Windows 10: Windows 10 not booting.

I run an i7-8700K with 32GB RAM, on the ASUS Z-370F motherboard. I run Windows 10 on a Samsung 960 Pro, with a supplementary WD Black. WD Black HDD has 2 partitions; 1 for Windows 10, and 1 for Windows 7.


Recently, I installed Windows 7 to run a legacy game, and I was wanting to load back into Windows 10 to do some work. However, I noticed that the system would get to the BIOS Splashscreen (where it prompts you to press DEL to enter BIOS), and then display a black screen afterwards.


I tried the following

1. Off and On system, after a 1 minute interval. Nothing.

2. Move RAM sticks around. Nothing.

3. Try to run off motherboard display connectors (And removed GPU), Nothing.

4. Disconnected HDD that Windows 7 was installed on, nothing.

5. Reset BIOS. Nothing.


I did notice however, everytime i wanted to enter Windows 7, I had to manually select the boot drive within the BIOS; it doesnt show up in the boot order list (hence why it doesnt boot straight).


From what I understand, the Windows Startup Repair things can only be triggered by the login screen, which I clearly can't see, so there has to be another way, or it'd be an insanely stupid decision not to.


Any help would be greatly appreciated, and reinstalling OS is not an option as I have ongoing project files living on the OS drive...

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Windows 10 USB boot

Hi there, am not a windows 10 expert. I have a pc in the bedroom on windows 10, I messed up the bootloader trying to fix the xp on that system.

System wont boot, trying to repair via win 10 usb installer.

Downloaded the media creation tool to install windows 10 installer on usb stick. Not compatible with a host of usb sticks I have. Tried the usb sticks that others use, but I think they use rufus; as the media creation tool by win 10 does not detect the usb stick.

So quick question, the win10 machine i am trying to repair the bootloader is a win7 upgraded to win10.
If i were to use the usb win10 installer to "repair installation" does the version of the iso downloaded via the media creation tool matter?

There is three options:
Windows 10
Windows 10 Home
Windows 10 N

Also is there a step by step instead of using rufus as I want to try an alternative method of creating a usb win 10 installer. Preferably with more compatibility.

System is a asus sabertooth 990 (r2?) with AMD phenom X 6.

Also is there any other software I can load onto the usb that can repair the bootloader easily?
That would be the ideal alternative. Thanks

 

windows 10 slow boot

I was having a slow boot issue on my Windows 7 install a little while back. It would take about 30 - 40 extra seconds to boot up for whatever reason.

I would try following these steps, while this didn't solve my issue, it did increase Read/Write to where it should be.

http://www.disk-partition.com/kb/tips-ssd-optimization-windows7-1.html

Looks to be similar to this: https://www.back2gaming.com/focus-story/ssd-optimization-for-windows-10-windows-8-and-8-1/


In the end, I had to reinstall my Windows 7 entirely to fix the booting issue. It was taking around 35 seconds to boot, and after the fresh install it takes about 7 seconds to boot.

 

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.