Windows 10: Dual boot with refined? New help from an old install.

Way before windows 10, I was running windows 8.1 and wanted to try Ubuntu. I didn't want to mess up my windows so I searched for dual boot. I believe I ran across this Install Ubuntu 14.04 alongside Windows 8.1 in 10 easy steps and followed it to the "T" but I do recall having refined installed as my boot-manager. I had ran into issues when windows 10 came out as a preview and installed it. When I tried to downgrade back to windows 8.1, I had no luck. I took my laptop into a Microsoft store and asked for help, but was promptly spun back out the door, since it wasn't officially released and the employees told me they were not allowed to see it, work on it, or offer any help. I contacted HP and they sent me the recovery cd's free to get me back to windows 8.1

I am currently on windows 10 insider, skip ahead, fast track (created a batch file to bring this back in event I need to restore factory image thru cd's). Anyone who wants it.
Code: REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost\UI\Selection" /f /v UIContentType /t REG_SZ /d Skip REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost\UI\Selection" /f /v UIBranch /t REG_SZ /d external REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost\UI\Selection" /f /v UIRing /t REG_SZ /d WIF REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost\Applicability" /f /v ContentType /t REG_SZ /d Skip REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost\Applicability" /f /v Ring /t REG_SZ /d Skip reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\QualityCompat" /f /v cadca5fe-87d3-4b96-b7fb-a231484277cc /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00000000[/quote] Make a simple text file with this and change extension to .bat and run as admin

Anyway. Since then, I have had no luck getting refined ( The rEFInd Boot Manager ) installed again, even with the dual boot to Ubuntu. I have followed the instructions in the refined site to manually install with no luck many times. Also, with first link, it discribed to split the partition, which I did, and it still installed both OS's on same partition, after finding that out, i just left it be that way.

Changes to what I am trying to accomplish:

• Windows 10 instead as main
• Linux Mint
• Windows 7 or 8.1 as secondary
• Have a 2TB and a 1TB external hard drive velcored to lid of laptop and willing to use them in process for extra space. Laptop also has a 750GB hard drive factory installed.

Refined had about 4-6 slots that would allow for systems to launch, so I'm sure I can get all 3 above.

I would also like to "hackintosh" as an other boot option, but I don't know if it can be done without the modded BIOS. I do have the "Official Installer" for high sierra

System:

CPU-Z TXT Report
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Binaries
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CPU-Z version 1.84.0.x64

Processors
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Number of sockets 1
Number of threads 4

APICs
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Socket 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0 0
-- Thread 1 1
-- Core 1
-- Thread 2 2
-- Thread 3 3

Timers
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ACPI timer 3.580 MHz
Perf timer 2.533 MHz
Sys timer 1.000 KHz


Processors Information
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Socket 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 2 (max 2)
Number of threads 4 (max 4)
Name Intel Core i3 3130M
Codename Ivy Bridge
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3130M CPU @ 2.60GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 988B rPGA (0x4)
CPUID 6.A.9
Extended CPUID 6.3A
Core Stepping E1/L1
Technology 22 nm
TDP Limit 35.0 Watts
Tjmax 90.0 °C
Core Speed 1198.0 MHz
Multiplier x Bus Speed 12.0 x 99.8 MHz
Base frequency (cores) 99.8 MHz
Base frequency (ext.) 99.8 MHz
Stock frequency 2600 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T, VT-x, AVX
Microcode Revision 0x1F
L1 Data cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2 x 256 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L3 cache 3 MBytes, 12-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Max CPUID level 0000000Dh
Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h
Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 32 KB, 2 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 32 KB, 2 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 256 KB, 2 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 3, U, 3 MB, 16 thread(s)
FID/VID Control yes


IBRS supported, disabled
IBPB supported
STIBP supported, disabled
RDCL_NO no
IBRS_ALL not supported
Turbo Mode not supported
Max non-turbo ratio 26x
Max turbo ratio 26x
Max efficiency ratio 12x
Min Power 24 Watts
O/C bins none
Ratio 1 core 26x
Ratio 2 cores 26x
Ratio 3 cores 26x
Ratio 4 cores 26x
TDP Level 35.0 W @ 26x

Temperature 0 68 degC (154 degF) (Package)
Temperature 1 67 degC (152 degF) (Core #0)
Temperature 2 68 degC (154 degF) (Core #1)
Voltage 0 0.77 Volts (VID)
Power 00 3.73 W (Package)
Power 01 1.38 W (IA Cores)
Power 02 0.06 W (GT)
Power 03 2.29 W (Uncore)
Clock Speed 0 1198.00 MHz (Core #0)
Clock Speed 1 1198.00 MHz (Core #1)
Core 0 max ratio 26.0 (effective 26.0)
Core 1 max ratio 26.0 (effective 26.0)


Thread dumps
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CPU Thread 0
APIC ID 0
Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 0, Thread ID 0

CPUID
Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] CPU Thread 1
APIC ID 1
Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 0, Thread ID 1

CPUID
Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] CPU Thread 2
APIC ID 2
Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 1, Thread ID 0

CPUID
Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] CPU Thread 3
APIC ID 3
Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 1, Thread ID 1

CPUID
Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote]

Chipset
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Northbridge Intel Ivy Bridge rev. 09
Southbridge Intel HM76 rev. 04
Memory Type DDR3
Memory Size 6 GBytes
Channels Dual
Memory Frequency 665.6 MHz (1:5)
CAS# latency (CL) 9.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD) 9
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 9
Cycle Time (tRAS) 24
Command Rate (CR) 1T
Host Bridge 0x0154


Memory SPD
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DIMM # 1
SMBus address 0x50
Memory type DDR3L
Module format SO-DIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Hyundai Electronics (AD00000000000000000000)
Size 4096 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-12800 (800 MHz)
Part number HMT351S6CFR8A-PB
Serial number 40A4E92E
Manufacturing date Week 08/Year 14
Number of banks 8
Nominal Voltage 1.35 Volts
EPP no
XMP no
AMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 5.0-5-5-14-19 @ 380 MHz
JEDEC #2 6.0-6-6-16-22 @ 457 MHz
JEDEC #3 7.0-7-7-19-26 @ 533 MHz
JEDEC #4 8.0-8-8-22-30 @ 609 MHz
JEDEC #5 9.0-9-9-24-33 @ 685 MHz
JEDEC #6 10.0-10-10-27-37 @ 761 MHz
JEDEC #7 11.0-11-11-28-39 @ 800 MHz

DIMM # 2
SMBus address 0x52
Memory type DDR3
Module format SO-DIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Samsung (CE00000000000000000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-10700 (667 MHz)
Part number M471B5773DH0-CH9
Serial number 450F24ED
Manufacturing date Week 05/Year 11
Number of banks 8
Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts
EPP no
XMP no
AMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 5.0-5-5-14-19 @ 380 MHz
JEDEC #2 6.0-6-6-17-23 @ 457 MHz
JEDEC #3 7.0-7-7-20-27 @ 533 MHz
JEDEC #4 8.0-8-8-22-30 @ 609 MHz
JEDEC #5 9.0-9-9-24-33 @ 666 MHz

DIMM # 1
SPD registers
Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] DIMM # 2
SPD registers
Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote]
Monitoring
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Mainboard Model 218F (0x000000E1 - 0x000021F0)

LPCIO
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Hardware Monitors
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Hardware monitor Intel I/O
Temperature 0 72 degC (161 degF) [0x48] (GPU)
Clock Speed 0 648.92 MHz [0x288] (Graphics)


PCI Devices
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Description Host Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 0 (0x00), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x8086
Model ID 0x0154
Revision ID 0x09
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x00
BaseClass 0x06
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x00
Header 0x00
PCI header
Subvendor ID 0x103C
Subsystem ID 0x218F
Int. Line 0x00
Int. Pin 0x00
PCI capability
Caps class Vendor Dependant
Caps offset 0xE0
PCI registers
Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] Description VGA Controller
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 2 (0x02), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x8086
Model ID 0x0166
Revision ID 0x09
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x00
BaseClass 0x03
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x00
Header 0x00
PCI header
Address 0 (memory) 0xC2000000
Address 2 (memory) 0xB0000000
Address 4 (port) 0x00005000
Subvendor ID 0x103C
Subsystem ID 0x218F
Int. Line 0x00
Int. Pin 0x01
PCI capability
Caps class Message Signalled Interrupts
Caps offset 0x90
PCI capability
Caps class Power Management
Caps offset 0xD0
Caps version 1.1
PCI capability
Caps class 0x13
Caps offset 0xA4
PCI registers
Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] Description USB Controller
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 20 (0x14), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x8086
Model ID 0x1E31
Revision ID 0x04
PI 0x30
SubClass 0x03
BaseClass 0x0C
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x00
Header 0x00
PCI header
Address 0 (memory) 0xC2700000
Subvendor ID 0x103C
Subsystem ID 0x218F
Int. Line 0x00
Int. Pin 0x01
PCI capability
Caps class Power Management
Caps offset 0x70
Caps version 1.1
PCI capability
Caps class Message Signalled Interrupts
Caps offset 0x80
PCI registers
Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] Description Communication Device
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 22 (0x16), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x8086
Model ID 0x1E3A
Revision ID 0x04
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x80
BaseClass 0x07
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x00
Header 0x80
PCI header
Address 0 (memory) 0xC2714000
Subvendor ID 0x103C
Subsystem ID 0x218F
Int. Line 0x00
Int. Pin 0x01
PCI capability
Caps class Power Management
Caps offset 0x50
Caps version 1.2
PCI capability
Caps class Message Signalled Interrupts
Caps offset 0x8C
PCI registers
Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] Description USB 2.0 Controller (EHCI)
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 26 (0x1A), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x8086
Model ID 0x1E2D
Revision ID 0x04
PI 0x20
SubClass 0x03
BaseClass 0x0C
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x00
Header 0x00
PCI header
Address 0 (memory) 0xC2719000
Subvendor ID 0x103C
Subsystem ID 0x218F
Int. Line 0x10
Int. Pin 0x01
PCI capability
Caps class Power Management
Caps offset 0x50
Caps version 1.1
PCI capability
Caps class Debug Port
Caps offset 0x58
PCI capability
Caps class 0x13
Caps offset 0x98
PCI registers
Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] Description Multimedia device
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 27 (0x1B), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x8086
Model ID 0x1E20
Revision ID 0x04
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x03
BaseClass 0x04
Cache Line 0x10
Latency 0x00
Header 0x00
PCI header
Address 0 (memory) 0xC2710000
Subvendor ID 0x103C
Subsystem ID 0x218F
Int. Line 0x16
Int. Pin 0x01
PCI capability
Caps class Power Management
Caps offset 0x50
Caps version 1.1
PCI capability
Caps class Message Signalled Interrupts
Caps offset 0x60
PCI capability
Caps class PCI Express
Caps offset 0x70
Device type Root Complex Integrated Endpoint Device
Port 0
Version 1.0
Link width 0x (max 0x)
PCI registers
Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] Description PCI to PCI Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 28 (0x1C), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x8086
Model ID 0x1E10
Revision ID 0xC4
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x04
BaseClass 0x06
Cache Line 0x10
Latency 0x00
Header 0x81
PCI header
Primary bus 0x00
Secondary bus 0x01
Int. Line 0x00
Int. Pin 0x01
PCI capability
Caps class PCI Express
Caps offset 0x40
Device type Root Port of PCI-E Root Complex
Port 1
Version 2.0
Physical slot #0
Presence detect yes
Link width 1x (max 1x)
PCI capability
Caps class Message Signalled Interrupts
Caps offset 0x80
PCI capability
Caps class Subsystem Vendor
Caps offset 0x90
SubVendor ID 0x103C
SubSystem ID 0x218F
PCI capability
Caps class Power Management
Caps offset 0xA0
Caps version 1.1
PCI registers
Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] Description PCI to PCI Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 28 (0x1C), function 2 (0x02)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x8086
Model ID 0x1E14
Revision ID 0xC4
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x04
BaseClass 0x06
Cache Line 0x10
Latency 0x00
Header 0x81
PCI header
Primary bus 0x00
Secondary bus 0x02
Int. Line 0x00
Int. Pin 0x03
PCI capability
Caps class PCI Express
Caps offset 0x40
Device type Root Port of PCI-E Root Complex
Port 3
Version 2.0
Physical slot #0
Presence detect yes
Link width 1x (max 1x)
PCI capability
Caps class Message Signalled Interrupts
Caps offset 0x80
PCI capability
Caps class Subsystem Vendor
Caps offset 0x90
SubVendor ID 0x103C
SubSystem ID 0x218F
PCI capability
Caps class Power Management
Caps offset 0xA0
Caps version 1.1
PCI registers
Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] Description PCI to PCI Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 28 (0x1C), function 3 (0x03)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x8086
Model ID 0x1E16
Revision ID 0xC4
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x04
BaseClass 0x06
Cache Line 0x10
Latency 0x00
Header 0x81
PCI header
Primary bus 0x00
Secondary bus 0x03
Int. Line 0x00
Int. Pin 0x04
PCI capability
Caps class PCI Express
Caps offset 0x40
Device type Root Port of PCI-E Root Complex
Port 4
Version 2.0
Physical slot #0
Presence detect no
Link width 1x (max 1x)
PCI capability
Caps class Message Signalled Interrupts
Caps offset 0x80
PCI capability
Caps class Subsystem Vendor
Caps offset 0x90
SubVendor ID 0x103C
SubSystem ID 0x218F
PCI capability
Caps class Power Management
Caps offset 0xA0
Caps version 1.1
PCI registers
Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] Description USB 2.0 Controller (EHCI)
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 29 (0x1D), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x8086
Model ID 0x1E26
Revision ID 0x04
PI 0x20
SubClass 0x03
BaseClass 0x0C
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x00
Header 0x00
PCI header
Address 0 (memory) 0xC2718000
Subvendor ID 0x103C
Subsystem ID 0x218F
Int. Line 0x17
Int. Pin 0x01
PCI capability
Caps class Power Management
Caps offset 0x50
Caps version 1.1
PCI capability
Caps class Debug Port
Caps offset 0x58
PCI capability
Caps class 0x13
Caps offset 0x98
PCI registers
Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] Description PCI to ISA Bridge
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 31 (0x1F), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x8086
Model ID 0x1E59
Revision ID 0x04
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x01
BaseClass 0x06
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x00
Header 0x80
PCI header
Subvendor ID 0x103C
Subsystem ID 0x218F
Int. Line 0x00
Int. Pin 0x00
PCI capability
Caps class Vendor Dependant
Caps offset 0xE0
PCI registers
Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] Description Serial ATA Controller
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 31 (0x1F), function 2 (0x02)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x8086
Model ID 0x1E03
Revision ID 0x04
PI 0x01
SubClass 0x06
BaseClass 0x01
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x00
Header 0x00
PCI header
Address 0 (port) 0x00005088
Address 1 (port) 0x00005094
Address 2 (port) 0x00005080
Address 3 (port) 0x00005090
Address 4 (port) 0x00005060
Address 5 (memory) 0xC2717000
Subvendor ID 0x103C
Subsystem ID 0x218F
Int. Line 0x00
Int. Pin 0x02
PCI capability
Caps class Message Signalled Interrupts
Caps offset 0x80
PCI capability
Caps class Power Management
Caps offset 0x70
Caps version 1.2
PCI capability
Caps class 0x12
Caps offset 0xA8
PCI capability
Caps class 0x13
Caps offset 0xB0
PCI registers
Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] Description SMBus Controller
Location bus 0 (0x00), device 31 (0x1F), function 3 (0x03)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x8086
Model ID 0x1E22
Revision ID 0x04
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x05
BaseClass 0x0C
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x00
Header 0x00
PCI header
Address 0 (memory) 0xC2715000
Address 4 (port) 0x00005040
Subvendor ID 0x103C
Subsystem ID 0x218F
Int. Line 0x13
Int. Pin 0x03
PCI registers
Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] Description Ethernet Controller
Location bus 1 (0x01), device 0 (0x00), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x10EC
Model ID 0x8136
Revision ID 0x07
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x00
BaseClass 0x02
Cache Line 0x10
Latency 0x00
Header 0x00
PCI header
Address 0 (port) 0x00004000
Address 2 (memory) 0xC2600000
Address 4 (memory) 0xC2400000
Subvendor ID 0x103C
Subsystem ID 0x218F
Int. Line 0x00
Int. Pin 0x01
PCI capability
Caps class Power Management
Caps offset 0x40
Caps version 1.2
PCI capability
Caps class Message Signalled Interrupts
Caps offset 0x50
PCI capability
Caps class PCI Express
Caps offset 0x70
Device type PCI-E Endpoint Device
Port 0
Version 2.0
Link width 1x (max 1x)
PCI capability
Caps class MSI-X
Caps offset 0xB0
PCI capability
Caps class Virtual Product Data
Caps offset 0xD0
PCI registers
Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] Description Network Controller
Location bus 2 (0x02), device 0 (0x00), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x10EC
Model ID 0x8179
Revision ID 0x01
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x80
BaseClass 0x02
Cache Line 0x10
Latency 0x00
Header 0x00
PCI header
Address 0 (port) 0x00003000
Address 2 (memory) 0xC2500000
Subvendor ID 0x103C
Subsystem ID 0x197D
Int. Line 0x00
Int. Pin 0x01
PCI capability
Caps class Power Management
Caps offset 0x40
Caps version 1.2
PCI capability
Caps class Message Signalled Interrupts
Caps offset 0x50
PCI capability
Caps class PCI Express
Caps offset 0x70
Device type PCI-E Endpoint Device
Port 0
Version 2.0
Link width 1x (max 1x)
PCI registers
Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote]
DMI
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DMI Physical Memory Array
location Motherboard
usage System Memory
correction None
max capacity 16384 MBytes
max# of devices 2

DMI Memory Device
designation Bottom-Slot 2(under)
format SODIMM
type unknown
total width 64 bits
data width 64 bits
size 4096 MBytes

DMI Memory Device
designation Bottom-Slot 1(top)
format SODIMM
type unknown
total width 64 bits
data width 64 bits
size 2048 MBytes

DMI BIOS
vendor Insyde
version F.1A
date 12/04/2014
ROM size 2560 KB

DMI System Information
manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
product HP 15 Notebook PC
version 0975100000405F10000620180
serial Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] UUID Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] SKU Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] family Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] DMI Baseboard
vendor Hewlett-Packard
model 218F
revision 39.17
serial PDYWAA67V6HQIT

DMI System Enclosure
manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
chassis type Notebook
chassis serial Chassis Serial Number

DMI Port Connector
designation J3A1 (internal)
designation USB (external)
port type USB
connector Access Bus (USB)

DMI Port Connector
designation J3A1 (internal)
designation USB (external)
port type USB
connector Access Bus (USB)

DMI Port Connector
designation J3A1 (internal)
designation USB (external)
port type USB
connector Access Bus (USB)

DMI Port Connector
designation J5A1 (internal)
designation Network (external)
port type Network Port
connector RJ-45

DMI Port Connector
designation J2A2 (internal)
designation CRT (external)
port type Video Port
connector DB-15 female

DMI Port Connector
designation J2A3 (internal)
designation HDMI (external)
port type Video Port

DMI Port Connector
designation J30 (internal)
designation Line In (external)
port type Audio Port
connector Mini Jack (headphones)

DMI Port Connector
designation J30 (internal)
designation Speaker Out (external)
port type Audio Port
connector Mini Jack (headphones)

DMI Extension Slot
designation J5C1
type AA
populated no

DMI Extension Slot
designation J6C1
type A8
populated no

DMI Extension Slot
designation J6C2
type A6
populated no

DMI Extension Slot
designation J6D2
type A6
populated no

DMI Extension Slot
designation J7C1
type A6
populated no

DMI Extension Slot
designation J7D2
type A6
populated no

DMI Extension Slot
designation J8C1
type A6
populated no

DMI Extension Slot
designation J8C2
type AA
populated no

DMI OEM Strings
string[0] $HP$
string[1] LOC#ABA
string[2] Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] string[3] Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] string[4] String5 for Original Equipment Manufacturer
string[5] String6 for Original Equipment Manufacturer
string[6] String7 for Original Equipment Manufacturer

DMI Processor
manufacturer Intel(R) Corporation
model Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3130M CPU @ 2.60GHz
clock speed 2600.0 MHz
FSB speed 100.0 MHz
multiplier 26.0x


Storage
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Drive 0
Device Path Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] Type Fixed
Bus Type 11
Name HGST HTS541075A9E680
Capacity 698.6 GB
SMART Support Yes
Volume c:\, 678.5 GBytes (90.6 percent available)
Volume d:\, 18.5 GBytes (10.0 percent available)

Drive 1
Device Path Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] Type Fixed
Bus Type 7
Name Seagate Wireless Plus
Capacity 1863.0 GB
SMART Support Yes
Volume f:\, 1863.0 GBytes (89.2 percent available)

Drive 2
Device Path Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] Type Fixed
Bus Type 7
Name HDD 2
Capacity 931.5 GB
SMART Support Yes
Volume g:\, 931.5 GBytes (81.2 percent available)

Drive 3
Device Path Code: Not incuded, not sure if it is a safety thing.[/quote] Type Removable
Bus Type 7
Name HDD 3
Capacity 14.6 GB
SMART Support Yes
Volume h:\, 14.6 GBytes (100.0 percent available)

USB Devices
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Code: Omitted as discribed above.[/quote] Graphics
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Number of adapters 1

Graphic APIs
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API Intel I/O

Display Adapters
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Display adapter 0
ID 0x4000000
Display name \\.\DISPLAY1
Name Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
Board Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
PCI device bus 0 (0x0), device 2 (0x2), function 0 (0x0)
Vendor ID 0x8086 (0x103C)
Model ID 0x0166 (0x218F)
Revision ID 0x9
Performance Level 0
Core clock 648.9 MHz

Win32_VideoController AdapterRAM = 0x84000000 (2214592512)
Win32_VideoController DriverVersion = 10.18.10.4885
Win32_VideoController DriverDate = 12/11/2017

Monitor 0
Model ()
ID CMO15A2
Serial
Manufacturing Date Week 44, Year 2011
Size 15.3 inches
Max Resolution 1366 x 768 @ 60 Hz
Horizontal Freq. Range 0-0 kHz
Vertical Freq. Range 0-0 Hz
Max Pixel Clock 0 MHz
Gamma Factor 2.2


Software
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Windows Version Microsoft Windows 10 (10.0) Home 64-bit (Build 17639)
DirectX Version 12.0


Register Spaces
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Register space PCI
Register space PCI #2
Register space SMBus, base address = 0x05040

I do rember doing install for GRUB, and then when complete, I had reFIned installed.

:)

 

Bootable Disk - I started getting warnings about the disk failing.

I would have thought you would disconnect the old failing drive, boot from the USB media and select to repair the installation on the new drive.

The way you did it originally was to set up dual boot and the main boot info is on the old drive.

 

Windows 10 in continual repair loop after MS update

I'm hopeful it will work for you as it has for me many times when all else has been tried. It basically creates a new boot manager and seeing the old install knits it into a Dual Boot as is standard. Then if the old install is functional beyond it's old
boot files, it will normally start and run. If so then with UEFI it only requires setting the old install as the default in Dual Boot menu, deleting the rescue install's partition and recovering back the space. In Legacy one must additionally check the System
partition is not the partition being deleted or move it first. Later you can remove the Dual Boot menu in EasyBCD or System Configuration Boot tab.