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2 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

The reason things in BlueStacks run like garbage is just because it's BlueStacks. It's never been known for running well.

 

I get that you aren't super keen to go Samsung again, but the 870 EVO is tried and true so that's probably the line I'd go with (as long as it's the SATA one, of course).

 

Honestly kinda odd that your 850 EVO just up and fucked off already, so it might be worth tossing it in another PC or whatever to see if it shows up there. Better to rule out something stupid like a funky connection/SATA port or a bad cable than to jump the gun and buy a whole new SSD.

you are right about that 850 Pro. i will try to connect to another PC. 

if my old ssd doesnt work i will go for 870 Evo.

on BlueStacks  though can you suggest any better emulator that runs decent? i play Pubg mobile on that 

9 minutes ago, flibberdipper said:

It should. Being Z97 though it'll almost certainly disable two SATA ports, so refer to your manual to make sure you're not using them.

can you guys recommend me any good SSD? also i have a question i have this WD CAVIAR BLACK as my boot drive for now but it gets too choppy and too much laggy. idk why but i dont remember hard drives this choppy. im saying this because i play on BlueStacks 4 which is emulator and the games give me like proper stutters. is there some settings in bios like ACHI or IDE or something that can make it a little like NORMAL?

Hi. i have quite an old PC with i7 4770K Asus Maxims VI Hero. does my system support NVMe or not?

i had a Samsung 850 Pro 256Gb and that went dead. idk why but it does not show up when connected anymore. 

if my PC does not support NVMe then any suggestions for SSD? what about the new 870 EVO? i dont really trust Samsung anymore but as far as i have read and heard Samsung SSDs are the most reliable.

my use case on PC is pretty much gaming and i play emulator games nowadays (new addiction )

Disk part>list disk>select disk 1>Clean (by mistake)

lost everything... 7 years of data *poof*

any help?

hi. i got the windows installation part working. idk how but its working .

here I'm attaching pictures of the drive. the drive that is in the laptop is hybrid. like ssd + hdd. idk which drive to choose because for every drive it shows error. 

may be someone here can help me out what to do?

here im attaching the pictures of the board. can some one tell me where is the bios reset thingy?

On 9/16/2020 at 10:23 PM, Grumpy Old Man said:

Reset Bios

 

 

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hi i tried to open the laptop from behind but it was too tedious for me. but after so many failed attempts i have finally done it. the first video you shared did show how to open and all but at the point of resetting the bios the camera angle was so bad i couldn't see anything. i can share all the pics if any one can help me and tell me where is the bios umper or from where can i reset the bios please.

On 9/14/2020 at 12:22 AM, Grumpy Old Man said:

Reset the device bios. Restore secureboot settings to factory defaults. Start the machine with Win installation. Remove all partitions and install windows.

can you pls tell me how to reset device bios? the device i have is Samsung NP530U4B. Its 1Tb hard drive model. also how to restore secureboot. i will be grateful to yo for your help.

1 minute ago, Kilrah said:

BIOS is F2 as your photo shows, not F4. F4 is dead since you deleted that partition it warned you about.

even when i press F2 it still says please wait and does nothing

6 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Can you get into the BIOS? Turn the system on and spam the "Get into BIOS" key until you are there.

the only way to get to bios is F4 key and it get stuck at Please wait 

1 minute ago, Kilrah said:

Does it boot to USB if you take the drive(s) out?

no it does not. 

10 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Boot to the USB again, and under that partition screen, highlight each one and choose "delete" on all drive 0 partitions

that's my question how to boot to the usb again? its not detecting or doing anything except showing samsung screen. when i press F2 or F4 it says please wait and then nothing happens. 

i also took another usb and made it bootable and even thats not working on laptop.

Just now, Kilrah said:

Well you didn't say if you needed to recover data or not...

 

If all you need is reinstall Windows to get a working system you should be able to boot from your USB installer again.

i dont need any data now. all i need is a working windows on this laptop and thats it 

1 minute ago, Kilrah said:

If you have no data you need to recover delete ALL partitions from drive 0 and then select the drive 0: Unallocated space to install on.

how to do that? nothing is happening when i turn on the laptop except it says please wait and does nothing. do you mean i have to remove the hard disk from laptop and recover data from another PC?

On 9/10/2020 at 12:44 AM, Grumpy Old Man said:

  Reveal hidden contents

• Reset local account password for Windows 10, version 1803 and beyond
• If you added security questions when you set up your local account for Windows 10, then you have at least version 1803 and you can answer security questions to sign back in.
• After you've entered an incorrect password:
  • Select the Reset password link on the sign-in screen. If you use a PIN instead, see PIN sign-in issues. If you're using a work device that's on a network, you may not see an option to reset your password or PIN. In that case, contact your administrator.
  • Answer your security questions.
  • Enter a new password.
  • Sign in as usual with the new password.
• Reset local account password for Windows 10, before version 1803
• For versions of Windows 10 earlier than 1803, local account passwords can't be reset because there are no security questions. You can reset your device to choose a new password, however this option will permanently delete your data, programs, and settings. If you've backed up your files you'll be able to restore your deleted files. For more information, see Recovery options in Windows 10. 
• To reset your device, which will delete data, programs, and settings:
  • Press the Shift key while you select the Power  button > Restart in the lower-right corner of the screen. 
  • On the Choose an option screen, select Troubleshoot > Reset this PC.
  • Select Remove everything. 

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OMG Thank You soooo very much for your help... i used MiniTool ShadowMaker to recover the password. it was so simple. Thanks to all who helped me.

Grumpy Old Man Can you help me with another issue im facing with laptop windows HERE?

Regards

I have this Samsung laptop that had winload.exe issue. i got a usb drive and made it bootable with windows 10 and got to run the bootable usb. 

it asked to choose the location of windows. i thought of doing a completely new windows install so i deleted every partition there was... 

im attaching the picture i took before doing the mistake. 

as you can see i deleted all the drives of Drive 0 and also those of Drive 1. including the primary partition. the setup even asked me that there might be manufacturer files and all that thing i still formatted them and then i created one big partition of 16 Gb size from Drive 1. because only drive 1 was showing me Next option....  

in the above image the unallocated 21.6Gb was the one i made into a new drive and that gave me option to move forward with windows install. 

now after the initial copying windows step when the laptop restarted it showed only samsung logo and showed this screen below:

when i press F2 or F4 it says please wait and then nothing happens.

Please help me guys... i need this laptop working as soon as possible...  im so worried.

i have even tried to remove the hard disk from laptop and tried to start it and  its stuck at same samsung screen. 

please help. 

8 minutes ago, dhannemon13 said:

Rather you can't use your laptop, either.

 

Well, a lot of tutorials on YouTube. Get yourself a 8 GB minimum of USB flash drive. Download the ISO first (I suggest you download a 1909 version here (I used it on a friend's laptop, Acer either), many people said 2004 still got too much bug for some of the apps), use Rufus to copy those iso files onto a flashdrive, get into UEFI Firmware Settings on your second screenshot. Don't forget also to disable Secure Boot  or else the flash drive won't even boot because of Secure Boot Fail error. Boot from the flash drive, delete the old partitions (except your data partition), and reinstall. Yet, a tutorial from YouTube will make things a lot easier.

 

Don't forget to plug the laptop to it's charger while it's reinstalling. Woulda saved a life.

 

And, just use a easier password to remember next time after this.

yea i think thats my only option now. anyways im downloading from the link you gave. will it be activated or will i have to buy windows key?

1 minute ago, dhannemon13 said:

I dunno if others have better suggestion but resetting/reinstalling the laptop itself is the good choice so far.

i know but i dont want to do that as this is a brand new laptop with like activated windows and office 360. i also dont know how to install windows like from scratch 

Hi. i got this brand new laptop literally few days back and i just got it setup activated the windows. activated other stuff and setup windows user password.

and today i forgot the password... i have been trying for the past 4 hours to recall and i have tried all the passwords that i could remember. 

i am so frustrated and so disappointed

now the issue is before setting the password i updated the windows 10 to the latest available update and then set the password.

now when i press Alt+F10 to go the the system settings thing on all the options i see it asks me for admin password which i am trying to recover in first place. 

like before i when i used to go to that setting page it showed options like safe mode and all that but now it asks for password AT EVERY OPTION... :(

i am attaching pictres of all the things i can. if you need more pics or something i can provide.

• please if anyone can help me here i will be grateful and if any 

Here is the screenshot i was talking about. 

Hi guys.

So i got new connection, infact upgraded my older ADSL to VDSL. 

the provider rep came and only like changed router did some settings in the exchange, took 17 days and boom, im on VDSL.

now my previous setup was, 

ADSL ROUTER to my TP Link Router in WAN port (blue color ethernet port on router) then one ethernet port from TP link router to my PC. i did that cause my ADSL router had pathetic wifi signals.

this VDSL router from provider is good, its signals are ok.

but i still connected it to my PC like this

VDSL router to TP link router then to my PC

but i just noticed today that my TP link router gives me almost half the download speed of internet which is 15Mbps. 

but if i connect the VDSL ISP router directly to my PC thernet port, i get full speed as i have shown in screen shot.

the 14ish download is when i connected VDSL router directly to the pc and 7ish ones are when i connect the VDSL to TP Link router then TP Link to my PC. 

can someone help? 

20 minutes ago, Void Master said:

this is the error code :

 

It looks that when your PC tries to go into a sleep state is crashes.

no its just an online pic i shared its not from my pc. but mine shows this screen some kind of msg like this.

where to do the disk clean up. are u talkng about the %Temp% folder cause i clean that often

23 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

check disk health with something like crystaldisk or if possible in the BIOS(but thats unlikely to give you anything understandable tbh)

its shows ok i think im attaching screens shot