Windows 10: Primary drive

Discus and support Primary drive in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; After installing windows 10 from a usb stick (legal from microsoft) my desktop starts up from USB only. If i remove the stick, start up leaves me with... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by dirkverplaetse, Aug 22, 2019.

  1. DIRKVERPLAETSE
    dirkverplaetse Win User

    Primary drive


    After installing windows 10 from a usb stick (legal from microsoft) my desktop starts up from USB only. If i remove the stick, start up leaves me with a black screen. I want my desktop to start up from the intern HD. How to change that ?

    :)
     
    dirkverplaetse, Aug 22, 2019
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  2. W1ZZARD
    W1zzard Win User

    W7 Hard drive partition issue

    to get rid of that 100 meg windows partition that setup creates for you on a new install on a blank hdd:

    - press shift+f10 when on the partition management screen in setup <-- this opens a command prompt
    - diskpart <-- start the windows command line partition management tool
    - list disk <--- list the installed hdds in this computer for the next step
    - select disk 0 <- might have to replace 0 with the number of the correct disk
    - clean <-- this will erase all data on the disk you selected one step up- dont use the wrong disk!
    - create partition primary <- creates a primary partition taking up all space on the drive, adjust the command if necessary
    - exit, exit to exit diskpart and the command prompt
    - click refresh in partition manager and select your newly created partition and install to that
     
    W1zzard, Aug 22, 2019
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  3. TENGEEZER
    tengeezer Win User
    How to view 2nd drive?


    Nope, not listed.

    About half an hour ago I checked to see whether it's faulty, so ran it as a primary drive in AHCI mode. Win10 installed perfectly, in just a few minutes. So drive is fine.
     
    tengeezer, Aug 22, 2019
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  4. LITTLE CAT
    little cat Win User

    Primary drive

    little cat, Aug 22, 2019
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