Windows 10: Clean Install - Nothing but problems

Hello,
I recently upgraded to Windows 10 and decided to do a clean install afterwards. The install took three days of messing about, trying discs and USB stick method etc. but finally worked only after I disabled the network card in BIOS.
Since the install worked I've been plagued by problems. Here are just a few of them:

i. Windows Update takes 20-25 minutes to scan
ii. Windows Media Player opens but with a white screen and blue scrolling circle forever
iii. On startup I have no network connection for approximately 5 minutes (yellow triangle on network symbol)
iv. Restart can take 10 minutes or more
v. Random software issues (eg Garmin Express gives me splash screen only and hangs)
vi. Sometimes when opening apps, the icon on the taskbar has the line under it indicating it is open but nothing happens - Hovering the cursor on the icon reveals a small black rectangle
vii. iTunes can take minutes to open

This is just a selection of the random problems I'm experiencing. My system specs are :

Motherboard : Asus P8P67
Main hard drive : Intel 120Gb SSD

Any help much appreciated. I've tried safe mode and clean boot but the problems remain.

Many thanks,
Mark

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Windows 10 Installation Problems

After up grading to Win 10, my screen started to blink and the lap top was frozen in this blinking mode. After restarting computer many times, it is stuck in the Win 10 load process with the circle of dots spinning around and around while the load process
goes no where. I have tested all hardware and it is OK. I tried the Win 10 fix and it still is in the same mode where the dots spin around and around, but operating system does not load and start up

I have a 64 bit HP Lap Top that was running Win 8.1 without any problems before trying to load Win 10.

 

Nothing but problems

Are you referring to the Windows 10 system working with other systems?

Have you tried uninstalling the keyboard driver in Device Manager?

Reboot and Windows will reload

Sometimes that's all it takes. Then go to the Manufacturer's website and look for updated drivers.

In Event Viewer, look for Errors related to when the keyboard stops working.

If you find anything in Event Viewer, repost the Event ID #, Source to the Windows 10

Hardware & Drivers Forum.

Were the applications installed before the upgrade? It may be necessary to uninstall/reinstall.

If these are Windows Store Apps, individual or otherwise, you can post questions to the Windows 10

Apps on Windows 10 Forum. If you click on Windows Topics, left index, you can select individual apps you're having issues with.

There's also the
Networking Forum which will assist you with the other systems and security issue.

 

Where did you get your install media and how did you create your install media?

 

Hello and thanks for the speedy response. I downloaded from Microsoft and used the media creation tool.

 

Ok, just wanted to verify that you had official install media. If you had obtained it somewhere else, like say bit torrent, it could explain all the issues your having. Your likely not going to like what I'm about to say but with all the issues your having, I'd start over and do another clean install. Backup anything you don't want to lose and delete all the partitions on your hard drive. Then let Windows create all the required ones automatically. If you don't want to do that I would do a Reset.
Reset Windows 10
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...n-install.html

 

Hi ymisid,

I would also start again by re-downloading the USB ISO of Win 10. It might be the install media that has downloaded with some corrupt files. I would definitely start again as suggested - otherwise you are going to be faced with endless troubles. Reinstall Windows using the guides in this forum on a clean partition.

After that don't rush into installing all your apps, just the important drivers - basically just graphics and chipset. Download from the web by visiting you MB supplier website - do not use your motherboard CD - probably won't have drivers fully compatible with Windows 10. Then monitor your pc for a while before moving onto loading all your programs.

I had similar challenges with the USB ISO clean install. Eventually coughed up for a DVD version and all is fine.

 

Maybe even try a different thumb drive in case the one your using has issues. They do go bad from time to time. I had a 8 gig thumb drive that had a few bad cells on it. It would be fine until you tried to put more than 4 gigs of data on it. Then weird things would happen. I chucked it into the circular file cabinet.

 

Guys - really appreciate the advice, thanks. I'm reluctant to try a clean install because it literally took me three days to install Windows 10. I made several DVDs and tried a 32Gb good quality USB stick.
Windows just wouldn't install. It would often hang for hours and not even get to the screen where you choose a disc and partition etc. to install on. In the end, after reading online, I tried disabling the network card and eventually it did install.
I could well be wrong, but I think this failing to clean install is related to the problems I'm having now. I'm wondering if there's a compatibility issue somewhere? The problems really are random in nature. Just this morning the ability to scroll my Logitech mouse has gone and, when I open the Logitech software, the tab for adjusting mouse settings has disappeared. Also, yesterday morning the computer clock had lost about five minutes but is back in sync today.
For info, after installing and getting problems, I contacted Asus who advised that the motherboard wasn't compatible with Windows 10. Could this be the cause of the problems or do they just mean it isn't supported?
I have windows and programs on an Intel 120Gb SSD and two spinning discs in a RAID running as one disk so, if a clean install would work, it's not going to cause too much trouble.
Thanks again,
Mark

 

With all those issues, especially the ones dealing with installing Windows, it makes you wonder if there is a hardware issue. Bad RAM, or hard drive maybe? The not compatible with Windows 10 comment from ASUS likely just means they haven't added Windows 10 drivers etc for that model. I'm running an ASUS M4N68T-M V2, and M2N68-AM SE2 here on Windows 10 with no issues. There are next to no Windows 8.1 drivers for those listed on ASUS, let alone Windows 10 drivers. If your Motherboard required a BIOS update to be compatible with Windows 10 you would think they would have mentioned it? That's about the only thing I can thing of.

 

Microsoft list the motherboard as compatible so maybe that's a good start. I opened Garmin Express and left the splash screen - it actually opened the program after 15 minutes.
What can a computer be doing in that time that a program will still open after 15 minutes? All the while I was using Internet Explorer and Outlook etc. with no problems.
This is so weird...

 

Does sound like a hardware issue. If you did not have the issue before installing Win 10, then it is more likely to be missing/outdated drivers for that hardware, not physical hardware failure. It could come back to your Motherboard. Does your Device manager show a clean list, or are there any 'flags' pointing towards possible hardware issues? What chipset drivers did you install, and SATA drivers? If you used the original motherboard driver CD that came with your board, you can expect issues. If Asus do not currently support your m/board for Win 10, try looking at their drivers for Win 8.1

 

When you clean installed, did you delete the old OS? I usually delete the hidden System reserved and Recovery, EFI etc partitions, and the OS partition and let Windows create new ones during the install. This gets rid of any leftovers from the previous OS and lets the new install setup the partitions where it wants and what size it wants.

 

Forgot to add, what does Device Manager show? Anything with a yellow ! or red X? A screen shoot of your expanded Disk Management screen would help too.

 

There are no Win 10 drivers for that motherboard, and with the extra gubbins it has, I'd say that's the root cause of your troubles.

Your best bet is to install all the Windows 8.1 drivers from the DVD that shipped with the motherboard, even the stuff you think you might not need, especially the ASUS Management Engine Interface.

If that's no good then you're probably SOOL and will have to wait until they release Win 10 drivers.

What's your Device Manager looking like?