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KiwiCarguy

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#291950 15-Dec-2021 10:53

Hey guys.

Did a restore on my kids PC as he upgraded and we are selling his old one. On doing the restore the windows error (pic attached) came up. Have tried Googling and doing F2 or Delete on startup to get into the Bios but does nothing.

PC Specs

Intel® Core™ i5-4590 Processor

Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H - 1.0 - motherboard - micro ATX - LGA1150 Socket - B85

8gb Crucial

EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB GDDR5

1TB Western Digital

500W ZalmanZM500-GV ATX Power Supply

Windows 10 Pro

Any idea's?

xpd

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#2832752 15-Dec-2021 10:57

If this is the PC he is selling, I'd just reinstall from USB rather than using the Windows "Restore" etc. Only takes 10mins to install Windows 10.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/software-download/windows10

XPD / Gavin

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#2832754 15-Dec-2021 11:01

Thanks! How do I do that now, as I have no other option than the screen you see or restarting the PC goes back to this screen. I can't seem to get into the BIOS to boot any other way?

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#2832756 15-Dec-2021 11:06

Keep pressing delete when it restarts and it will enter UEFI. You can boot off usb from there

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#2832762 15-Dec-2021 11:14

Yeah thats the thing…. hitting delete doesn't work. The screen just stays blank. Let it run without hitting delete and the error above comes up.

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#2832770 15-Dec-2021 11:31

Try hitting all the F keys until something repsonds :) Other option, I'd remove the drive, and put into another PC, format it, then put it back and go from there.

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#2832786 15-Dec-2021 11:49

Win 10 is machine agnostic, you can install the OS on another PC then just move it on over. So long as both machines are set to boot the same way then you'll be good to go. It's not the most efficient method timewise but you will get a working Windows installation.

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