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Hard drive destroyed After Updateing To Windows 10

May 31, 2016 10:12PM PDT

After I upgraded Windows Technical Preview, which is running in dual-boot alongside Windows 8.1, my computer turned off. When I turn it back on, the BIOS asks which hard drive to use but there aren't any listed apart from the CD-Drive...

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The tech preview was not for us to run without backups.
Jun 1, 2016 9:22AM PDT

It was beta and as such might blow up. It has for others. Time to do what you planned as to reloading from backups, etc.

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Very Hard To Install
Jun 2, 2016 11:04PM PDT

Even Java like eclips is not installing in windows 10.Comparing to windows 7 there is drastic change and updates in 10 but for programmers i think windows 7 is best..

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The biggest changes from 7 to 10
Jun 3, 2016 6:01AM PDT

This is my view as a programmer. Everything works for us but 10 removed a lot of old things like EMS support and more. This will break old apps. I did run into a Java issue but they were trying to install a Java from 10 years ago. That won't fly either.

That said, here it's stable and we're moving to 10.

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I also experienced problems after installing windows 10
Jun 4, 2016 5:51AM PDT

As R. Proffitt rightly said, Its a preview and we shouldn't trust it the way we trusted windows 7 to 8.1. I also installed it and so many of my apps stopped working.

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Re: preview
Jun 4, 2016 6:24AM PDT

Windows 10 for you and me was released on July 29, 2015. From that moment on, it's not a preview anymore, but a well-received and generally good working operating system.
- What apps stopped working after you upgraded?
- You have 30 days to go back.

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That's why some go back.
Jun 4, 2016 7:14AM PDT

I fear that a trouble free for all OS upgrade has yet to occur. That is I see bumps in the road on Apples and Windows. While the experience at our office and home has been 100% positive there is one thing that probably made that happen. At office and home we have folk that are programmers and more. Which means for us finding a driver or reinstalling an app is no big deal.

That's not true for many consumers. If the W10 upgrade didn't get a driver for them, they would be lost.

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Jun 5, 2016 7:59PM PDT

Try a live CD to check if the hard drive is still ok.