Windows 10: oodles of confusion. Can't repair upgrade, boot errors, and graphics crashing.

Hey all!TLDR:1: Graphical crash skipping BSOD or RSOD.2: Boot often doesn't see win 10 installation and tried to boot into Win73: Repair upgrade errors out and I don't know what to do about a missing .dllNow let me regale you!So I am proficient enough to find problems but too ignorant to figure out how to fix 'em haha!A bit of a forward: My computer is a bit old. Running on LGA2011, Nvidia 670, 64GB ddr3 ram, and I built it all myself back in '14. Its always been able to handle almost anything I've thrown at it over the years but in the last year or so has started to have some issues with b

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Graphics Driver crashes

Hi Bastewart,



Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I regret the inconvenience caused to you. Let me help you.

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  Do you see any error code or error message on the sceen?
  

I would suggest you to check the compatibility of graphics card with windows 10.



Follow the link:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/Error/Index

As you have mentioned device manager is not able to recognize graphics card so I would suggest you to run hard ware and device troubleshooter and check.



Follow the below steps.

A) Go to the Control Panel then ‘Troubleshooting’ and select ‘troubleshooting’.

b) Click on ‘Hardware and Sound’ and select ‘Hardware and Devices’ and click on next to run the troubleshooter.

If it doesn't work so I would suggest you to Boot in safe mode and try to uninstall graphics drivers. restart the computer. check if you can boot normally.



If yes, Try to install latest Graphics Driver in compatibility mode and check.

Follow the steps.



a. Right click on setup file.

b. Click on Properties.

c. Click on Compatibility tab.

d. Put a check mark on Run this program in compatibility mode for.

e. Select the operating system to which the driver is available.

f. Put a check mark on Run this program as an administrator under Privilege Level.

Follow the link to boot in safe mode:



Windows help & learning





Check if it helps. I hope the issue will be resolved. If you have any further queries, please feel free to contact us again. We will be happy to assist you.



Thank you.

 

Is my graphics card broken?

UPDATE: Please see here.

I have a Sapphire HD 4830.

When I boot into XP all is initially fine and I am able to see the desktop.

However, when I click on the start bar and navigate a few steps, I receive an immediate white screen of death and a total irrecoverable lock-up.

I am confused about what this could mean and I would be grateful for any suggestions on the best course of action to test and repair the problem.

Does this sort of issue suggest that the graphics card is irretrievably broken?

 

vista boot error

Well, earlier today i was trying to setup a dual boot along with Xp and already had vista installed... so I made a partition on one of my HD's and went to install XP on it.. the instalation went back and I got an error that the CD was bad, so I rebooted and now I get the error Error Loading Operating System.. trying to figure out how to fix this.. I tryed playing in the BIOS along with using the Vista repair option but nothing helping.. my vista is on a different hard drive then where i tried to install XP to...not sure what else to do, I need to fix my boot file somehow... suggestions?