Recent content by fitzcolin

So I accessed the drive and don't see anything suspicious. Am I missing something? I'm a total amateur here and feeling pretty out of my depth. The SATA was unplugged when the Windows install happened, so I'm just confused what might have interferred with it.

I just tested it with the SSD taken out, and I have the same issues. I guess this means the Windows install must have changed something somewhere, I can't figure out where. I think maybe my best option is to try and re-install on the drive from scratch. I wish I could remember what I did two...

I'm going to try that out tomorrow when there's more light and I have someone to help (I'm not great with hardware). I haven't had time to open it up and remove the SSD, which is unfortunately not as easy as plugging and unplugging the SATA. I assume it will work though. The only thing that...

Hey All - I'm currently completely stumped and don't even know where to to start troubleshooting. Maybe someone here can help? I currently have a machine with the following specs: ROG Strix Z370-E GAMING Intel Core i7-8700 CPU 3.20 GHz 32GB RAM Windows Drive: Inland Platinum 2TB SSD 3D QLC NAND...