Issue performing a clean Windows installation
My graphics driver seems to be throwing errors even after being updated using a clean installation as one of the Heroes in the bug forum pointed out after looking at my dxdiag. With that said, my p...
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Nightgypsy You're not required to connect your computer to a Microsoft account in order to use DDU. The point is that you need a proper password, not a PIN, because when booting into safe mode, or while your computer is offline for that matter, it can't connect to verify that your PIN is legitimate. But I promise you a local Windows account (not linked to an MS account) is fine; I've used DDU myself to make sure I understand how it works, and my account on my main computer has always been local.
At any rate, what do you see when you're trying to install Windows from the USB? Please post a screenshot or photo so I can take a look.
You could also physically disconnect your secondary drive to see whether it helps. It shouldn't be necessary, but it takes less than a minute if you know your way around your computer.
I actually thumped myself and made my brain work and figured it out. In theory anyway. I uninstalled my av and firewall and turned off secure boot for now. I had to go to HP website and download my raid drivers and now I need to follow some instructions to extract the driver(s) from that .exe file and put them on my windows usb stick so that when I get to the part in the installation where it should be seeing my drives, I will be able to use the button to have it locate and load the driver(s). I have been stumped as to why it could not see my drives and forgot they are set up as raid. This is my first time with that so not really sure what the difference is. I suppose I should look it up as I feel like a dope not understanding my own system anymore. Not all that complicated I guess but my brain just hasn't been in the mode for a long time now. Use it or lose it is the truth when it comes to all this and I've been doing tech support for a different company for way too long now and not keeping up with necessary stuff like I used to. Now that I am thinking about it, I wonder if I should try to find a way to extract my graphics driver from its installer as well, or if the windows install will use a generic one and I can update it when it finishes installation. I seem to remember this not going well with the hp omen laptop I had, and it got a black screen and I finally had to take it to Best Buy.
I will not be doing all of this until tomorrow evening so any tips or info you think I might need will be appreciated. If I mess something up I can come ask for advice on my iPad, so I won't be totally disconnected. If all goes well I should have everything fresh and not need that DDU thing but we will see once all is said and done. I've needed to do this for a good while now so that Windows 11 isn't an upgrade from 10 as I am not a big fan of what I consider a mixed OS. I feel so much better knowing you're here just in case and really hope this will make my Sims game run much smoother if my graphics driver isn't throwing a bunch of errors like it is now.
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