So I finally decided to upgrade to Windows 8 and I seem to have run into a few issues.
First, I'm using a 256GB Crucial M4. I was going to secure erase it before upgrading but I couldn't get Partition Magic to boot from a DVD I burnt.
So I said nevermind and just installed Win 8 from a bootable USB.
I got one blue screen the first time I tried to install it, didn't even get to the language screen.
Did a reset and managed to get it all installed, then got a clock_watchdog_timeout blue screen.
I tried downloading the AHCI drivers. I think I got the right ones. I downloaded the Win 7 64bit version of Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Driver V8.9.0.1014 for Windows 7/Windows 7 64bit. from the 'Chipset' category on this page
Now in my device manager it says Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller in the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers category.
I ran the SFC /SCANNOW command and that came back clean.
I followed a guide to check the SSD alignment and all the numbers came back clean / divisible by 4.
I've not had a blue screen for the last hour or two and I've installed a load of stuff through ninite, but Windows doesn't seem to be working properly. Loads of buttons I click don't action.
I can't change my account picture on the start screen
When I search for settings in the start menu and click them they don't load. To get the the windows update screen I had to open another control panel setting and then navigate to it.
Every time I load IE it gives me an error saying my default search provider has been reset.
Would not secure erasing my drive really cause all these issues for me?
First, I'm using a 256GB Crucial M4. I was going to secure erase it before upgrading but I couldn't get Partition Magic to boot from a DVD I burnt.
So I said nevermind and just installed Win 8 from a bootable USB.
I got one blue screen the first time I tried to install it, didn't even get to the language screen.
Did a reset and managed to get it all installed, then got a clock_watchdog_timeout blue screen.
I tried downloading the AHCI drivers. I think I got the right ones. I downloaded the Win 7 64bit version of Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Driver V8.9.0.1014 for Windows 7/Windows 7 64bit. from the 'Chipset' category on this page
Now in my device manager it says Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller in the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers category.
I ran the SFC /SCANNOW command and that came back clean.
I followed a guide to check the SSD alignment and all the numbers came back clean / divisible by 4.
I've not had a blue screen for the last hour or two and I've installed a load of stuff through ninite, but Windows doesn't seem to be working properly. Loads of buttons I click don't action.
I can't change my account picture on the start screen
When I search for settings in the start menu and click them they don't load. To get the the windows update screen I had to open another control panel setting and then navigate to it.
Every time I load IE it gives me an error saying my default search provider has been reset.
Would not secure erasing my drive really cause all these issues for me?