Recent content by GeorgeM

After a lot of jerking around and making changes in the setup and bios I was finally able to get to an installation screen. And then I get this. What now? The install is also asking for a license number for Win-11. Do I use the one from the previously installed Win-10, or what?

The hardware seems to be working just fine. I can get into the setup in order to select the boot order, etc. The computer just can't find any operating system on any of the drives I try to boot from - it's behaving like FlyOOBE deleted the partitions off the C: drive.

I just went to upgrade my Dell XPS-8700 using FlyOOBE 2.1, and now the computer appears to be "bricked." It looks like the c:/ drive has had all the partitions removed, and the only place I can get to is the hardware configuration. I've tried booting off a USB drive, off the c: drive and off a...

Thank you to everyone who contributed their valuable information and experience to this issue, which I believe is now resolved. I had tried the last resort of moving all my data from the WD drive to another big USB drive, then reformatting from xFAT to NTFS, with very disappointing results - no...

Thanks to everyone who responded to my original post - I've read (and reread about 4 times) all of your responses. My external drive is the exact one pictured above by Dru2; both computers I've had the same issue with are Dell XPS desktops, one with Win-10 and the new one with Win-11; the BIOS...

Both with my previous operating system (Win-10) and with my current operating system (Win-11) when the WD drive is plugged in to the USB port the computer hangs on booting and will not boot until the power is shut down, the drive is unplugged, and the power button is pressed to restart. Once...