Windows 10: OK, I screwed the pooch. Booting to a black screen

Discus and support OK, I screwed the pooch. Booting to a black screen in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Poor Pooch! When I do a clean install I always delete all partitions on the drive then then do the install. I don't do a format. I let the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by SJMaye, Mar 30, 2018.

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  1. SPUNK
    spunk Win User

    OK, I screwed the pooch. Booting to a black screen


    Poor Pooch!
    Boot into Setup (Bios) go to the Security tab. If Secure/Fast Boot is Enabled, using your Enter and Arrow keys, Disable it or change it to Setup Mode.
    Go to the Boot tab, If UEFI Bios is Enabled, change it to Legacy or When you create your installer with Rufus, Under Partition Scheme, take the drop down and choose GPT Partition Scheme for UEFI when creating your installer.
    Boot off of the newly created drive choose your Language, then Custom Install. Here DeleteALL Partitions so the whole drive is Unallocated Space, then go Next. Windows will create partitions and format them during the install.
     
    spunk, Mar 30, 2018
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  2. SJMAYE
    SJMaye Win User

    That did it. Somehow all those partitions were keeping me from moving forward with the install. Once all were deleted, everything installed as it should have. Simple solution. Thank you.
     
    SJMaye, Mar 31, 2018
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  3. WINUSER
    Winuser Win User
    Wonder why I didn't think of that.
     
    Winuser, Apr 1, 2018
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  4. F14TOMCAT
    f14tomcat Win User

    OK, I screwed the pooch. Booting to a black screen

    You did, but you did it the Jeopardy way...you phrased your post in the form of a question, not a statement. *Wink
     
    f14tomcat, Apr 1, 2018
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  5. WINUSER
    Winuser Win User
    Post # 2 is not a question. Post # 13 is a question.
     
    Winuser, Apr 4, 2018
    #20
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