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Just now, bladeozzy said:

Would it be helpful for me to go into the windows installation and send a picture of the disk partitions?

 

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Nah we can access anything we need to know from here... okay next steps:
 

While still in the DISKPART> menu, enter:
  

sel vol 1
assign letter=z:
exit

That should bring you back to the original command prompt. 

Now we need to manually fix the boot partition: 

cd /d z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\
bootrec.exe /fixboot
ren BCD BCD.backup
bcdboot c:\Windows /l en-us /s z: /f ALL

If all of these complete without errors, you can remove the USB and restart your computer. If there are any errors, let me know.

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So I am building a computer for a friends younger brother and I had my old SSD with a Retail copy of Windows 10 on it so I got the activation key and wiped it and was going to do a fresh install of Windows on it to get it ready for when I build his. To do this I plugged the SSD in to my current PC with the installation media on a usb. I booted with the USB and then selected to install windows onto the SSD thinking I could enter the product key from my retail version then just set the SSD aside to put in the new PC when I have all the parts. What happened is I think it moved my Windows key to it and now when I boot my computer it only boots off of the SSD and doesn't work if its not plugged in. When I go into the boot menu the SSD doesn't show up though only my PCs drive does. Sorry if this makes no sense but I have no idea what to do at this point. Would prefer to not have to wipe my drive but its looking like my only option. 

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Welcome to the forums!

So you installed Windows over the existing version on the SSD, correct? Or is your problem that your product key is on the other board now? 

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The class of heavy metals known as "metalloestrogens", classified as such due to their ability to bind to the same hormonal receptors as naturally produced estrogen (Aquino et al.), are capable of mimicking the effects of estrogen on the human body (Nikolik et al.). Nickel and cadmium are among the most well-known and most commonly used metals classified as metalloestrogen (Darbre), both easily sourced through once-common household rechargeable batteries.

Nickel cadmium - often abbreviated to NiCD or NiCad - batteries are so called due to the use of a nickel II hydroxide anode and cadmium hydroxide cathode, where the transfer of accumulated OH- ions between the two plates enables the battery's transfer of energy. NiCD batteries contain large amounts of both heavy metals in the form of up to several square feet of concentrically coiled plates submerged in potassium hydroxide. Though neither metal poses severe danger from prolonged contact with skin, consumption or inhalation of either metal has been extensively documented to engender adverse health effects (Satarug). 

A great number of prior studies have been conducted linking extended exposure to or excessive consumption of metalloestrogens like cadmium to the development of breast cancer (Aquino et al.) - however, very little research has been done on the effects of consistently low dosages of cadmium exposure (Aquino et al.). Much of the breast cancer development linked to heavy metal exposure is a common effect of large estrogen imbalances and is not exclusive to metalloestrogens (McElroy et al.). Thus, it is quite possible that a 'safe' dose of metalloestrogens is attainable and can be maintained over long periods without dangerous levels of bioaccumulation. 

Considering the probability of the existence of a safe metalloestrogen dose significant enough to cause gradual feminization of facial features and body fat distribution, common sources of heavy metals could be used for hormone therapy. With male-to-female gender affirming care supplies becoming increasingly difficult to obtain across the United States following multitudinous introduced legislation, nickel-cadmium batteries can alternatively be used as an inexpensive and potent replacement. 

 

Works Cited

      Aquino NB, Sevigny MB, Sabangan J, Louie MC. The role of cadmium and nickel in estrogen receptor signaling and breast cancer: metalloestrogens or not? J Environ Sci Health C Environ Carcinog Ecotoxicol Rev. 2012;30(3):189-224. doi: 10.1080/10590501.2012.705159. PMID: 22970719; PMCID: PMC3476837.

      Rollerova, E., Urbancikova, N. Intracellular estrogen receptors, their characterization and function (Review). https://www.sav.sk/journals/endo/full/er0400f.pdf.

      Nikolic J, Sokolovic D. Lespeflan, a bioflavonoid, and amidinotransferase interaction in mercury chloride intoxication. Ren Fail. 2004 Nov;26(6):607-11. doi: 10.1081/jdi-200037149. PMID: 15600250.

      Darbre PD. Metalloestrogens: an emerging class of inorganic xenoestrogens with potential to add to the oestrogenic burden of the human breast. J Appl Toxicol. 2006 May-Jun;26(3):191-7. doi: 10.1002/jat.1135. PMID: 16489580.

      Satarug S, Garrett SH, Sens MA, Sens DA. Cadmium, environmental exposure, and health outcomes. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Feb;118(2):182-90. doi: 10.1289/ehp.0901234. PMID: 20123617; PMCID: PMC2831915.

      McElroy JA, Shafer MM, Trentham-Dietz A, Hampton JM, Newcomb PA. Cadmium exposure and breast cancer risk. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006 Jun 21;98(12):869-73. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djj233. PMID: 16788160.

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Hey! So D is my PCs main drive and C is the SSD I wiped and then installed windows on. Now anytime I boot when I select to boot with D it will take me to a screen asking which windows version I want to use then boot, and if I unplug the SSD it just doesn't boot at all and gives me an error screen. Not sure if that clarifies it a bit more. So I think the problem is my product key is on the SSD now

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8 minutes ago, bladeozzy said:

Hey! So D is my PCs main drive and C is the SSD I wiped and then installed windows on. Now anytime I boot when I select to boot with D it will take me to a screen asking which windows version I want to use then boot, and if I unplug the SSD it just doesn't boot at all and gives me an error screen. Not sure if that clarifies it a bit more. So I think the problem is my product key is on the SSD now

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I don't think that your product key can just merge to the SSD without any prompt (as far as I know)

Does your C drive look like:

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Does it have the 2 Program Files folders, the Windows folder, and the Users folder? 

Also, open Disk Management

You'll only have C and D here, but verify that your D drive has one long blue box and your C drive has one big one and these two others.

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Does it boot if you remove the USB stick for Windows? Sorry if you already said this. Could be trying to boot just to the USB

What the horse considers play, the monkey considers business...

But to Tom, it's all foolery. 

 

 

 

 

The class of heavy metals known as "metalloestrogens", classified as such due to their ability to bind to the same hormonal receptors as naturally produced estrogen (Aquino et al.), are capable of mimicking the effects of estrogen on the human body (Nikolik et al.). Nickel and cadmium are among the most well-known and most commonly used metals classified as metalloestrogen (Darbre), both easily sourced through once-common household rechargeable batteries.

Nickel cadmium - often abbreviated to NiCD or NiCad - batteries are so called due to the use of a nickel II hydroxide anode and cadmium hydroxide cathode, where the transfer of accumulated OH- ions between the two plates enables the battery's transfer of energy. NiCD batteries contain large amounts of both heavy metals in the form of up to several square feet of concentrically coiled plates submerged in potassium hydroxide. Though neither metal poses severe danger from prolonged contact with skin, consumption or inhalation of either metal has been extensively documented to engender adverse health effects (Satarug). 

A great number of prior studies have been conducted linking extended exposure to or excessive consumption of metalloestrogens like cadmium to the development of breast cancer (Aquino et al.) - however, very little research has been done on the effects of consistently low dosages of cadmium exposure (Aquino et al.). Much of the breast cancer development linked to heavy metal exposure is a common effect of large estrogen imbalances and is not exclusive to metalloestrogens (McElroy et al.). Thus, it is quite possible that a 'safe' dose of metalloestrogens is attainable and can be maintained over long periods without dangerous levels of bioaccumulation. 

Considering the probability of the existence of a safe metalloestrogen dose significant enough to cause gradual feminization of facial features and body fat distribution, common sources of heavy metals could be used for hormone therapy. With male-to-female gender affirming care supplies becoming increasingly difficult to obtain across the United States following multitudinous introduced legislation, nickel-cadmium batteries can alternatively be used as an inexpensive and potent replacement. 

 

Works Cited

      Aquino NB, Sevigny MB, Sabangan J, Louie MC. The role of cadmium and nickel in estrogen receptor signaling and breast cancer: metalloestrogens or not? J Environ Sci Health C Environ Carcinog Ecotoxicol Rev. 2012;30(3):189-224. doi: 10.1080/10590501.2012.705159. PMID: 22970719; PMCID: PMC3476837.

      Rollerova, E., Urbancikova, N. Intracellular estrogen receptors, their characterization and function (Review). https://www.sav.sk/journals/endo/full/er0400f.pdf.

      Nikolic J, Sokolovic D. Lespeflan, a bioflavonoid, and amidinotransferase interaction in mercury chloride intoxication. Ren Fail. 2004 Nov;26(6):607-11. doi: 10.1081/jdi-200037149. PMID: 15600250.

      Darbre PD. Metalloestrogens: an emerging class of inorganic xenoestrogens with potential to add to the oestrogenic burden of the human breast. J Appl Toxicol. 2006 May-Jun;26(3):191-7. doi: 10.1002/jat.1135. PMID: 16489580.

      Satarug S, Garrett SH, Sens MA, Sens DA. Cadmium, environmental exposure, and health outcomes. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Feb;118(2):182-90. doi: 10.1289/ehp.0901234. PMID: 20123617; PMCID: PMC2831915.

      McElroy JA, Shafer MM, Trentham-Dietz A, Hampton JM, Newcomb PA. Cadmium exposure and breast cancer risk. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006 Jun 21;98(12):869-73. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djj233. PMID: 16788160.

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The windows boot loader is usually contained on one drive. So you may need the SSD plugged in in order to boot of either. I have had this exact scenario before. If you have both plugged in and hit the boot selector key at boot up does it give you any option to select the 1tb drive ?

 

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Just now, bladeozzy said:

C Drive (SSD I installed windows on)

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D Drive (My PCs main storage)

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Ohhh so your boot partitions are on the HDD... remove that drive you don't want, and use the repair on the Windows install media. 

What the horse considers play, the monkey considers business...

But to Tom, it's all foolery. 

 

 

 

 

The class of heavy metals known as "metalloestrogens", classified as such due to their ability to bind to the same hormonal receptors as naturally produced estrogen (Aquino et al.), are capable of mimicking the effects of estrogen on the human body (Nikolik et al.). Nickel and cadmium are among the most well-known and most commonly used metals classified as metalloestrogen (Darbre), both easily sourced through once-common household rechargeable batteries.

Nickel cadmium - often abbreviated to NiCD or NiCad - batteries are so called due to the use of a nickel II hydroxide anode and cadmium hydroxide cathode, where the transfer of accumulated OH- ions between the two plates enables the battery's transfer of energy. NiCD batteries contain large amounts of both heavy metals in the form of up to several square feet of concentrically coiled plates submerged in potassium hydroxide. Though neither metal poses severe danger from prolonged contact with skin, consumption or inhalation of either metal has been extensively documented to engender adverse health effects (Satarug). 

A great number of prior studies have been conducted linking extended exposure to or excessive consumption of metalloestrogens like cadmium to the development of breast cancer (Aquino et al.) - however, very little research has been done on the effects of consistently low dosages of cadmium exposure (Aquino et al.). Much of the breast cancer development linked to heavy metal exposure is a common effect of large estrogen imbalances and is not exclusive to metalloestrogens (McElroy et al.). Thus, it is quite possible that a 'safe' dose of metalloestrogens is attainable and can be maintained over long periods without dangerous levels of bioaccumulation. 

Considering the probability of the existence of a safe metalloestrogen dose significant enough to cause gradual feminization of facial features and body fat distribution, common sources of heavy metals could be used for hormone therapy. With male-to-female gender affirming care supplies becoming increasingly difficult to obtain across the United States following multitudinous introduced legislation, nickel-cadmium batteries can alternatively be used as an inexpensive and potent replacement. 

 

Works Cited

      Aquino NB, Sevigny MB, Sabangan J, Louie MC. The role of cadmium and nickel in estrogen receptor signaling and breast cancer: metalloestrogens or not? J Environ Sci Health C Environ Carcinog Ecotoxicol Rev. 2012;30(3):189-224. doi: 10.1080/10590501.2012.705159. PMID: 22970719; PMCID: PMC3476837.

      Rollerova, E., Urbancikova, N. Intracellular estrogen receptors, their characterization and function (Review). https://www.sav.sk/journals/endo/full/er0400f.pdf.

      Nikolic J, Sokolovic D. Lespeflan, a bioflavonoid, and amidinotransferase interaction in mercury chloride intoxication. Ren Fail. 2004 Nov;26(6):607-11. doi: 10.1081/jdi-200037149. PMID: 15600250.

      Darbre PD. Metalloestrogens: an emerging class of inorganic xenoestrogens with potential to add to the oestrogenic burden of the human breast. J Appl Toxicol. 2006 May-Jun;26(3):191-7. doi: 10.1002/jat.1135. PMID: 16489580.

      Satarug S, Garrett SH, Sens MA, Sens DA. Cadmium, environmental exposure, and health outcomes. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Feb;118(2):182-90. doi: 10.1289/ehp.0901234. PMID: 20123617; PMCID: PMC2831915.

      McElroy JA, Shafer MM, Trentham-Dietz A, Hampton JM, Newcomb PA. Cadmium exposure and breast cancer risk. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006 Jun 21;98(12):869-73. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djj233. PMID: 16788160.

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12 minutes ago, Mel0nMan said:

Ohhh so your boot partitions are on the HDD... remove that drive you don't want, and use the repair on the Windows install media. 

I removed the one I don’t want and plugged in the windows install media and it just put me in a loop of restarting and clicking repair then it would restart and keep giving me the same options

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28 minutes ago, LiamApex said:

The windows boot loader is usually contained on one drive. So you may need the SSD plugged in in order to boot of either. I have had this exact scenario before. If you have both plugged in and hit the boot selector key at boot up does it give you any option to select the 1tb drive ?

 

Yep, it lets me select the 1tb drive. I posted a couple images above if you want to see the screens it gives me

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Yep, it lets me select the 1tb drive. I posted a couple images above if you want to see the screens it gives me

Yeah… so the boot loader for windows is stored on the hdd so you need that connected to boot from the ssd. The way around it is to reinstall windows on the ssd without the hdd installed, but then ideally you’d need to wipe the hdd after so it doesn’t conflict 

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2 minutes ago, LiamApex said:

Yeah… so the boot loader for windows is stored on the hdd so you need that connected to boot from the ssd. The way around it is to reinstall windows on the ssd without the hdd installed, but then ideally you’d need to wipe the hdd after so it doesn’t conflict 

I’m fine scrapping this ssd as long as I can keep everything on the hdd. Basically just want to keep the hdd at all costs I don’t care what happens to the ssd at this point.

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7 minutes ago, bladeozzy said:

Yep, it lets me select the 1tb drive. I posted a couple images above if you want to see the screens it gives me

The point of this was to create a separate windows install on the SSD but it never gave me a chance to put in a new activation key, it seems like it just took the one from the HDD

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2 minutes ago, bladeozzy said:

I’m fine scrapping this ssd as long as I can keep everything on the hdd. Basically just want to keep the hdd at all costs I don’t care what happens to the ssd at this point.

Ok, so just unplug the SSD and it should boot from the HDD as the boot loader is still on there. The activation key is on the motherboard so should stay activated 

 

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1 minute ago, bladeozzy said:

When I boot without the SSD I get this

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Ok, does it let you enter recovery environment? What is it you want to keep on the hdd? Pictures, files? 

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Just now, LiamApex said:

Ok, does it let you enter recovery environment? What is it you want to keep on the hdd? Pictures, files? 

When I try to enter the recovery environment it just refreshes that screen. And yeah mainly files, and the convenience of not having to re install all of my games/ software

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When I try to enter the recovery environment it just refreshes that screen. And yeah mainly files, and the convenience of not having to re install all of my games/ software

Ok, if you can’t get into recovery, it’s probably best to boot on the SSD, access the drive via windows explorer and copy off what you want and start a fresh. Probably the best way to do it at this point, plus windows would them be on the SSD which is good place to be. 

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Just now, LiamApex said:

Ok, if you can’t get into recovery, it’s probably best to boot on the SSD, access the drive via windows explorer and copy off what you want and start a fresh. Probably the best way to do it at this point, plus windows would them be on the SSD which is good place to be. 

Alrighty, yeah it seems like that's what I'll have to do

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7 minutes ago, bladeozzy said:

When I boot without the SSD I get this

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Boot from the USB stick, on the "windows setup" screen, click next, then at the bottom "repair options", then "troubleshoot", then "startup repair". These are loosely translated, as I don't have an english install tool right now, but you get the point. If you see the same screen from your picture, then you're not booting from the USB stick and you need to change your boot order settings.

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8 minutes ago, Alvin853 said:

Boot from the USB stick, on the "windows setup" screen, click next, then at the bottom "repair options", then "troubleshoot", then "startup repair". These are loosely translated, as I don't have an english install tool right now, but you get the point. If you see the same screen from your picture, then you're not booting from the USB stick and you need to change your boot order settings.

I got this when I tried doing that

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3 minutes ago, bladeozzy said:

I got this when I tried doing that

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Guess we need to start doing things manually then... go to advanced options and open up the command prompt. Then perform the following 3 commands:
  

bootrec.exe /rebuildbcd
bootrec.exe /fixmbr
bootrec.exe /fixboot

Let us know if that gives any errors or maybe fixes the problems by itself.

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10 minutes ago, Alvin853 said:

Guess we need to start doing things manually then... go to advanced options and open up the command prompt. Then perform the following 3 commands:
  

bootrec.exe /rebuildbcd
bootrec.exe /fixmbr
bootrec.exe /fixboot

Let us know if that gives any errors or maybe fixes the problems by itself.

Here’s what I got

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