Windows 10: How does a system rebuild affect drives? - Windows 11

Hello,I am currently planning to upgrade my entire PC, basically a new system with the exception that I want to keep my GPU and my drives.My question is whether it is possible to use my current SSD, which is currently the Windows boot drive, as the boot drive in the new build while keeping all the data and also expanding the storage with new drives.Current components:- i7-9700K- GIGABYTE Z390 Gaming X Motherboard- RTX 4070 keeping this- 32GB Corsair DDR4 RAM- 512GB Samsung SATA SSD Boot drive, would like to use as boot drive in the future- 4TB Seagate HDD- some WiFi Card I got on amazon w

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Lost default photo viewer after profile rebuild

Thanks Brink. I've tried those steps before i started searching Google. After the profile rebuild i don't have the Photo app listed to choose to make it default in either the system settings for default apps or the Open With option.

I can't even find it doing a search. Seems to have been removed somehow with the profile rebuild, which doesn't make sense.

Might be helpful to list what i've done I've done the open with check, the choose default program in the system menu, tried that in device manager default programs also. I've checked the programs and features Turn windows features on/off and it's not listed there (never thought it was but that was a suggestion), searched the MS Store, it's not listed there either.

I don't like playing in the registry unless i have defined steps and haven't found anything for this yet, just the Win7 version like in my OP.

 

Windows 11 upgrade failed.

Thanks.

The BCD or the EFI boot partition's file system is corrupt. Rebuilding the EFI boot partition fixes this issue.

Please go through these links for more information:

• How to Rebuild the EFI Boot Partition, BCD and Boot Files
  
• Windows 11 does not install. - Microsoft Community
  

If you need step-by-step assistance in this regard, boot into WinRE Command Prompt.

Then run:

• mountvol y: /s
  
• bcdedit
  
• diskpart
  
• list vol
  

For each command, photograph the screen and upload it to OneDrive.

 

Hard drive/ OS issue

a guy suggested :

• shutdown
• unhooked HDD
• restarted
• yay !!
• reconnected HDD
• restarted
• yay !!

also , try method 3
How to Unlock Drive in Windows 10: 5 Ways to Remove a Lock