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If your firmware is set to boot to USB first and foremost, then it will boot to USB before HD. If you've just finished installed the OS from USB, what else did you expect to happen? I'm not sure how this is Microsoft's fault.
In all of my own machines, the first boot device in BIOS is the internal hard drive. However, all of the machines also allow a keystroke (F11 for the gaming rig) to override the boot method during / right after POST. I had zero problems getting the USB media to work the way it should, because my default boot device wasn't the USB key.
This seems yet another thing that Microsoft gets tossed for, yet has no control over.
In all of my own machines, the first boot device in BIOS is the internal hard drive. However, all of the machines also allow a keystroke (F11 for the gaming rig) to override the boot method during / right after POST. I had zero problems getting the USB media to work the way it should, because my default boot device wasn't the USB key.
This seems yet another thing that Microsoft gets tossed for, yet has no control over.
The installer should recognize the partial windows install already present and not copy the same files all over again.
The windows install procedure is very quirky by the way. Not sure why exactly quite so many restarts and so on need to be necessary. Seems old and archaic, like the need for frequent restarts when patching the OS itself and so on.
Rikimaru
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What if data was corrupted and you want to redo this step?
Kernel on the fly patching is very hard. It's in "good enough" category.
So you format the drive and start over, like you usually do? Or the installer queries what you'd prefer?
There are more possibilities than just dumbly copying the same stuff over and over, which can cause frustration and confusion amongst neophyte users by making it look as if the install is stuck in an endless loop (and it needlessly wears on flash storage and so on.)
Finally make the move, aftter check that every render engine i was using will not been a problem... rarely made a so flawless migration with any windows software.. all my settings from win7 are here:
- my old titaniumHD soundcard.. no problem, even my particular settings was there
- Blender + luxrender no problem ( i have just to launch one of my scene hit render, all is working perfectly, all my UI, personal setting, addon are installed. )
- Same for 3Dmax, inventor and Autocad ( all migrated perfectly ) and their own OpenCL engines ( well for 3Dmax )
- my SSDs ( one Evo 840 pro + 2x raid of C300 ) all setup fine ( even rapidfire is enabled in magician )
- no problem of color on my monitor ( my setup have been migrate fully )
- even old software that i use for record voice + images of the desktop is working.
- ( like it have keep my windows icon launch ( not the appearance ) i have find every setting of the configuration easely.
The only thing i have need do is change appearances a bit, set "autoendtasks" in regedit.. check my power config ( for my SSD's, and i dont use hybernate or power screen off, due to renders ), and install the AMD catalyst 15.9.1 released today.
As for Edge... Even if i still use my FF, i have discover something funny: Many sites i visit ( maybe made with windows10 in mind or silverlight ) are completely different, way more complex... there's,videos, animation, where on Chrome and FF i have only static images. Thoses are not publicity.. thoses are designed by the sites. Even the display is set differently, images tiles, titles are set a way different ( and really more atttractive ways ).. ( dont know, a more advanced silverlight ? )
On the end, it really bring a strange feeling, like if i had only change the desktop theme.
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F8 for boot menu on ASUS boards. Other buttons might work as well, I don't really know (I just hammer F8...)
you've answered yourself, I have no idea its finished installing (and it hadnt actually finished installing windows, it may of finished with the USB but gave no indication it had)
eg from memory, remember installing 95/98/XP from CD rom. Stick it in, boot from CD rom it spins away, 10 mins later it reboots (you eject the cdrom) only for it to complain, wheres the CD rom cause it aint finished yet
what? you honestly can't think of how to program this to work better, I hope you don't engineer for a living
heres what I would do,
1. boots from USB
2. see if it has freshly copied windows files are on HD but not yet set up (check the time stamp perhaps though perhaps user changes time in bios so not 100% safe) then install that, don't recopy the exact same files again, reask the same info again
-yes setup and goto step 3
-no copy files and goto step 1
3. once into the windows desktop display a messagebox (remember to change bios) though most hopefully users would understand when the desktop etc that windows is now installed
though in defense of windows it does seem to require less reboots to install windows 10 than previous versions.
One cool thing is my new version of win10 is authenticated (it must of scanned my other HD's to see if they were), no need to click/type anything
question: Is there someway to easily copy cleartype info (from registry or what not) from one windows 10 version to another, I've tried setting it up but with my new version the text looks distinctively worse than my previous win10 version?
Windows 10's growth slows dramatically
http://betanews.com/2015/10/01/windows-10s-growth-slows-dramatically/
NetMarketShare should be ignored, yes I know lots of news sites use it due to their heavy self promotion, statcounter is more accurate ~100x more data samples, doesnt (ahem) alter (cough) the numbers etc
According to them Win 10 is up to 7.64%, Will most likely overtake OSX next month @ 8.63%. Very impressive for a OS thats only been out for a couple of months, sure its free but still
According to them Win 10 is up to 7.64%, Will most likely overtake OSX next month @ 8.63%. Very impressive for a OS thats only been out for a couple of months, sure its free but still
Compared against OS's that were not free it's not that impressive. Looking at NetMarketShare's numbers 2 month results for an apples-to-apples comparison of Win 10 and Win 7, Win 7 had higher first and second month penetration rates. NetMarketShare also includes "try & burn" installations, tracking people who tried Win 10 but decided to switch back.
Statcounter numbers are somewhat dubious since they are derived by "StatCounter Global Stats data is based on over 15 billion page views per month to over three million websites." Pretty easy to manipulate with bots or similar tech.
Statcounter numbers are somewhat dubious since they are derived by "StatCounter Global Stats data is based on over 15 billion page views per month to over three million websites." Pretty easy to manipulate with bots or similar tech.
Seems to be hitting its stride with gamers, with Steam showing 25% user share through September.
D3D12
That'll certainly be a draw, but not one that's necessary right now. Gamers are generally going to be more "new tech" oriented and less averse to upgrading than the wider populace (diametrically opposed to volume enterprises).
Windows 8(.1) showed a steady growth on Steam, primarily to the detriment of Windows 7, peaking at 35% share (with Win 7 at 55% at that time). However after two months Win 10 has surpassed Win 8 (not surprising that Win 8 users are going to be risk averse to moving to Win 10) and taken 10% of the Win 7 users.
Windows 8(.1) showed a steady growth on Steam, primarily to the detriment of Windows 7, peaking at 35% share (with Win 7 at 55% at that time). However after two months Win 10 has surpassed Win 8 (not surprising that Win 8 users are going to be risk averse to moving to Win 10) and taken 10% of the Win 7 users.
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