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SSD Stuck Verifying DMI Pool

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CksPhantom

CksPhantom

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Recently I've had to switch to my backup SSD, which is only 120gb so I'm barely able to download anything at all, because while i was trying to switch the os from my SSD from windows to Linux, it stopped working, and when it started to boot, it instead got stuck on a screen, and the last thing it said was verifying dmi pool, then it just stays there. please help.
 
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Is this the same HDD that you are talking about?

More storage being used than what should be

I am currently using my backup SSD, which is only like 120gb, to begin with, so I'm already struggling with storage, currently, the biggest things I have downloaded are two games, both are under 30gb together, but when I go to my storage settings it shows that apps and features is using 80gb of...
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Rustys said:
Is this the same HDD that you are talking about?

More storage being used than what should be

I am currently using my backup SSD, which is only like 120gb, to begin with, so I'm already struggling with storage, currently, the biggest things I have downloaded are two games, both are under 30gb together, but when I go to my storage settings it shows that apps and features is using 80gb of...
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No the ssd that is stuck on verifying dmi pool is my main ssd, the one that has the storage problem is my extra ssd that im currently using.
 
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Bruce said:
any reason why you just can't reformat the SSD and load a fresh install of Linux?
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I don't know how to reformat the SSD, and the Linux install wasn't through a flash drive, I was going to dual boot Linux, but at this point, I don't even care if I don't get Linux out of this whole situation.
 
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Rustys said:
Is this two separate systems or same system with one having drive having Windows and the other Linux?

Which Linux, Version and Desktop Environment
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sorry, I'm not to good with computers, it was off of one SSD, i tried installing Linux through unetbootin, and it was ubuntu Linux, it booted at the time, and i was able to boot it, i got onto the Linux os and tried to finish the Linux install with the provided program, but it didn't work, so i was just going to go back to windows and delete the Linux install, but when my computer got stuck in a boot loop, and in the progress of trying to fix that, my computer got stuck on a verifying dmi pool data error, so basically i had a problem, i tried to fix it and made it worse. I attached a picture of what the screen looks like.
 

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so you tried setting up a dual boot system with the original main SSD with Windows on it in the PC and you tried to install Linux onto the 2nd SSD?
any chance you took a backup or image snapshot before you started?

during the dual boot setup, the main SSD's boot record would have been modified.
dual booting in my experience is always tricky, found it much better to just use a virtual PC program.

have you tried disconnecting the 2nd SSD and seeing if the PC boots to Windows from just the 1st SSD?
 
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Bruce said:
so you tried setting up a dual boot system with the original main SSD with Windows on it in the PC and you tried to install Linux onto the 2nd SSD?
any chance you took a backup or image snapshot before you started?

during the dual boot setup, the main SSD's boot record would have been modified.
dual booting in my experience is always tricky, found it much better to just use a virtual PC program.

have you tried disconnecting the 2nd SSD and seeing if the PC boots to Windows from just the 1st SSD?
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im sorry im struggling to explain this, my first ssd, the ssd that is broken and is stuck in the verifying dmi pool, is the one that i tried to dual boot on, it is the one that i am unable to boot into windows on, the second one the one that i am using now, just has storage issues. the first one doesnt work at all
 
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CksPhantom said:
im sorry im struggling to explain this, my first ssd, the ssd that is broken and is stuck in the verifying dmi pool, is the one that i tried to dual boot on, it is the one that i am unable to boot into windows on, the second one the one that i am using now, just has storage issues. the first one doesnt work at all
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they arent both connected because I don't have the cords to do that, so currently, I'm on the second SSD, the one that has the storage problem.
 
#11
any data on either SSD that you don't want to lose?
if not I'd be wiping them both and starting from scratch, in the hope they both get back to their full, operating, capacities.
if you don't have access to another PC to do that, you can wipe the main SSD as you reload Windows.
I think that path may be necessary if you can't undo whatever the Linux dual boot setup has done.

going into bcdedit or some other master boot record/partition manager may help but you're issue is you can't get into Windows.
using a Linux distro off a USB stick could also help get access to the SSD so you could at least retrieve your data..
 
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@CksPhantom no need to quote previous posts

You have two threads open that relate to hard drive issues on one pc. Please decide which thread is most important to you and we will close the other thread to avoid MUCH confusion. After your most important issue is fixed we can then reopen your other thread.

Please let us know.

More storage being used than what should be

I am currently using my backup SSD, which is only like 120gb, to begin with, so I'm already struggling with storage, currently, the biggest things I have downloaded are two games, both are under 30gb together, but when I go to my storage settings it shows that apps and features is using 80gb of...
pchelpforum.net pchelpforum.net
 
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