Windows 10: windows 10 home on this new hard drive seems like a broken shell for some reason

Hi, I'm Joe and I can't figure out this computer problem.

History:

I put together a computer for a friend myself.


Hardware is Ryzen 3400g, MSI X 570 Gaming Edge wifi, new HDD, no graphics card. I did not have a license for windows and was expecting the watermark or something.

During the install process I did not create a partition and let windows do whatever it wanted with that. The version I chose was Windows Home. I did this yesterday.


Problems:

1. Wifi adaptor on mobo doesn't show. I've tried various repairs and I can get it to show up temporarily but as if on a random timer, it dissapears again, like mid browsing.

2. Went to cat5 cable which reads there's an internet connection if cat5 is there when the computer boots up. if i plug it in, nothing is read. Regardless, I get no internet despite the internet working on other devices.


3. Attempts to install device driver fail. Attempts to diagnose problems via various means fail. If there's a status bar, its 50/50 the status will not move forward... forever.

4. Attempts to shut down these programs fail until task manager.

5. Task manager never closes. I can't X out of it.


6. When I then go to reset the PC, via windows menu, it waits to reset forever. I can only hard reset it.

7. in device manager, under "other devices", "sm bus manager" and "unknown device" have code 28.


Attempted fix/diagnosis:

fresh install of windows twice from different created thumb boot drives

chkdsk shows no problems

updated bios on motherboard


device manager says everythings working correctly besides problem 7.



Plea:

Please help!


Thank you.

:)

 

Reinstall Windows 10 to new hard drive

Hi Rodolpho,

We want to know about the issue you're having with your recovery drive. Please answer the questions below:

• Are you trying to reinstall Windows 8 or Windows 10?
• If you already upgraded to Windows 10, were you able to create a new copy of the recovery drive?

We suggest creating a new copy of the recovery drive and then follow the steps provided by Andre Da Costa above this thread.

Update us with the outcome so we can assist you further.

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Hard drive/ OS issue

a guy suggested :

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

also , try method 3
How do I unlock the drive where Windows 10 is installed?