- Jun 19, 2013
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I had Windows 10 installed on my Samsung 840 EVO. During my installation, I believe I used Method One in this tutorial (or another like it) to move my users folder to a HDD. I became ill in late October and didn't boot my computer from then until last week. After the last update my system became unstable, but it ran for a week until now when it won't post. No splash screen, no beep codes, just fan noises. I replaced the SSD with a spare, reinstalled using that tutorial again, almost got my nvidia drivers installed before the system rebooted and wouldn't post.
I believe Windows 10 loads a boot manager, and I think it may have been corrupted. This is my first SSD and I don't know much about them so we get to my questions. Do they have something akin to a boot sector? Does Samsung have a utility to reinitialize the thing? Is there a better utility somewhere? My initial web searches only turned up a Samsung migration tool, and I'm not sure that will do what I need. Am I mistaken in my thinking and does Windows 10 just not like having the Users folder on a separate drive?
I believe Windows 10 loads a boot manager, and I think it may have been corrupted. This is my first SSD and I don't know much about them so we get to my questions. Do they have something akin to a boot sector? Does Samsung have a utility to reinitialize the thing? Is there a better utility somewhere? My initial web searches only turned up a Samsung migration tool, and I'm not sure that will do what I need. Am I mistaken in my thinking and does Windows 10 just not like having the Users folder on a separate drive?
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