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Stuck in an install loop (unable to locate harddrive for installation)
Hello.
What steps should I follow with my HDD to insure a proper installation?
Previously, I was stuck in an installation loop between BIOS - which saw my western digital black harddrive - and the windows installer which got to "where do you want to install windows" and then gave me a message saying something to the effect could not find a hard drive to install on.
Then, I would be sent back to the BIOS and the loop would start over again.
The harddrive was blank with no partitions and I was not given the option to create any.
I had to buy some type of partition recovery software and then windows installed.
The harddrive is my current operating system HDD.
Having alot of computer issues and want to just wipe the darn drive and start from scratch.
Issues like.........
some 21:9 resolution desktop (it wasn't my desktop) replaced my 5760x1080 resolution desktop. then disappeared. it only had 3 folders on the blue desktop, I had never seen before. "pictures" "profile" "Misc"
while typing, hear DING! my cursor disappears and my keyboard won't respond for a few seconds. Happens very often.
My task bars will unhide/hide by themselves one monitor, then next one, then next one.
Just now, while I was typing, this browser dialog box was highlighted, I was unable to type and I heard a click noise as if I had clicked on a file.
Would just give me piece of mind just wiping the drive instead of just re-formatting it.