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Hi all. I recently replaced my GTX 1660ti with an RTX 2060 SUPER. Up to that point, everything was peachy. My boot SSD had been cloned with no issues and I was riding cloud nine. Then I noticed the first issue: This PC was listed under Desktop in File Explorer. No big deal, I thought to myself. And it went downhill from there.

 

I am now unable to get a context menu in any application without Explorer crashing and requiring a force quit and restart in the command prompt. Half the time, Explorer sits on “Working on it” while trying to load This PC. I can’t access the administrator-level (I am the only user) of any program, and the only time everything  works is when I am in Safe Mode. I ended up buying a new SSD and installing a clean version of Windows on it, and I STILL had the same issues above. I’ve installed a fresh hard drive and moved every connector to rule out a bad SATA or M.2 slot, so I’m convinced it’s not one of my drives.

 

I’m at my wits end and I need advice on what to check, because everything is relatively new there.

 

Specs just in case they’re helpful:

  • Ryzen 5 3600x
  • ASUS X570-P (not the Pro version)
  • 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB
  • 1TB Intel M.2
  • 500GB Samsung 960 M.2
  • 4TB Seagate Iron Wolf SATA
  • Corsair RM1000X PSU
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26 minutes ago, SmellTheCheeeez said:

My boot SSD had been cloned with no issues

Cloned from what or where? Did you recently add one of the M.2 drives and cloned it to have windows and be your boot drive?

If so, did you format the other drive afterwards?

 

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I would suggest first trying checking and repairing dism.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.windowscentral.com/how-use-dism-command-line-utility-repair-windows-10-image%3Famp&ved=2ahUKEwia8q-LrsvoAhVVg3IEHR7HAtMQFjAAegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw3Y14FRPG1ryT7OxSOMGW6y

Then do a check disk on c and see if that fixes any corruption. 

If not, it is probably better to just backup anything you want to keep and reinstalling windows. 

In my years of working on computers, you might spend weeks trying to troubleshoot it without that. I know that sucks, but depending on how much time you want to spend on it, that would be quicker. 

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