Tunring WAN off didn't change anything.
Removing the USB got me a prompt to reinsert it, so that's something.
I think I need to install from a drive, unless someone knows a way to recover based solely on access to the BIOS screen.
Tunring WAN off didn't change anything.
Removing the USB got me a prompt to reinsert it, so that's something.
I think I need to install from a drive, unless someone knows a way to recover based solely on access to the BIOS screen.
Whoomah!
Interestingly, MS says you can install Win10 from a USB key and it only needs 4G of space on teh key. What was the upgrade process doing that needed 13G?!
Whoomah!
Probably the source, some space for decompression, and some space for temp/backup files. It's not uncommon to see usage balloon during an install and then shrink back down when it's done. Installing from external media will eliminate some destination space needs, but surely not reduce 13g to 0g.
So far Windows 10 has been OK, had a few stupid issues that cropped up or haven't been resolved:
* My Seagate FreeAgent 1.5TB external drive is recognized by Windows, but my Seagate Manager software doesn't recognize that the drive exists, meaning I can't back anything up the normal way thus far. My thinking may be that since system images of Windows 7 exist on this drive, this might be the dilemma.
* Installed an update (which Windows had magically set to reboot automatically on despite me having it set only to notify on Windows 7) to find that my sound no longer worked. Took me an hour to figure out that I literally had to disable my soundcard and turn it back on for it to work.
* Today, 90% of my Apps stopped working. They tell me they can't open and to go to the App Store. Open App Store, window disappears immediately. Cannot find a solution.
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WRT to #1, I'd suspect that the method the software uses to find the drive is not supported in the same way under 10. Enough changed in the storage subsystem that seems pretty likely.
The other two, no idea.
So, touch wood, everything on the upgraded games PC continues to work okay. I just have one annoying issue where the Driver Tuner keeps wanting to update the Logitech drivers (for the G27) even though it is up to date. I let it update a few times hoping it would go away but so far no luck. Every time I turn on the PC I get nagged to update the Logitech drivers. A bit annoyed as I paid the extra for the driver tuner and now feel cheated, sigh ... MS got me again!
I can't open the Windows App Store either. Or the Xbox app. Or the MS account sign-in app. Exact same symptom: window opens for half a second then goes away.
Do you want to see how much I care about it?
Eh? Driver Tuner is not Microsoft Software... it's adware from Lionsea. The nags are not from Windows, they're from bum software.
Well, I can get into the BIOS and the boot loader, but not get the damn thing to do a hard reset, like the Internetz say I should be able to. Arg.
edit: next problem, don't have a fucking product key. kasljdhfl;skdfj;saldjfa;slfdkajsdf
tsg: wanna buy my brick so I can go get a Nexus tablet? Fuck.
Whoomah!
You shouldn't need a product key - it should pull that from the BIOS. I have a page bookmarked at work from MS about exactly these upgrade scenarios. You may be able to find it with a Google search, but I don't remember exactly what I was looking for when I found it.
If you run into a roadblock, I do have a Dell Windows 8.1 on a USB flash drive that should reinstall on the Venue. I think I could also generate a recovery image right off my Venue since it's still 8.