Re-installing windows 10

[Ediswan]

Officially, Windows 11 requires a TPM module

If I can be picky, the M stands for 'module', so just TPM.

 

[najaB]

If I can be picky, the M stands for 'module', so just TPM.

RAS Syndrome strikes again!

 

[swt_passenger]

RAS Syndrome strikes again!

A naval acquaintance used the expression “RAS at sea”, the initials actually standing for Replenishment At Sea…

 

[david1212]

This week had trouble with a system restored to out-of-the-box. This was to Windows 10 20H1.

Update KB5013942 kep failing. It got to 44% then jumped to completed and this repeated.

The Windows Update Troubleshooter did nothing.
Stopping the update service, deleting all the files in C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download then restarting the update service did not help either.

From a Command Prompt opened as administrator I ran these two commands
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Scanhealth
then
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /Restorehealth.

Now after rebooting the update installed. It does take a long time.

 

[adc82140]

Windows 10 PC bricked yesterday. Repeated blue screen of death. I tried a clean install of Win 10 from a USB stick, but it blue screened half way through. Swapped out the hard drive, same happened. I think the motherboard is dead. Would you agree?

 

[dgl]

Windows 10 PC bricked yesterday. Repeated blue screen of death. I tried a clean install of Win 10 from a USB stick, but it blue screened half way through. Swapped out the hard drive, same happened. I think the motherboard is dead. Would you agree?

Could be a RAM failure, if it has multiple sticks of RAM try taking one out at a time and see if the problem persists or use a memory checker that boots from it's own media (CD/DVD/USB).

 

[adc82140]

Could be a RAM failure, if it has multiple sticks of RAM try taking one out at a time and see if the problem persists or use a memory checker that boots from it's own media (CD/DVD/USB).

Tried that. The RAM passed with flying colours.

 

[najaB]

Windows 10 PC bricked yesterday. Repeated blue screen of death. I tried a clean install of Win 10 from a USB stick, but it blue screened half way through. Swapped out the hard drive, same happened. I think the motherboard is dead. Would you agree?

If it boots and stays booted long enough to get halfway through the install process then my money is on the motherboard being fine. I would be looking at the SSD/hard drive, memory or power supply.

 

[adc82140]

If it boots and stays booted long enough to get halfway through the install process then my money is on the motherboard being fine. I would be looking at the SSD/hard drive, memory or power supply.

The HDD and memory passed self checks, so therefore from what you've said the power supply could be the culprit. However I have bought a replacement PC, a refurbished HP on Amazon for £150. The casing might be a bit careworn, but it's a significantly faster machine than the one I've just junked. I keep most of my stuff backed up on a SSD, so it wasn't too much hassle getting back to where I was. It was about 10 days since my last big backup, and only about a day since my last "documents" backup, so no big losses.

 

[david1212]

Windows 10 PC bricked yesterday. Repeated blue screen of death. I tried a clean install of Win 10 from a USB stick, but it blue screened half way through. Swapped out the hard drive, same happened. I think the motherboard is dead. Would you agree?

Too late now but if you are in a part of the UK with high temperatures maybe a cooling issue?
The main CPU fan could be running at normal speed but heatsink clogged with dust. Similarly if separate graphics card. PSU fan another possibility.
I know two situations where PC was in an enclosed space so input grills were recycling expelled hot air and another where input grill only had a very small air gap. In each case PC ran fine on workshop desk so sucking in unrestricted room temperature air.

 

[adc82140]

Too late now but if you are in a part of the UK with high temperatures maybe a cooling issue?
The main CPU fan could be running at normal speed but heatsink clogged with dust. Similarly if separate graphics card. PSU fan another possibility.
I know two situations where PC was in an enclosed space so input grills were recycling expelled hot air and another where input grill only had a very small air gap. In each case PC ran fine on workshop desk so sucking in unrestricted room temperature air.

All the fans were working fine, but I'm guessing the warmer room air was enough to finish off whatever was failing. I'm slightly obsessive about PC innard cleanliness, and regularly clean out my PC with a dry paintbrush. The machines at work are something to behold on the inside. No one ever cleans them out.

My new machine is a desktop unit, rather than a tower so will sit where the air circulation is a bit better.

 

[_toommm_]

I’d recommend a full reinstall of Train Sim too. It’s an old game on an old engine. I love it to bits, but if you have too many DLC/reskins/workshop routes installed, it can start to crash a lot. If you don’t have the time for it (to be honest I don’t, my TS Classic install is 600GB total) then try reinstalling the routes you drive a lot. That should help your TS a long way.

 

[MotCO]

I've been told that Windows 11 is waiting to install on my machine. Given comments by @yorkie and @D365 , is it still best to stay with Windows 10, or is it now safe to move to Windows 11. If Windows 11 is so bad, what is wrong with it?

 

[najaB]

If Windows 11 is so bad, what is wrong with it?

It's not bad. It's just not particularly good. If Windows 10 is working for you then there's little reason to upgrade.

 

[D365]

The only ’feature’ of Windows 11 that would remotely tempt me to upgrade, is a tabbed file explorer. But Windows crashes enough that I wouldn’t want to keep more than four explorer windows open at the same time anyway!