pc randomly restarting

[max364462]

the ones which you linked I just insalled the amd chipset drivers for my motherboard

 

[SpyderTracks]

the ones which you linked I just insalled the amd chipset drivers for my motherboard

Ok, because you said you installed them all

I'm asking because if you've installed them all then we'll need to do a clean windows installation as it will have borked the OS and you'll get repetitive restarts.

 

[max364462]

Ok, what should I do then?

 

[SpyderTracks]

Ok, what should I do then?

As above, you'd need to clean install.

 

[max364462]

How would I do that? Would that mean that I would loose all of my files

 

[max364462]

also, I am buying a new graphics card which one do you think would be a good match with my ryzen 9 5900x?

 

[SpyderTracks]

How would I do that? Would that mean that I would loose all of my files

If your files are on the c drive, then you need to copy them off before you reinstall.

But on a properly configured PC your data will always be on a secondary drive which is separate to windows.

 

[SpyderTracks]

also, I am buying a new graphics card which one do you think would be a good match with my ryzen 9 5900x?

Let's leave that for now, you're jumping the gun a bit. You'll need a separate thread on that as it's not related to this.

 

[max364462]

If your files are on the c drive, then you need to copy them off before you reinstall.

But on a properly configured PC your data will always be on a secondary drive which is separate to windows.

sorry, I'm not really to sure how to check or do that

 

[SpyderTracks]

sorry, I'm not really to sure how to check or do that

Where have you been storing your data? Only you would know that, whenever you save something it asks you where to save it.

 

[max364462]

I save it on an ssd called windows C, I also have a hard drive however I havent stored anything at all on it

 

[max364462]

the hard drive is called windows D

 

[SpyderTracks]

I save it on an ssd called windows C, I also have a hard drive however I havent stored anything at all on it

C drive is windows. You never want to store any data on that unless it's in cloud storage. You always store data on a secondary drive.

You'll need to copy it off if you want to keep it.

 

[max364462]

but my secondary drive is a hard drive isnt that much slower? also how would I copy all the data over to it?

 

[SpyderTracks]

but my secondary drive is a hard drive isnt that much slower? also how would I copy all the data over to it?

Hard drive doesn't matter with speed for data, doesn't make a difference.

You save to it when it asks you where to save to, you select the D drive. If you wanna move it across now, you just select the file copy it and move it to the D drive.

You also set your libraries in windows explorer to the D drive also.

 

[max364462]

Ok thanks, so once I've moved all the storage over and the Windows C drive is clean what do I do

 

[SpyderTracks]

Ok thanks, so once I've moved all the storage over and the Windows C drive is clean what do I do

You only move your data. You can't move the windows contents.

Once you've done that you need to clean install

W11 clean install instructions

Download a new copy of Windows using the Media Creation Tool (Second option on linked page) to an 8GB (min) USB.
Boot that USB and choose a Custom Install.
Delete all UEFI partitions on the system drive (EFI System, Recovery, MSR Reserved, Primary).
Select the unallocated space that results and click the Next button. The installer will create the correct partitions and install Windows.
Run Windows Update repeatedly, even across reboots, until no more updates are found.
You may need/want to download and install the latest graphics driver from the Nvidia/AMD website (they change so regularly the latest version isn't always in the Windows libraries).

This is also worth a watch

Kudos to @Martinr36 for the directions

 

[max364462]

ok so do I litterally just copy all the files from windows c to d?

 

[SpyderTracks]

ok so do I litterally just copy all the files from windows c to d?

No, C is the windows drive. You can't copy any windows files, you can only copy your data files.

 

[max364462]

I'm sorry I really don't know how to do that is there some way that you could acess my pc screen and do it for me?