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jammer2001
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Today my computer randomly decided to stop booting so decided to try clean installing Windows. I somehow ended up accidentally creating a new install instead of overwriting the old one. Now when I try to boot it goes to some sort of instance selection screen and it than goes and automatically selects one, restarts and the following error pops up:

 

 

 

I got it to attempt the other instance and it also fails. 

 

What do I do?

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The problem is it is boots to the Windows dual boot selection screen and no matter of which installation I select it than shows that error. 

 

 

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pretty sure ragnarok means to start the install from scratch, grab the USB you used for this second install, which is called a "bootable USB", make it boot to that from your BIOS, erase everything in the partitioning bit, and then install windows like normal.

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15 minutes ago, somer4ndo said:

pretty sure ragnarok means to start the install from scratch, grab the USB you used for this second install, which is called a "bootable USB", make it boot to that from your BIOS, erase everything in the partitioning bit, and then install windows like normal.

I forget how to fix the partitions. How do I do it? 

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5 minutes ago, somer4ndo said:

what do you mean by "fix"? enter the partitioning section?

Removing the old partitions. Now the installer won't let me delete them. 

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2 minutes ago, jammer2001 said:

Removing the old partitions. Now the installer won't let me delete them. 

Format the drives and partitions.

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2 minutes ago, jammer2001 said:

Removing the old partitions. Now the installer won't let me delete them. 

Create a fresh new bootable USB, boot from that, and erase everything else.

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4 minutes ago, ragnarok0273 said:

Create a fresh new bootable USB, boot from that, and erase everything else.

Can I just format the drive? 

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5 minutes ago, ragnarok0273 said:

Create a fresh new bootable USB, boot from that, and erase everything else.

Do this and you can erase things from the installer.

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Also, I unplugged the second hard drive I had installed to make the windows installation process easier but the BIOS seems to be scanning for it. Is that bad? 

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3 minutes ago, jammer2001 said:

Can I just format the drive? 

not really from there, no, you'd need a different "OS", you'll need to do it manually, there shouldn't be too many partitions if you have only 1 drive.

1 minute ago, jammer2001 said:

Also, I unplugged the second hard drive I had installed to make the windows installation process easier but the BIOS seems to be scanning for it. Is that bad? 

And no, that shouldn't be a problem.

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2 minutes ago, ragnarok0273 said:

Do this and you can erase things from the installer.

I know but the whole problem is that for whatever reason the installer won't let me delete the partitions. 

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I know but the whole problem is that for whatever reason the installer won't let me delete the partitions. 

Use diskpart to format.

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Just now, jammer2001 said:

I know but the whole problem is that for whatever reason the installer won't let me delete the partitions. 

even if you format them beforehand? And what does it say about the different partitions when you have them selected?

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Just now, ragnarok0273 said:

Use diskpart to format.

I'd say that's not very easy without guidance, even I'd struggle to bring up a console in the installer right now and I consider myself an advanced user.

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On a slightly different but related note, a couple of weeks ago I noticed that my PC was randomly stuttering occasionally. It's still happening even after I clean installed Windows yesterday. Anyone have any ideas? 

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@ragnarok0273 @somer4ndo @Voluspa

 

Since yesterday afternoon I've been having issues with the computer randomly disconnecting from WiFi and not reconnecting until I do it manually and sometimes not even reconnecting. Before I clean installed Windows I very rarely had any problems with WiFi. Do you think it's a network issue or the computer? 

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3 minutes ago, jammer2001 said:

@ragnarok0273 @somer4ndo @Voluspa

 

Since yesterday afternoon I've been having issues with the computer randomly disconnecting from WiFi and not reconnecting until I do it manually and sometimes not even reconnecting. Before I clean installed Windows I very rarely had any problems with WiFi. Do you think it's a network issue or the computer? 

Did you install your chipset drivers?

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1 hour ago, ragnarok0273 said:

Did you install your chipset drivers?

What drivers?

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1 hour ago, jammer2001 said:

@ragnarok0273 @somer4ndo @Voluspa

 

Since yesterday afternoon I've been having issues with the computer randomly disconnecting from WiFi and not reconnecting until I do it manually and sometimes not even reconnecting. Before I clean installed Windows I very rarely had any problems with WiFi. Do you think it's a network issue or the computer? 

Also, just to be clear its using a wifi card not integrated wifi.

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15 minutes ago, ragnarok0273 said:

What motherboard do you have?

Gigabyte x570 Gaming X

I just checked and the drivers dont support 20H2 yet and that's what I'm on.

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