Allen:
Congratulations. You had better luck than I did. I
downloaded the 64 BIT ISo image Windows 10 file from Microsoft, burned the image
to a DVD, loaded a blankn ssd into my HP laptop, inserted the dvd into the
DVD drive, connected the power cable, switched on and waited for about a
minute, before pressing the key combination, CTRL+WINDOWS DEY+ENTER, to start
Narrator.
Well! I waited! and I waited! Absolutely
nothing.
I pressed the
power button and a few seconds later, the computer shut down.
I took the SSD out of the laptop and tried the same
procedure in a desktop computer. I got the same result.
Where did you get your copy of the Windows 10 ISO
image file?
There is something at work which is preventing
Narrator from starting. The version of the installation process may not have
been set up in the same way as your version or, it is the brothers, sods
and Merpheys Law, who are up to their usual mischief, which, of course, is meant
to frustrate me. Don't be concerned about me, I am not being
paranoid.
Again, congratulations, I am glad it worked for you.
Sincerely:
Dave Durber
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Sent: Monday, August 14, 2017 12:35
AM
Subject: Re: Erasing a computer's
data
Dave,
I had no trouble at all with
the install of Win 10 without sighted assistance. Once I installed my memory
and SSD correctly in my Intel NUC, I connected all the cables etc. I plugged
my flash drive into one of the USB ports and turned the unit on. I waited
about 15 to 20 seconds before trying to invoke narrator via Ctrl + windows key
+ enter. Once I hit that combination I had speech all the way through the
install and reboots. I did the entire thing with no sighted assistance.
Anymore questions write back
Al
From:
main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Dave
Durber
Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2017 4:27 PM
To:
main@jfw.groups.io
Subject: Re: Erasing a computer's
data
I tried using the
Windows 10 Update Utility to update one of my Windows 7 Professional
computers, with no success.
The Update Utility
downloaded Windows 10 and installed it on the computer. However, After I got
the prompt, which said that windows needed to restart to complete the
installation and that Windows might have to restart several times, I pressed
ENTER to restart the computer.
Well, I have no
idea what happened after that. I left the computer alone for about an hour and
tried pressing the Windows key combination to start Narrator but,
nothing, absolutely nothing. After another hour, I tried again to
restart Narrator but, still nothing. So, I gave up and forced a hard shut down
of the computer and after about 20 seconds or so, I turned the computer on
again, only to find that the computer started in Windows 7 Professional as
before.
My conclusion is
that the Update Utility detected a problem during the reboot process, and got
stuck at that point, never to complete its mission. And, of course,
without sighted assistance, I will never know what the error
was.
In order to
make sure that any remnants of Windows 10 or its Update Utility did not
remain on the system, I used Revo Uninstaller to first remove them from the
computer, then I used CCleaner to check if there were any left over files and
folders. Happily, there were not.
so, I have come to
the conclusion for me at least, performing a fresh install will be the way to
go.
For those who used
the Windows 10 Update Utility with no problems or difficulties,
congratulations, I am glad it worked for you.
Al, please let us
know how the installation of Windows 10 goes for you, I for one, will be very
interested.
Note 1: Do not bank
on the Windows 10 installation, offering a choice of deleting/removing the old
partition, before it partitions, formats and installs the new version of
Windows. If it is like previous versions of the Windows setup procedure, If an
existing partition is detected, do not be surprised if you are given the
option to install Windows in whatever free space which is available on the
drive. This is why I strongly suggest deleting any partitions on the drive
first.
Note 2: If the
computer has more than one Solid State Drive or hard drive connected to the
motherboard or connected to any USB ports, disconnect them all, except of
course, the drive on which you intend installing Windows, before turning
on the computer and starting the installation from the bootable
media.
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Message -----
Sent: Saturday, August
12, 2017 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: Erasing a
computer's data
Dave,
Sounds like a lot of good
advice for folks out there.
Regarding a talking
installer for Windows 10, not sure if there is one out there labeled that
but my understanding is the latest Wind 10 release offers talk from Narrator
almost instantly. What I hear is when booting from an optical drive,
or more common these days a flash drive, after the first automatic boot, one
can press win key plus ctrl key and enter to get speech from narrator to
complete the install. I have not used this yet but am planning on trying
this weekend when I set my new Intel NUC7i5bnh barebones kit up. Just need
to install the SSD and memory first. I’m curious to find this out
personally
Al
First of all, you
cannot format the system drive on any Windows computer while you are running
a Windows session.
It is not just a
question of formatting a system drive in order to remove an installation of
Windows from a system drive. You also need to delete the existing partition
as well, especially if you intend installing a new version of Windows on the
same drive.
Even if you wish
to use the existing drive as a data drive, I would suggest deleting the
old partition, creating a new partition and, of course, formatting the new
partition.
If you need to
recondition the system drive for a computer running Windows, you will
probably need to remove the system drive from the particular computer, place
it into a caddy, connect the caddy to another computer, then, if it is a
computer running Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10, you will need to
use the Partition Manager, to delete/remove the old
partition.
You should wait
until the computer running Windows you are going to use, is at the Desktop,
before switching on the USB caddy device containing the hard drive on which
you wish to delete to partition.
I would strongly
recommend not connecting the drive directly to another computer's
motherboard and then starting that computer. It is possible that elements
from the version of Windows on the drive from the other computer, might
affect the Windows installed on the host computer. This might also be true,
if you turn on the USB caddy device before turning on the Host
computer.
If you are
intending to install Windows 7, you can use the talking install program to
do that. As far as I know, there is not a talking installation method for
installing Windows 8 or 8.1. There may be a talking install for Windows
10 but, I haven't come across one as yet , despite performing many internet
searches.
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Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday,
August 12, 2017 2:57 AM
Subject: Erasing a
computer's data
What’s the simplest way to erase or at the very least
format a computer, an old XP machine?
Might I simply type format c: from the command
line?
All the best, Brian
Brian Albriton
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