Windows 10: Windows 10 installation

Hi guys,

I was trying to re-install windows 10 on dell 7270, boot from DVD and run the setup, it went along but after sometime it came back with an error that selected device did not find.

If i try to reset the PC, i got the error message : unable to reset your PC. A required drive partition is missing.

Now if I try to re the device, I got error messageThe drive where Windows is installed is locked.

I belief I have messed somewhere

Please help

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Windows 10 Unexpected shutdown on start up

OK, so i figured it out myself

Found the logfile in "C:\Windows\Minidump".

You need the Windows Development Kit to open it and a bit of googling to understand it.

Found out that a Daemon driver caused an error. Removed Daemon but this didn't solve it. (ps: Daemon itself worked normally).

I let hibernate my computer again and found another error with sptd2.sys: SCSI Pass Through Direct layer

More google and ended up on the duplexsecure site. Downloaded the W10 version and voila: problem fixed.

For the Windows support team: It would be really helpfull if you could pass problems to a more skilled helpdesk who can do more than proposing the standard solutions in case those won't work.

Cheers

 

The following will erase everything on the hard drive on the computer:

When you get to the first screen after booting the computer from the DVD, press shift+F10. That will open a command prompt. In the command prompt run:

diskpart
select disk 0
clean
exit
exit

Then continue with Windows 10 setup. Select the custom install option. You should see the hard drive listed with nothing but unallocated space. Highlight the unallocated space and click Next to let Windows set up everything on the hard drive.

This will erase everything on the hard drive, including any factory recovery partitions that were there.

 

Thanks NavyLCDR

will that remove Windows OS license key?

 

No. If you don't have a product key stored in UEFI/BIOS, the Windows 10 license is stored on Microsoft activation servers and will be retrieved by Windows 10 to activate when connected to the internet.