Issues with my HDD/SSD

[raaskarr]

Regarding my skill level, I only know enough to be dangerous. About two months ago my HDD crashed. Couple days ago Windows 10 crashed. I replaced the HDD and I reinstalled Windows. I built this PC about 5.5 years ago. Up until now, this has been a pretty good runner. Be Quiet case, power supply and a couple extra fans, 7700k CPU, 16GB DDR4 ram, Radeon RX580 GPU. Maybe a little overkill but I am also a hot rodder. Maybe you know the pledge. If enough is good and more is better, then too much is just right. I would like to upgrade what I have to run Windows 11. Gen 7 is one gen too old for Windows 11. I know there is a workaround, but I really don’t want to do that. I have an idea about what to buy but I may lean on you for assurance and expertise. Hope you don’t mind. I would hope to contribute some of my ignorance to help you avoid the same issues. Happy New Year.

[Bastet]

Hello & welcome. Happy New Year to you too.
My laptop is Gen 6 & runs Win 11 better than it does Win 10 imo.

[raaskarr]

Thanks for getting back to me. How did u do that? Me thinking about getting new SSD to run Windows. Maybe old SSD getting a little wonky. Been using HDD second drive for files. Can I install my old Windows 10 and upgrade?

[Bastet]

Full tutorial here:

https://www.elevenforum.com/t/bypass-windows-11-tpm-2-0-and-cpu-system-requirements.1989/

I would recommend installing Win 10 & running windows updates until none are left. Or you can clone the old drive to the new drive using Macrium Reflect & then just swap the drives.

[raaskarr]

Updates seem to be stalled. Stuck at 0% no movement. That’s why I’m thinking new SSD. Will try on current SSD for practice.

[raaskarr]

Says update available but stuck at 0%

[Bastet]

Sometimes updates can stick at 0% for 5 minutes or so then jump to 30%. If the PC hasn’t been updated in a while or with a clean install then updates can take a while if there are a lot of them. I would leave it a few hours.

[raaskarr]

20H2 took over an hour after failing at least 5 times. Now I get a message in red about critical security updates and drivers still missing but it won’t update. I’ll update some myself and see what happens. Thanks for your help.

[Bastet]

Have you tried resetting the update components?
Open cmd prompt/powershell with admin & enter:
Net Stop bits
Net Stop wuauserv
Net Stop appidsvc
Net Stop cryptsvc
Ren %Systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore DataStore.bak
Ren %Systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution\Download Download.bak
Ren %Systemroot%\System32\catroot2 catroot2.bak
Del “%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Downloader\qmgr*.dat”
Net Start bits
Net Start wuauserv
Net Start appidsvc
Net Start cryptsvc
Restart the PC & try updating again.

And/or:
Search for services.msc & find Windows Update & ensure it is set to Automatic.

[raaskarr]

I’ll try that. Thanks. I like Malwarebytes Premium also. Having other issues with fresh reinstall. I bet u can’t wait to hear about them.

[Bastet]

Keep us updated.
You might have hardware problems if a clean install is having problems.

[raaskarr]

I may do another install. I unchecked some boxes that maybe I should have left alone. I think Onedrive still has a grip on my second drive(HDD). I’ll reformat that.

[raaskarr]

I am going to try the fix u recommended again. By hardware problems, are we thinking the SSD?

[Bastet]

Yes.

[raaskarr]

In that case, I have been looking at the support list for my Gigabyte Z270 mobo. Samsung 970 EVO plus MZ-V7S250 or 500BW is on the list. I found 970EVO plus MZ250 or 500B/AM. Does the suffix mean anything? I know sometimes the difference may just be packaging. I recently found that with a car part. I’m not stuck on Samsung. I have 960 EVO now. That’s just an example.