upgrade)

[livid bluff]

@tranquil ermine Yes It Does.

The Last I checked anyway but Im sure it will still work since I have done this a few times with older systems I have gotten my hands on that had Win 7 on them

[tranquil ermine]

it worked thanks

[dark siren]

does anyone know why my pc keeps going into automatic repair after i installed a new ssd

win10 btw

[azure sandal]

Corrupt install?

[vivid temple]

most likely yes

but he has been around the block on that issue a couple of times already iirc

[azure sandal]

Oh hmm

[vivid temple]

as in, he has resisted actually doing what he needs to fix it

[azure sandal]

Oh

[vivid temple]

but, i can easily be wrong, there are soooo many semi-troll questions on this server that it kinda blurs together at times

[azure sandal]

Huh

[livid bluff]

@tranquil ermine Your welcome

[azure sandal]

Anybody familiar with OBS studio?

[last gorge]

depends

[azure sandal]

On some more demanding games I play when I record them the frame rate in the recording is really choppy

Is there any way I can lock the frame rate to 30 or 60 FPS for the recordings

[last gorge]

if you look in the settings for game capture there is a checkbox that says "Limit capture framerate" https://i.imgur.com/5d5NPKd.png

it limits the capture framerate to what fps you have set

[azure sandal]

Okay cool thanks

[last gorge]

np

[blazing folio]

how do you update windows drivers

[vivid temple]

elaborate on what you think it is you need @blazing folio

[blazing folio]

well i downloaded driver ez

and i dont want to pay for the PREMIUM version

[vivid temple]

when you say "driver ez" do you mean "driver easy"?

[blazing folio]

yea

[vivid temple]

you do DEFINITLY NOT need that for updating

[blazing folio]

o

well how do you update it then

ik my pci drivers need to be updated

[vivid temple]

most of them run/fix via windows update

[blazing folio]

?

what do you mean

oh

[vivid temple]

(sorry for the typo)

[blazing folio]

so

how can i update/fix my drivers

[vivid temple]

start by running windows update

[blazing folio]

okay

[vivid temple]

if you dont know how to find that. Do the following:

press your windows key, type update

it will suggest, "check for updates" as something to run

run that :)

[blazing folio]

okay

[vivid temple]

https://puu.sh/FDxqJ/2ae2a566c0.png

[blazing folio]

okay

so i just updated

and it looks like my pci drivers still need to be updated

[vivid temple]

ah, completely new build?

[blazing folio]

well yea

ig

i built it in november

and i got my mobo and gpu repaired

so what do i do now

[vivid temple]

you start by doing what is done after any "new" build

go to the mainboard manufacturers site and grab the actual drivers for your board :)

[blazing folio]

yea i did that

i updated my mobo drivers

[vivid temple]

the picture up above makes me question that :)

[blazing folio]

i updated them like 3 days ago doe

[vivid temple]

well, something is either getting lost in translation, or there are details you havnt told about yet

[blazing folio]

what else do you need to know?

[vivid temple]

do you have a full list of parts?

[blazing folio]

ill dm you

[vivid temple]

fair enough

@blazing folio there is some driver on the manufacturers page that you are missing

[blazing folio]

yea

so i updated all of the drivers

on the top

of each category

[vivid temple]

i prefer talking here, because it might help others :)

[blazing folio]

oh okay ;))

what else am i missing

[vivid temple]

let me just have a look on Asus' page

normally, the picture you posted above, is an indicator that the chipset driver is not installed

@blazing folio what timezone are you in?

[blazing folio]

est

[vivid temple]

so, roughly 8 in the morning for you?

[blazing folio]

yea

[vivid temple]

okay, can you wait for a bit, because i need to attend a meeting, and then i can help you again

(everyone just got back from their lunch breaks here)

i should be done with work in 2-3 hours

[blazing folio]

okay

[tepid silo]

driverez is the cauliflower pizza of windows utilities

[vivid temple]

so what you are saying Forks, there are ... people ... that like it?

[last gorge]

[main path]

What do you do with a Smart Hard disk error 301

[vivid temple]

generally that means you need to get a new drive @main path

[main path]

So I have to replace it?

[vivid temple]

aye

and IF it still works, pull anything important from it

because that error is NOT a good sign

[main path]

Ok

I think my mom put everything on her flash drive so it’s just fortnite stuff

Is there a specific hard drive for a hp laptop

And thanks btw

[vivid temple]

just about any laptop drive will fit

but if you have a specific HP laptop model number, that would help in making a recommendation/suggestion for you

and you are very welcome:)

[main path]

Ok thank you so much

[lyric scroll]

anyone know how to build a github project?

[quasi anvil]

I’m hoping so one can help me understand this.
Accidentally bought OEM Windows 10 home dvd 🤦🏻‍♂️ without realizing the differences.
I’m willing to use it, as long as I know this: if I put it in an optical drive of a brand new, home built computer, will it run like the normal USB would?
At the moment it’s to my understanding that

1. you need another computer to facilitate the new computer OS download
2. computer meant for sale and comes with NO Microsoft support??
3. cant transfer key to multiple computers like “ retail usb version”

Some sites say it’s normal, others show it being a process. Please help!

[last gorge]

a key cannot be used on multiple computers. If the dvd that you bought comes with a key written somewhere you can download windows on a usb from another pc if you have one and use the key

From my experience a dvd is the same as a usb installation

[quasi anvil]

Awesome. So when the dvd starts running (assuming everything else is working correctly) I should get the normal startup screens everyone shows online? I do have an optical drive since I still make occasional cds for music. Running the dvd would not be an issue (printed in Feb. 2020 on envelope, so I’m assuming it’s relatively updated as well)

[vivid temple]

yes @quasi anvil

as for the key itself, i would recommend that, when you have everything installed, you migrate your account into a microsoft account.

because that basically makes your OEM key into a normal key

[quasi anvil]

Thank you @vivid temple @last gorge
Naed, appreciate it! I was mostly worried about running into an issue downloading the OS. This will be my only computer, so lesson learned but luckily not the biggest issue since I don’t have multiple. Thanks again for your time guys

[vivid temple]

its a solid worry/question to have.

But you really should be home free

main difference between dvd and usb is time of install

usb is way faster normally :)

[quasi anvil]

Perfect!
Yeaaaa I would assume that :p
Luckily, the current state of things, I have some time to kill 😂
As a first time builder, you may hear from me again! 😅😂Thanks a bunch 👌

[vivid temple]

you are very welcome and best of luck :)

[blazing folio]

@vivid temple

so what do i have to do

[vivid temple]

basically, we have to go through the list of drivers (again)

and install all of them

as in, 1 from each of the groups

@blazing folio

[blazing folio]

okay

so i have to install them AGAIN?

[vivid temple]

yes, because based on your previous picture, something is not installed somewhere

and since i dont know exactly what you have done , and havnt done. That is the logical suggestion

[blazing folio]

so im going to install

and that

correct?

@vivid temple

[vivid temple]

not the bios one

[blazing folio]

oh

okay

[vivid temple]

and the QVL is just a list

so no

start with the chipset one

[blazing folio]

will it affect anything if i download them all again?

[vivid temple]

and skip the "utility" one too

[blazing folio]

okay

[vivid temple]

and if your audio works, skip that too

[blazing folio]

yea it works

[vivid temple]

you connected by wire or wireless for internet?

[blazing folio]

wireless

@vivid temple

what do i click

[vivid temple]

setup

okay, then you can skip the wireless setup too

[blazing folio]

okay

[vivid temple]

after each install process, do check the device manager if those ? have gone away or not

[blazing folio]

oh

well its gone now

lol

[vivid temple]

good

so remember when you said "i have installed things"

[blazing folio]

yea

i think i clicked asussetup

[vivid temple]

:)

[blazing folio]

instead of settup

lol

thanks man

[vivid temple]

hopefully you learned something :)

[blazing folio]

YEA

[vivid temple]

you are very welcome :)

[blazing folio]

thanks

[finite glen]

What type of antivirus program should I get ?

[vivid temple]

@finite glen stick with the one in windows 10

[finite glen]

Ok

My audio is not working

Like no sound

@vivid temple

I cannot see the TV as a output for audio

[vivid temple]

hdmi

[finite glen]

I am using one yes

[vivid temple]

connected from where to where?

[finite glen]

Graphics card to tv HDMI port

[vivid temple]

then it should work by just making the hdmi output the default sound output

[finite glen]

That's all I see

[vivid temple]

one screen back

upper right, "sound control panel"

[finite glen]

Says that the device is not plugged in

[vivid temple]

got picture via the hdmi on the tv?

[noble escarp]

What mfg, looks like you don’t have drivers installed

[vivid temple]

@finite glen showing me a picture of the cable plugged, does not answer the question

[finite glen]

Ohh

Yes I do

[vivid temple]

okay

then drivers becomes the next thing to check

also, can you show a screencap/picture of the "sound control panel"

[blazing folio]

bruh how do you know everything

[vivid temple]

@blazing folio me?

[blazing folio]

yea

[vivid temple]

been doing this for too many years :)

[blazing folio]

lol

wuts ur job

[vivid temple]

as in, 2+ decades

[blazing folio]

o

[vivid temple]

nowadays one of my jobs is problem solver

but i normally work as a freelancer

[jaunty aurora]

Anyone know where i can find some help about bottlenecking?

[vivid temple]

about understanding it or?

[jaunty aurora]

My build is bottlenecking

Im not sure if its software or my build

[vivid temple]

got a pcpp link for your build?

if you do, send it as a DM to me

[jaunty aurora]

PCPP?

[vivid temple]

(bot will eat the link, new user anti-spam prevention)

pcpp = pcpartpicker <- site we use for comparing builds

[jaunty aurora]

Ah

[vivid temple]

but it is not needed

you know what cpu, ram, gpu and storage system you got?

together with what resolution/refresh your monitor is?

[jaunty aurora]

I have my specs though GTX 1660 Ti, i5 9400f

144hz 1920x1080

[vivid temple]

well, you are weak on the GPU side

[jaunty aurora]

Alright

[tepid silo]

It's oddly addictive problem solving computer stuff for strangers on the internet.

[jaunty aurora]

Also im getting my new PC tomorrow just wondering to fix this for my brother who I am giving this to

RTX 2060, Ryzen 5 3600

[vivid temple]

@finite glen you got a pcpp link right?

@jaunty aurora what ram/storage does the 9400f machine have?

[finite glen]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YRDcBZ

I am using a older graphics card just to set up the pc btw

[vivid temple]

and what GPU is that?

[finite glen]

A 730 nividea

[vivid temple]

thats old enough that i wouldnt worry about it not working right now

iirc that one has moved out of normal driver services, so heck knows how exactly it behaves nowadays

[finite glen]

So it's most likely the old conflicting with the new

[vivid temple]

all bets are basically off with that card

it might just be having a giggle

it might be defective

it might just not support it

heck knows

[finite glen]

So I should probably come back when I have the right card

[vivid temple]

aye, hopefully it sorts itself out when you have the right card

@finite glen example of how it looks on this specific machine i am on: https://puu.sh/FDMj5/7268ff94ac.png

thats the hdmi outs on the GPU

you can "see" them

there is nothing like that on yours

what it looks like can be seen on your picture is the mainboards outputs

not the GPU's

[tepid silo]

GPU should work without a driver

It'll just be potato quality video

[vivid temple]

its not the video output Forks

its the audio over hdmi part

[tepid silo]

oh, sound lol

[vivid temple]

on a old 730

and its a temp gpu

so imo, dont worry about it, just like i said earlier :)

[finite glen]

Also do I need a separate piece for connecting to a wireless network?

I won't worry ill figure it out later

[vivid temple]

re: wireless network: considering your mainboard doesnt come with WIFI? yes, you are going to need either a dongle or a add-in card

[finite glen]

Okay that's what I was figurin

[tepid silo]

Or a very long cat5e cable 🙂

[finite glen]

I do got that but my internet is baaaaaaad poopy

I've been sitting here for an hour and a 186 megabyte download is only a bit over half done

[last gorge]

on the subject of internet, do you guys know why someone would get very high ping to the point that the game is unplayable even when plugged in with ethernet directly to the router

[vast summit]

I want to know the opinions on that too

[tepid silo]

Ping, tracert, iperf

[blazing folio]

@vivid temple

um

when i play games

it always flickers

it says

DP IN

DP OUT

all the time

then i have to turn off and on my monitor

[vivid temple]

@blazing folio remind me of what GPU you have again?

[blazing folio]

2070super

[vivid temple]

you are using a display port cable?

[blazing folio]

yaeh

[vivid temple]

got a hdmi cable in the house?

[blazing folio]

yeah i do

[vivid temple]

try that

will most likely fix it

[blazing folio]

i cant run 240hz

if i do that

@vivid temple

[vivid temple]

monitor resolution?

1080p @blazing folio ?

[blazing folio]

yea

[vivid temple]

IF your issue is what i think it is

its related to the specific DP cable you have

[blazing folio]

the dp cable came with my monitor

[vivid temple]

and using the hdmi cable at least gives you a working monitor while you try and fix it

and?

that does not mean it will work without flaw with your specific GPU

blame nvidia for that one or the monitor manufacturer

[blazing folio]

oh okay

[vivid temple]

@blazing folio the following is JUST a theory, because that is all i can give you

but here are 2 things to try

[mental kayak]

How can I remove someone’s windows 10 account. Just build a brand new pc. But his account and windows is on the ssd

What can I do about that

Like I wanna get my own windows

[vivid temple]

with the dp cable plugged in (and the hdmi NOT plugged in at all) remove the power cable from the monitor, leave it unplugged for a good 30 seconds

plug the power cable back in.

(yes, this sounds silly that it might fix it, but try. You have nothing to loose by trying)

[blazing folio]

oh okay

[vivid temple]

after you have tried that.

IF that doesnt work

cross everything you own when you try it, and hope

but IF it doesnt work

get a certified VESA displayport cable

[blazing folio]

wait so i keep my dp cable connected on both ends

[vivid temple]

yes

[blazing folio]

okay

[vivid temple]

@mental kayak install windows fresh is the simple way

[mental kayak]

How tho lol

Check dms

[vivid temple]

no

we talk here, or we dont talk.

[mental kayak]

Send a pic

I can’t here

[vivid temple]

of what?

there is nothing i think you need to send a picture off

[mental kayak]

Idk

I mean idk what this is

[vivid temple]

read your mainboard manual

it will tell you exactly what that is

[mental kayak]

It shows what ram I have and cpu

It’s the motherboard thing

[vivid temple]

aye, and i know what is, and you are going to need to read the manual, because you are in way over your head currently

[mental kayak]

I bought the ssd from someone and he didn’t delete everything on it

Like idk what to do

I’m lost

[vivid temple]

as i said, install windows fresh

[mental kayak]

How..

Like

I got my usb with windows

I plugged it in

Showed up to the previous owner

[vivid temple]

IF the usb is created correctly

you have to start from it.

[mental kayak]

And I follow the steps from a YouTubed

Youtubers

[vivid temple]

which you can figure out HOW to, by reading your mainboard manual

[last gorge]

sometimes it's best to go by manuals. youtubers most of the time don't have the same hardware as you

[vivid temple]

you might think i am not being helpful @mental kayak

but you have all the info you need in what i have said so far

[mental kayak]

Even tho it’s the ssd?

[vivid temple]

everything you need to know, is in what i said

[mental kayak]

What’s a Q flash

[vivid temple]

motherboard manual

[stiff mountain]

@mental kayak Just go here, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Make a USB drive installation media. Follow the steps for "Using the tool to create installation media to install Windows 10 on a different PC"

Then shut off the PC after you make it, plug the USB drive in and boot into BIOS. Find boot options and boot directly to the USB drive. Go through to prompts to install Windows. Use the tool to delete the partitions his Windows install was on. There's usually like 3 or 4. C: - Recovery partition, something like that.

Delete all partitions for that particular drive and then choose it to install Windows on. That's it. FYI depending on the situation you may need to purchase Windows 10 yourself which is like 100$.

Also, @vivid temple You were not really being helpful. You just kept saying the same thing over and over when he said he wasn't getting it and didn't understand what you meant. No need to be elitist dude.

If you run into trouble with the installation media tool failing, when you download it do so directly to the USB drive instead of your normal downloads folder then moving it. Download it straight to the USB and run it from there @mental kayak

[mental kayak]

I made it to windows thank you. And I will

Thanks for the help

[stiff mountain]

No problem

[hollow lichen]

Eyo I need help

With Windows 10 installment

[rocky cedar]

Ask and only then you will receive

[hollow lichen]

Why does it not finish after restart

[mental kayak]

Can someone help me?

[livid bluff]

Thats Odd that Its not Finishing after Restart. Whats happening after the system restarts? Also Is the Install Media still in the system( IE Disc or Thumbdrive)

@mental kayak ^^^^^ If the Install Media is still Present it wont finish

[mental kayak]

I’m already passed that thanks. Downloading stuff now

[livid bluff]

Ah Ok. I just seen the post.

[mental kayak]

You’re good

[livid bluff]

Ive done that before by forgetting to remove the Install Media thats how I know that one

[main path]

Hello

[compact sail]

I still run windows 7 lol

[azure sandal]

yuck

[compact sail]

Yea, Ik

my laptop is windows 10, gaming desktop windows 7

[azure sandal]

why dont you upgrade?

[compact sail]

In the process

[azure sandal]

cool

[compact sail]

Still working on figuring out how much SSD storage I need to get so I can replace all my hard drives. Then I'll install my windows 10 on one of the SSD's

i have to go through all my files and sort out what I need and what I can get rid of.

[azure sandal]

Get a small ssd for windows and store everything else on hard drives. Saves money and still is fast 🤷

[vivid temple]

with prices what they are now, you dont have to go that small

[compact sail]

That's why I want to do a full PC upgrade, everything but a graphics.

first on my list is windows 10 and SSD's

[azure sandal]

You can use your old windows 7 key for windows 10

[compact sail]

sweet

[zenith pendant]

Newegg is offering Windows 10 pro for $129 (after discount). Jump on it or are there deals like this fairly often.

[peak notch]

ebay

[last gorge]

ebay has 95% off discount

[zenith pendant]

Thanks!

[tepid silo]

This guy is a VIM god

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b1vcg_XSR8

[prisma kindle]

:o

[frail umbra]

can someone help me with an issue im having with my pc/

?

[vivid temple]

post your situation/problem, and if someone feels they can help, or have the time to figure it out with you. they will say so

[frail umbra]

so i built a new pc and im trying to install windows 10 onto it but it keeps crashing and getting error messages

[frail umbra]

im not sure what the issue is cause ive switched out the motherboard twice, switched the ssd, switched the gpu, switched out 3 sets of ram, switched out the psu, switched the usb for installing windows 10, and i still dont know whats up. and the motherboard also has led debug and none of them flash when windows keeps crashing

[hot shell]

how far does the install go before it breaks

and everything in the bios checks out?

[frail umbra]

I think so, how do I check

[smoky pagoda]

using usb thumb drive to install it?

sounds like a corrupt install

[frail umbra]

These are what I used

[smoky pagoda]

when was the last time you made a fresh boot install

Id try another thumb drive, fresh boot install.

[frail umbra]

A fresh boot install? Like get windows 10 media creation tool on a new device?

[smoky pagoda]

yeah, on a new thumbdrive

if you changed out all those parts, and its still not installing correctly.

I'd lean towards a bad install media

[hot shell]

might try installing it on a blank DVd maybe your system isnt likeling the thumbdrives just yet

Trying to read the stop error Kernel auto boost invalid Lock ?

[frail umbra]

?

[hot shell]

I couldn't read the last part but looking up what I could make out it said software , hardware drivers, reseat components

[cinder mauve]

if i want to copy os from one drive to another drive, what folder should i look for?

[cinder mauve]

Windows 10 btw

[smoky pagoda]

you need software to clone the drive.

[fading crest]

EaseUS Todo Backup is what i have used for 3 diff drives @cinder mauve

[cinder mauve]

Cost?

[fading crest]

there's a free version, worked fine for me

[cinder mauve]

K thanks

[fading crest]

no prob

[cinder mauve]

@fading crest having a few issues

I'm going from SSD to HDD

NVM, got it

Had to do file clone, not system clone

[shadow jay]

nano ftw

@tepid silo thats vim? why theres syntax highlighting ? thats hella cool

but i recommend him using the web version of vscode u can install inside your server..

but terminal coding still cool x100

xD

https://github.com/cdr/code-server

even marketplace works xD

and it auto updates ...

also terminal works.. and its very good.

[hoary moon]

Hey Everyone,

I had my win10 on a crucial ssd sata 500gb. I recently switched to the xSabrent rocket nvme 4.0 1 tb. I reinstalled win10 on that SSD. I deleted it from my crucial and it is working. Well SOmewhat working.
When i boot up after the start (Bios) screen i get a one second screen, blue screen, that wants an input of either using that disk to boot or go into the setup. It is such a short screen, that i can not even choose. It automatically boots up windows at this point. It works but it doesnt feel right.
In my Bios it is booting from Hard Disk: Sabrent Rocket and not From the UEFI OS: Sabrent Rocket. If i set last as booting priority it goes into the windows setup.
What am i doing wrong? What kind of pictures do you yguys need to give me a more accurate answer?

Thank you by the way

[shadow jay]

they will answer later on.. they all asleep

[tepid silo]

vim >>> nano

We don't talk about emacs

[hushed perch]

There's at least a few emacs users I work with. They scare me. 😛

[livid bluff]

@hoary moon Is the Install Media still on that other drive where it tries to load the setup?

[hoary moon]

@livid bluff I have one folder named "efi" and it contains a boot and a microsoft folder. Is it that one? The other partition only has a game on it and nothing more.

[livid bluff]

Yes the one Labeled EFI would be the One that is causing the Setup to initiate

[hoary moon]

@livid bluff Can i just delete that?

[livid bluff]

Yes

Since Your OS is on another Drive you can do that

[hoary moon]

Well my OS is on that drive.

[livid bluff]

Oh If your OS is on a Different Partition then you will be fine

[hoary moon]

It is also on the same partition.

AMD
Efi
MSI
OneDriveTemp
PerfLogs
Program Files
Program Files(x86)
Program Data
Sources
Support
Users
Windows

Those are on my C partition

efi is only 21 MB

[livid bluff]

Yeah It has to be a seperate partition where the Install media is at as far as I know

[vivid temple]

aye

[livid bluff]

am I correct on that @vivid temple

my C Drive doesnt have a EFI folder though

[vivid temple]

@hoary moon the simple way of fixing it is this: have your windows usb stick ready, unplug all but the single drive you want to use for the OS itself.

[livid bluff]

Then again Im running a AMD processor

[vivid temple]

then boot from that usb, then delete the partitions on the intended OS drive. Then install windows there.

[hoary moon]

Okay two questions.

Do i have to change the partition style?

GPT or MBT(R?)

and do i have to select the booting option uefi or harddsik?

[vivid temple]

for what?

remember, we cannot read your mind or see what you see :)

[hoary moon]

When i tried installing windows it told me in the setup, that i cant use the nvme since the partition style is MBR then i changed it and had to go through several painful Command prompts to change and format the drive

[vivid temple]

that should have been your warning

a OS is generally NEVER installed on a partition/drive that is already in use

[hoary moon]

it wasnt at this time.

[vivid temple]

the trouble you are having counters that

but

lets take it from the top

the Sabrent drive, do you have anything on it that you need to save?

[hoary moon]

nope

[vivid temple]

got your windows usb install stick?

[hoary moon]

have to download the windows creation tool real quick

[vivid temple]

no rush

the following is so you know what is potentially going to happen

[hoary moon]

i do have the discord app so i will be available during the process to

[vivid temple]

aye aye

question: this is the only machine in the house?

[hoary moon]

yeah.
I also had a problem rn with the creation tool

[vivid temple]

oh?

explain before clicking on things please.

[hoary moon]

well, it is dowmloading

[vivid temple]

yes .....?

[hoary moon]

At 3%

🙃

thank you for your help, by the way. Appreciate it.

[vivid temple]

you are very welcome

are you talking about the actual tool for creation of the usb boot or?

because that is only 18megs

[hoary moon]

well, the tool is downloading Win10 right now onto my usb stick

the bootable version

[vivid temple]

okay, so it was the creation process

[hoary moon]

yes and i am at 35%

[vivid temple]

oki doki :)

[hoary moon]

getting closer 😄

62%

77%

90%.....so close

[livid bluff]

Takes awhile to Download WIN10 to a USB drive

[hoary moon]

it is done!

[livid bluff]

Ok

[hoary moon]

So now, i turn everything off and use the strong industrial magnet to delet everything, right?.... 😄 jk

[livid bluff]

LOL

You can Wipe the Drive in the Setup

[hoary moon]

So just that i have a clear perspective. I will Shut off the pc, disconnect all other drives besides the one i want to install windows on, and then i start the booting process from the usb?

[livid bluff]

Yes

[hoary moon]

awesome!

[livid bluff]

Do You Have Discord on Your Phone?

[hoary moon]

I will lead the discord chat with my actions, so you guys can intervene any stupidity from my side.

yes

already open infront of my keyboard

[vivid temple]

@hoary moon please do so :)

[livid bluff]

ok Just making sure in case anything comes up either Naed or I can help ya through it

[vivid temple]

aye

[hoary moon]

So, i am in the Bios, and have following options.

Sabrent Rocket 4.0
UEFI: SanDisk, partition 1
UEFI OS (Sabrent rocket 4.0)
SanDisk
Enter Setup

[vivid temple]

Sandisk

[hoary moon]

Okay the setup menu is there now

Language preferences

Should i click on next?

[vivid temple]

aye

[hoary moon]

Install now or repair?

[vivid temple]

install now

(because our intent is killing off the old mess)

[hoary moon]

Okay. "Windows 10 home N" or " windows 10 home"?

[vivid temple]

Where exactly are you located?

[hoary moon]

USA, but in less than a year will be in Germany

And will take the pc with me

[vivid temple]

because the "N" versions only normally come up here in EU :)

you can just take the home version

[hoary moon]

Oki doki

[vivid temple]

as in "windows 10 home"

[hoary moon]

Let me just read through the licen.....done

Upgrade or custom install? I guess custome, since we want to kill the old version?

[vivid temple]

custom

[hoary moon]

Okay.

It gives me to drive 0s partition one is 199gb type=system
Partition 2 732gb partition primary

[vivid temple]

sometimes, it might be easier for you to just throw a picture in here :)

(now is a good time)

[hoary moon]

I couldnt do that on my desktop discord :/

[vivid temple]

post link? yes you could, the moment you got a Blue name (aka, lvl 3)

please remind me of what drive you are using again?

[hoary moon]

Does that mean lvl3 i am not a noob anymore? _

Sabrent rocket 4.0 1th

Nvme

M.2

[vivid temple]

okay, the following is VERY important

that drive has 2 partitions on it

meaning

it appears like 2 drives in windows

are you 100% certain that there is nothing you need to save on BOTH of those drives?

[hoary moon]

Yes!

[vivid temple]

i ask again

you are certain?

because there is NO going back from this

i am personally not in a rush

so if you want to boot back into windows and check

please do so

[hoary moon]

I did check. The only annoying thing will be to redownload cod warfare with its 200gb...

But i will get passed that

[vivid temple]

(i would much rather ask twice, vs having you go "¤=%(/#)¤(/&%#)! !!!!! " later on)

fair

[livid bluff]

ooof MW so many updates and so much HDD space used for it

[vivid temple]

start by marking partition 2

and deleting that then

then send a picture after that

[vivid temple]

(not that i dont trust you, just well ... i dont trust any user)

delete partition 1 please :)

[hoary moon]

You are fine. I am not offended. I want help. That is the reason i am here :)

[vivid temple]

just press next

and yes, i know, this will make 1 big lump

[vivid temple]

aye

and now we wait

how many other drives do you have?

[hoary moon]

One 4tb HDD
One 1 tb ssd
One 500gb ssd and
The one we are working on right now

[vivid temple]

okay

[hoary moon]

Windows is restarting

[vivid temple]

aye aye, just let it do its thing

it will ask you about a bunch of things

those are all choices that are for you to decide on

(you are welcome to ask ofc)

reason i asked about your drives is this:

[hoary moon]

I do have two other drives but i will put them into two new small desktop builds for a friend

[vivid temple]

when windows is installed. and running as it should (not all the games etc, just the os)

you will add in 1 drive at a time and do a couple of "cold boot cycles"

after you have installed each drive

i want to make certain there isnt some left over partition on one of the other drives doing something silly

[hoary moon]

You will have to explain to me what cold boot cycle stands for.

[vivid temple]

shutdown vs restart really

[hoary moon]

Oh okay. So completely shutdown wait 30 seconds and then restart?

[vivid temple]

basically yes

[livid bluff]

You have to fully shutdown the system after connecting a new drive otherwise the BIOS wont read it and neither will windows

[vivid temple]

(and yes @livid bluff, its overkill, but it potentially saves US some headache later)

[livid bluff]

Sorry Meant Before Connecting a new drive

Yeah That I know. My Case has a Hotswap bay on it. Its not connected as I need a SATA controller card on one of the PCI bus lanes to be able to use it

Not needed a this time but would be nice to have once I can afford one just for the sake of backing up all my Client Data for my Graphic Design Business that I run

[hoary moon]

For privacy settings. Is there any i have to agree on or can i decline all of them?

[vivid temple]

usb desktop dual disk dock @livid bluff

you can do whatever you want @hoary moon

[hoary moon]

Awesome!

Btw, when should i pull out the usb?

[livid bluff]

No Its Actually Built Into My PCs case

[vivid temple]

when you end up on the desktop

@livid bluff i meant: usd dual disc dock = very very very good investment

[livid bluff]

It has its own SATA cable and Power Connector

[vivid temple]

cloning etc

[livid bluff]

Its a External Accesable Dock on my case

[vivid temple]

aye aye Viper :)

@hoary moon pull the stick out

and yes, now you could start doing drivers etc

but we dont really care about that right this seoncd

start trying the drives as we talked about :)

[hoary moon]

Okay so now i pull the stick right?

[livid bluff]

Yeah. Its no longer needed

[hoary moon]

So i turn it off. Connect one drive. Boot it up. Several times and then turn it off. Add a new one. And do this till all my drives are connected again?

How many times should i cold boot for each drive?

[vivid temple]

2 times please

[hoary moon]

And in any specific order?

[vivid temple]

nope

what we are testing is IF it starts doing what it did before

[hoary moon]

Does it matter which sata connection on the mother board?
Or just the same ones i unplugged them from?

[livid bluff]

Same Ones cause of Drive Lettering

[hoary moon]

Okay.

So i tried to make a video of it.

I added one drive. The old system drive. It has been formated since then.

[vivid temple]

yes?

[hoary moon]

When i boot up i het the msi logo, with the chance to go to the bios. Then i have a small white underscrore on the left upper corner side of the monitor. Then the windows10 logo appears for 2 seconds. The screen turns blue for 1 second. Turns dark for two seconds and shows me the log in screen

Last bios time is 12.5 seconds

[vivid temple]

do the following please

right click start "disk management"

maximize the window that opens

send a picture

[vivid temple]

here is a bit of a lesson for you

[vivid temple]

see all the partitions on disk 0?

[hoary moon]

Yes

There is an efi

[vivid temple]

that too

[hoary moon]

But thats the old disk

😫

[vivid temple]

but notice how there is only 1 that has a drive name

that is the only "part" of that drive that you will "hit/impact" with a "format"

[hoary moon]

You mean( D:)?

[vivid temple]

aye

[hoary moon]

Okay. So even thou i formated the drive i did not delete the boot up section of the drive?

In the old drive?

[vivid temple]

meaning, you could keep on formatting that drive ( D: ) until you are blue in the face. The other partitions on the disk will stay there

yes

[hoary moon]

So, best option to get my toolbelt and hammer it to death?
Well i heard that wont delete all data either.

Much to learn i have.

[livid bluff]

Yes Young Padawan

lol

[vivid temple]

:)

[hoary moon]

I am also pretty certain that this was an option in my bios to boot from....

[vivid temple]

aye, because the "boot" section is still intact on the old drive

[hoary moon]

So how am i able to clean that drive?
It is also empty

[vivid temple]

from disk management

[hoary moon]

No data i need on there. Just the office applications

[vivid temple]

just right click and delete the partitions

on disk 0 that is

this is the specific reason you unplugged all drives earlier

we KNOW that the system works with JUST the Sabrent

[vivid temple]

aye aye

[hoary moon]

Where do i delete it?

[vivid temple]

different path we go then :)

[hoary moon]

You mean the dpartition?

D partition?

[vivid temple]

nah, we use a different tool

[hoary moon]

Okay

[vivid temple]

this is the "you have a user interface and can see what is actually going on" way of doing it

https://rufus.ie/

download that

its a small program

https://gparted.org/download.php

now, download the i686 version from this link

slightly bigger

[hoary moon]

The top one?

[vivid temple]

yes

[hoary moon]

I have an amd system.... since the second one says that.

[vivid temple]

dont worry about it

[hoary moon]

Ok

Okay i downloaded it

And should i download rufus too?

[vivid temple]

yes please

rufus is TINY

[hoary moon]

The top one?

[vivid temple]

yes

[hoary moon]

Got both

[vivid temple]

start rufus

oh, plug in the usb you have windows install on

[hoary moon]

Plugged in and started

[vivid temple]

see the "select" button?

[hoary moon]

I do

[vivid temple]

click that and then find the gparted file you just downloaded

select that, and then click "open"

[vivid temple]

press start

[hoary moon]

With Fat32?

[vivid temple]

aye aye

dont worry about it

just let rufus do its thing

[vivid temple]

click yes

[vivid temple]

"ok"

[hoary moon]

I guess ok?

Since thats the point?

[vivid temple]

indeed

[vivid temple]

aye aye

it should go quite fast

[hoary moon]

It is done

[vivid temple]

now

just close things down

and restart your machine and boot from the usb

[hoary moon]

Shuting down

[vivid temple]

sandisk again

[vivid temple]

aye, top option

[livid bluff]

Ah The Pre OS mode

[vivid temple]

aye

the preferred method :)

no fuss, no muss

[livid bluff]

yeah. At least that one has a GUI setup instead of AEOMI DOS style

[vivid temple]

aye

[vivid temple]

hence why i like using this for others

[livid bluff]

right

[vivid temple]

give it a bit @hoary moon

[hoary moon]

Yeah something is happening

[livid bluff]

GUI for those that dont know much and DOS style for those that know what they are doing

[hoary moon]

Watchdog hatdware is disabled
Kvm: disabled by bios

[vivid temple]

just let it work

sooner or later there will be a GUI

[hoary moon]

Oki

[vivid temple]

picture of your screen @hoary moon ?

[vivid temple]

okay, thats wee bit weird

[livid bluff]

Yeah. What CPU do you have @hoary moon

[hoary moon]

Ryzen 7 3700x

[livid bluff]

ok That should be able to take care of things. Hmm Are there any NVMe M.2 drives?

[vivid temple]

there is

[livid bluff]

ok

[vivid temple]

there is a currently a sabrent m.2 and a sata drive

[livid bluff]

Im wondering if maybe it crapped its pants on him

[vivid temple]

looks like it

because normally gparted by passes all the bs

[livid bluff]

right

[vivid temple]

@hoary moon try and restart the machine please

[hoary moon]

Hold down the power button?

[vivid temple]

same procedure again really

[livid bluff]

Is it possible he does need the AMD version?

[vivid temple]

he shouldnt

but it might be board specific and i have just never run into it

and yes @hoary moon

just hold power button for 4 seconds

[livid bluff]

Cause I know with a AMD processor there are certain lockouts when it comes to Intel based software and coding

More so with Ryzen CPUs than in the past

[vivid temple]

the startup process for the usb should be about 2 minutes max @hoary moon

so, if on the next boot, it stops the same place

reboot again, and just go into windows like normal

and grab the AMD iso file from gparted instead

[hoary moon]

Okay so same process as right now and if that doesnt work redownload the gparted file amd version

[livid bluff]

yep

[hoary moon]

Oh something is happening

[livid bluff]

Screenshot

[vivid temple]

what the ?

[livid bluff]

Yeah The Intel Lockouts more than Likely

[vivid temple]

aye

restart

go to windows

[hoary moon]

Shutdown and download different version?

[vivid temple]

proceed as outlined earlier

aye

[hoary moon]

Should i format the usb?

Before putting on the other version?

[vivid temple]

rufus takes care of that

its a good boy like that :)

[hoary moon]

Hah. I get it. Because of rufus.....good boiii.....good one!

So just close everything and boot from isb?

Usb

[vivid temple]

aye

you DID tell rufus to do its thing right?

(because i cannot tell from that pic)

[hoary moon]

I did. Selected the new version and clicked on start

[vivid temple]

good good :)

[hoary moon]

It finished and this is what i get

[vivid temple]

restart we go :)

[hoary moon]

Same thing as before

[vivid temple]

okay

got the ability for a video call with me?

[hoary moon]

Yes. On my phone :)

[vivid temple]

because we are going to do a rush through your bios

give me 5-6 minutes

need to finish this other call first :)

[hoary moon]

Okay. I did a bios flash a couple days ago

Worked really well. Actually

Okay.

Should i turn it off?

[vivid temple]

just reboot and get into the bios itself please

[hoary moon]

Done

[vivid temple]

mainboard model?

[hoary moon]

Msi x570 gaming plus

Msi mpg x570 gaming plus

[frigid wharf]

I have an issue with windows and I was wondering if anyone could help. So I’m helping restore this older pc and I upgraded windows 10 from windows 7 and every time I attempt to connect to WiFi it crashed for “paged fault in nonpaged area” anyone know a fix?

[shadow jay]

reinstall win 10

install wifi drivers

[cinder mauve]

Does keeping all your scenes visible while unused in programs like obs or streamlabs take up any performance?

[livid bluff]

Yes It uses RAM to hold those open

[hollow lichen]

Guys I need help

It stops halfway through

I’m booting from a flash drive with the windows stuff on it

[last gorge]

might be a bad install disk

[hollow lichen]

Wdym

[last gorge]

you might have to redownload windows and put on usb

[livid bluff]

Different USB would be preferable just in case its the USB drive that is bad

[hollow lichen]

Yeah but I’ve did that like 6 times. I looked it up the other day and I need to enable uefi

Hmm

[livid bluff]

That Is Done in the BIOS

[hollow lichen]

Can you tell me how

[livid bluff]

I dont know how with a MSI Board

[vivid temple]

boot section

boot mode

[livid bluff]

Only Gigabyte and ASUS boards I am familiar with the BIOS

[vivid temple]

normally

[livid bluff]

Thank You Naed

[hollow lichen]

Ok I don’t got a MSU board

[livid bluff]

What Brand MOBO do you have? But like Naed Said it will be in the boot section of the BIOS

[hollow lichen]

Umm

Hp???

This is an older pc not a build

[vivid temple]

post all the system specifications you have

we are mainly interested in the mainboard model (if you have it)

[hollow lichen]

Kk

I replaced the cpu from an e8400

[livid bluff]

Should Be Under the Advanced Tab If I remember the HP BIOS Setup correctly

[livid bluff]

Check Managment Operations. Its been awhile Since I messed with a HP PC.

[hollow lichen]

Ima keep sending pics of that’s ok

[livid bluff]

Hit ESC to back out of that one

It May Be Under Storage then

[hollow lichen]

Storage Options?

[livid bluff]

Device Configuration. Let me see that one

[livid bluff]

Ok Nope not there

[hollow lichen]

Do I need plug in the flash drive for that menu

[livid bluff]

Storage Options Would be my next guess

No Yo uDont

[hollow lichen]

Kk