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Discus and support after upgrading my pc and installing windows 11 my drives are a mess and I'm not sure how... in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; did a big upgraded and finally got a pc capable of moving from 10 to 11 so I did and saved all the files I wanted onto one drive before resetting to... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by Isaac Gambin, Apr 5, 2025.

  1. after upgrading my pc and installing windows 11 my drives are a mess and I'm not sure how...


    did a big upgraded and finally got a pc capable of moving from 10 to 11 so I did and saved all the files I wanted onto one drive before resetting to hopefully get a fresh computer but it's gone all wrong. I've got a whole lot more partitions than I remember with my disk management looking like this, and accidentally installed windows onto my hard drive instead of my ssd which is hopefully behind my pc being slower despite being upgraded. Here are all the images I think might be helpful: https://imgur.com/a/bzY6VDy I couldn't upload here for some reason sorry.

    :)
     
    Isaac Gambin, Apr 5, 2025
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  2. A new win install on a HDD messed up my win install on my m.2 SSD

    after upgrading my pc and installing windows 11 my drives are a mess and I'm not sure how... 290034d1595970039t-new-win-install-hdd-messed-up-my-win-install-my-m-2-ssd-diskman.png


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    Yes, I do think that is my problem, but I couldn't find a way to remedy it. Sorry for the screenshot being in Hungarian, if you need I can translate it. And don't mind the 500 MB partition, I tried to do a fix from a similar thread which suggested creating it, but later steps didn't prove successful.
     
    giorgioblues, Apr 5, 2025
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  3. Frypot Win User
    Struggling to Install Windows to an M.2 Drive

    • MOBO: MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI
    • CPU: 5600X
    • RAM: 16GB 3600MHZ DDR4
    • GPU: PALIT 980
    • BIOS VERSION: E7C95AMS.2D0
    • M.2 DRIVE: Crucial P3 Plus 2TB
    • OTHER DRIVES: None
    I am currently trying to install windows on my MIL's new m.2 drive in her desktop PC.

    When in UEFI mode the bios does not recognise the M.2 as a boot device. It will let me install windows to it, just not boot to it. As soon as the installation reaches the restart stage it reboots the PC back to the boot drive asking if I want to install windows again.

    In CSM/Legacy mode the drive is recognised as a boot device but windows will not install to it, stating that the hardware isn't supported.

    I am sure I am missing something simple, any help and advice would be greatly appreciated!
     
    Frypot, Apr 5, 2025
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  4. after upgrading my pc and installing windows 11 my drives are a mess and I'm not sure how...

    Upgrading to windows 11

    I have a few questions about windows 11...

    1. How many GB it is? when my pc suggested the upgrade yesterday, it said it's about 4GB just want to be sure.
    2. I'm using a windows 10 pro so if I upgrade, will it upgrade to a windows 11 pro?
     
    UcheBulama, Apr 5, 2025
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