Windows 10: Windows 10 Wont boot up

Hi, I recently got my hands on a refurbished Opti Plex 780 series and I am starting to have problems after I came back from work. When I try to boot the computer up it shows a black screen and occasionally if you wait long enough it would show vertical orange/white stripes from the monitor. The only thing that works is the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Del and after pressing F12 it leads me to the boot options (Note: The other Function Keys do not work except for F5 which runs an On Board Diagnostics Test).


They are 4 options that are available for me to click on:

1) Onboard or USB CD-ROM Drive

2) System Setup

3) Diagnostics

4) Intel(R) Management Engine BIOS extension (MEBx)


I tried to run diagnostics but after 10 minutes of waiting it comes out with an error saying,

"Error Code 0146"

"Msg: Error Code 2000-0146"

"Msg: Hard Drive 0 - self test log contains previous error(s)

the given error code and message can be used by Dell Technical Support to help diagnose the problem. Do you want to continue testing?"


I have looked into the error code and I have read some solutions that claim that replacing the Hard Drive disk will help get rid of the problem BUT this was from 2010-2012 which I highly doubt works with 2018. Another theory I have looked into was After people updated the computer in any sort of way the Computer decides to have a "vertical orange and white screen" when being turned on. This commonly happened when Bitlocker is installed and somehow glitches. The solution that they proposed was updating the BIOS.


So I have tried going into the MEBx and I get this "login" and I have to type in a password. I got lazy and decided to look up the password and enter "admin" and it leads me to creating this new password for the MEBx. I tried multiple attempts and it keeps giving me the error "ME password change rejected" and from there doesn't let me go anywhere else besides this new password I have to enter.


I honestly don't know where to go from there and I am not much of a computer genious so much help would be appreciated


Thank you in advance ~ Max Chang

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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.