Also sth extra on the UEFI mode...If someone is planning to install more then one OSs like dual booting Linux and windows for example or multiple windows versions, all OSs need to be installed with the same mode (UEFI or not)
Paul, you're one of the most responsible You Tubers around. Most of You Tube creators wouldn't have made the correction about installing Windows. This is why I love your channel. Like always, great video tutorial.
2.) Install your drivers Almost every part of your new PC build has their own specific drivers required for them to function right. Parts like your CPU, GPU, and motherboard all rely on these updated drivers for performance enhancements and general improvements. Without installing and regularly updating your drivers, your GPU drivers especially, your PC might not perform the way it should. Luckily, if you’re using Windows 10, it’ll do some of the work for you and install whatever drivers it has access to that you’ll need. Usually, this is just enough to get into Windows and start installing/updating manually. Assuming you have access to the internet, you can ignore the discs that come with your hardware. These driver discs can be useful - sometimes - but assuming you’re able to get into Windows without a hitch then you won’t need them. Instead, you’ll want to go online and grab the newest versions right away. Since you just built your PC, you should have a good idea of the parts inside of it. Typically, you can head over to the brand’s website and download all of the newest drivers for your specific part. Just a note: If you’re running an Nvidia or an AMD graphics card, go right to their website to get drivers. It doesn’t matter which AIB partner you’re using (Gigabyte, Asus, EVGA, etc), you’ll always go right to either or Nvidia to get your GPU drivers.
Thanks Paul, I think this is my favorite Tech channel. I'm switching from Mac after 10 years and I finished my PC build today. Your build series helped me get back up to speed, keep up the good work!
Michael Meyer same for me. Switching after about 10 years soon. Building a 1k pc which will be a massive upgrade from my pretty much 10 year old Mac 😂😂
by the way guys: there's a more straight forward way to install games on steam. if you use stream's inbuilt backup software, it not only compresses the backup to be small - but you don't need to make any fancy folders when you use the same software to reinstall :)
This is a very slow method. I have over 200 games on steam and attempted to do this a while ago, and it just wasn't feasible for me. It took forever, and I had to do it one by one. I found copying my steam libraries onto an external drive, and then copying them back was much faster. Yes, I had to go to each game individually to have steam "find" the game files, but it was much faster than the built in backup feature.
somehow I never warmed up to the built in backup option in Steam, I should give it another look though since I haven't in a while. 😀 thanks for the comment!
Paul's Hardware i can't say i blame you, as you have to create an entirely new backup every time a game bring out an update to keep your backup library up to date. And you can't directly play off of it like you do in the video. You also can't batch backup games into individual folders. Oh and as far as i know you can't backup a game that isn't up to date. This being said, it's still better (space wise ) and in theory, easier to copy because there's less small files :)
Is there any perceivable difference in how the games play off of an external SSD, or HDD, attached via USB vs. playing off of an internal drive? I just got a new gaming PC, but it lacks an SSD. I was thinking of maybe using an external SSD instead of an internal one for the flexibility of other uses it would add.
i would need about 22 hours to download such games with my german internet of max. 2MB/s. and i would not even be able to do anything else in that time
I'm watching these because I'm getting a computer next month so I'm "preparing" myself if you will. When I do get it, I want to make it as fast as possible at the start, completely optimize everything.
Lets go! -- I got an additional advice that will help me a TON with making a system backup image: GET DONE WITH THE WINDOWS UPDATES! :O It took me 2 days to get windows 7 set up again, and i still got more updates to download. I would thus recommend to do the backup after you have at the very least gotten a lot of the windows updates installed. With windows update bugging out more and more lately, this can be a life-saver just the same. Good vid as always paulo x)
Yellow next time download a loaded copy with all the updates I make a new one every couple months you can find it on a torrent site and then just use your own legal key
Did not work. Since that's what i got from windows if i was not mistaken. Edit: My windows copy came with a few 2016 updates pre-insalled. This did not help he, and so i had to trouble-shoot how to get my windows update un-frozen. It worked eventually tho :D
@lonewolf this would only be beneficial for the hardware agnostic update, but some of the updates are hardware dependent, and in some cases (might be rare) could cause conflicts, or unexpected interactions.
Oh my god, Paul, I can not thank you enough for making this series. This is at least one of, if not the most important video for PC enthusiasts. Thanks again.
These types of videos is why I'm on this channel. His builds and his guides on how to work with a PC after the initial build is great and something I wish more youtubers did.
Thank you Paul... I literally had no idea what to do when I've built the PC (First 5 things to do with a new PC). You've nailed everything I needed to know.
Lol, I get your point. I can check my usage online and in a single month I have used 2 TB's before without any slow down... (7 people in my house (including myself), all college students)
i just built my new pc but im using the same HDD where i have all my steam games...so they all should still be there when i boot up my new pc correct???
I've stumbled across this video some 4 years after it was first uploaded and it is so rare to find a PC build video or recommendations video (like I guess this one is), that is made up of literally nothing but pure knowledge. Absolutely fantastic. +1 sub from me.
To easily open multiple applications of the same type, for instance two separate instance of chrome or two file explorer. Holding SHIFT key then left clicking the icon to open will open a second one instead of maximizing or minimizing the existing one. Also holding CTRL key and left click will give alternate focus to the open applications of the same type like the two chromes or two file explorers. Much like alt tabbing but with only one application type.
I just built a new pc(for the first time), and for some reason it cannot detect the SSD, when i'm trying to install Windows. Anyone got an idea? When i googled it, some people suggested that the motherboard should get upgraded from a USB drive, but I was wondering if there was anything else that could be the problem.
My first four guesses would be 1. bios needs an update 2. you have your bios configured improperly 3. verify your ssd actually is listed in bios 4. your motherboard is newer than the sata drivers windows 10 has and you have to install the drivers for your sata controller during the windows 10 install
Omg, thank you. I just set up my first ever build last night using your 1st clip in this series, now I have this one to help me more. Great work Thanking you again. Noel UK.
My standard HP Laptop from 2-3 years ago boots in about 10 seconds, after logging in, everything loads quite fast. However, if I shut it down improperly (Holding power button), the next boot can take up to 4-5 minutes. It's very very annoying when it freezes because I know it will take a while to boot next time, but it is a good compromise as ordinary boot times are very fast. It just has a standard 1TB Hard Drive.
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I was always under the impression that OS can't backup itself. I thought that you always need some bootable USB or DVD with a backup software like Acronis or Northon Ghost to backup an OS. That's how I've always done it.
You are basically correct. Because if there is a real problem with your OS or hard disk then you are out of luck. Much easier using a program like Clonezilla. Free linux based can be used by a normal user all the way up to enterprise level.
Ivan Kolić yeah... Just became aware of that few weeks ago when my hdd died. Just stuck on hardware monitor when i turned pc on. Lets say at least i was pissed. Now i know for future
There is no Norton Ghost for windows 10. Ghost works with Windows 7 and older OS's. Too bad...Ghost was a great image/file backup utility. Symantec now has something else to replace it and it does recognize Ghost backup files however, it doesn't work very well. Acronis does the job just as easy as Ghost had plus it will boot/image a new disk from a USB. The Windows 10 restore will do either, restore or back up when booting from a USB or the DVD. If your OS is so bad or infected you cannot use this feature while booted in Windows, boot from the USB and find your latest disk image and restore. No problems that I'm aware of.
Note if you want to skip that steam install part look up the game on steams website, it has a number that number is appid there is a bunch of files in "Steam Library/steamapps/" folder just copy the corresponding file appi_xxxx xxxx being the number on steams site, aswell to the corresponding place and when open steam it'll be installed. Another note some games have slight changes for diffrent versions of windows if they don't launch and you copied them from a diffrent version of windows just verify the files it's usally smaal files.
thanks Paul for the tutorial on how to transfer your steam library. It's going to save me a ton of time not having to re-download everything. Keep the excellent content coming. :)
Super helpful videos! Used your first 5 things video and this video to help me get everything setup on my first new PC build! Specs: MSi B350 PC Mate AMD 5 1600 Geforce GTX 1060 6B 500GB SSD 16GB DDR4 You and Bitwit have been amazing in my journey to join PCMR! Thanks guys!!
This may seem patently obvious, but why didn't you delete the first installation video and make a new video with this important info included, then no one would have to re install Windows 10 in the correct mode. Apart from that... great videos to show an easier and quicker method to install Win 10. This is the method I use after spending way too much time with DVD's.
Yeah I did the same, but I don't think I paid attention to boot mode. I have a OEM partition and a EFI system partition so I assume it went into uefi mode automatically
Leveraging UEFI mode is not just about faster boot times it also offers better security and also more options for the boot loader. If Secure boot is enabled the motherboards UEFI checks if the boot loader is valid and that it hasn't been tampered with (for example if a trojan/virus replaced it so it can hook itself directly into the boot process). Also Secure Boot can provide more security if you leverage bitlocker so your machine and in turn Windows can be sure the boot loader hasn't been tampered with and boot directly into the OS to login prompt using TMP instead of having you to provide the decryption key first after which you have to provide login credentials. Certain laptops/tablets make use of TMP/secure boot as I described in the latter case by having the pre-installed Windows have Bitlocker enabled by default so if someone where to tamper with the bootloader he wouldn't be able to bypass the encryption but if nothing has been done Windows can just boot up and provide you directly with the login prompt and automatically decrypts the disk.
5 More Things To Do with a New Computer: 1: Install Linux 2: Download Brutal Doom 3: Download and Install Wine. 4: Play Brutal Doom In Wine. Game Runs Flawlessly. 5: Profit.
***** I'm not good with Hardware, but I *AM* a Programmer..... :) So I don't know why one would Overclock, as it seems it eats the Battery on a Laptop up..... :) What are the benefits of Overclocking.....? :)
I'm about to start making my first PC and I wanted to let you know I really appreciate your video's. You give a great detailed video that after watching it gave me the confidence to try building a PC on my own, thank you very much
Hey Paul i just wanted to say i just built my 1st computer. Thanks for your awesome 5/3 things to do guides putting it together wasn't so bad since the amount of amazing pc's being put together is ever increasing on youtube. But these guides saved my bacon. It's running smooth and quiet. Thanks again.
FYI if you're using an internal HDD or SSD from a previous build which has your steam library on it, you can just simply go into Steam settings, download, and assign the game folder to where it was on your drive. No need to copy game files etc and all your installed games will now show. You can also assign multiple game library folders, so if you have games installed on multiple drives, that's fine.
Very helpful I am building my first computer next week. I have watched over 20 videos on how to build and am super confident on that part. I was very concerned on what to do after so the timing was perfect. It would be great if you did a over clock for beginners videos
Jeez, this is taking a while. I was going to build my PC 5 days ago, but turns out the cooler was broken, so I had to wait 2 days for a new one. Built the PC again, this time I actually managed to build it, and for my first time building I found it incredibly straightforward. Everything was pretty simple and it powered on first time as well. However, there were some issues, the video card (HD 7770) did sag, as expected, but wasn't detected in the BIOS. So, I presumed the PCI-E slot was broken as all fans on the graphics card were spinning. However, it turned to be the BIOS was outdated and didn't detect my HD 7770 because it was too old (yes, I did buy used). So I just decided to install Windows 10 using Paul's previous video, but it turns out the latest OS that is supported on my motherboard is Windows 7, so I'm now sitting typing this while Windows 7 installs. Damn, this is the longest comment I've ever written.
If you move the appropriate appmanifest file over with it, you won't even have to "Discover Files". It will just auto recognize it in the new place. Just be aware you will need to do it for workshop content as well. That's why moving your external drive over works flawlessly. It has the appmanifest files on it.
UEFI install also supports "secure boot" and various other features like fast boot. Secure boot is supposed to block certain root kits from installing.
OMFG you are a life saver with the Steam install! I have the slowest internet so have been holding off on getting a newer system because I don't want to have to download a bunch of stuff again. This will save me DAYS! Yes days! It took me 2 days to download Battletech and that is just one of many games I have.
Thanks Paul, I just built a new Ryzen system and I was dreading having to re-download my extensive steam library.Now I will put some of my externals to good use copying over my steam games.
Thanks for the add of the UEFI Windows install part. This helped me fix my issue with Windows 10 not loading on my NEW Asus X99-A II with my two NEW or even with one of my NEW Samsung 2.5" 850 Pro SSD's. I was only able to load Windows once I disabled Secure Boot and a few other things 👎🏽 I was also not able to RAID 1 because I had to do all the disabling 👎🏽 BUT now when seeing this added step for Windows UEFI install, I found my original Windows 10 USB installer I had needed to be updated/redone. Factory defaulted everything on the Asus Motherboard and once again, set up RAID 1 on the two 850 Pro's. Created the latest Win10 ISO and updated my USB tool Rufus. That was also the Key !!! Because now Rufus shows Windows MBR UEFI-CSM after selecting the new Win 10 ISO. Now I did what you said about booting from the UEFI Option on the USB and wouldn't you know it... no issues with loading Windows on the 850 Pro's with this X99-A II board. Even with RAID 1 setup. THANKS AGAIN !!! Keep up the great work.
Great video, I recently installed a SSD and a new windows install. The one issue I ran into is the USB drive was not recognized unless I disabled Secure Boot. Anyone know why that is? A suggestion for a new video is a beginners guide to overclocking, what parameters to change and how to test for system stability and overall good practices when beginning to overclock a CPU.
Tip for Steam - I install steam for example on D drive and have it install games on that same D drive. Now if I format the c: drive and reinstall windows. All i have to do is reinstall steam over the top of the old steam on d: Instantly all games are already installed and acknowledged without having to click on the install button.
Thanks Paul, this was extremely helpful. I note though; that you talked a lot faster than normal when you were explaining your mistake. I will still need to watch through your videos many more times before I consider attempting a build etc...
didnt know about the uefi booting partition , thats pretty cool , luckily thats how i installed my os , its always cool to learn new things even after building a lot of computers
I never used a windows PC before and really did nothing special on my mom's Mac. I swear I am so confused from all that folders and copying and I don't know what you did exactly but I like it
New builder here... very noob question on the way lol. Building a new rig and the only thing I will be reusing is the SSD with my OS installed obviously.. Would I do my first boot up without the SSD connected to SATA and push "del" until UEFI/BIOS? OR would I just install the SSD like normal and still get into UEFI/BIOS??? Parts are on the way! Love the channel man, Keep up the great work
hey Paul, thank you so much for this video, and the other video about things to do with a new build. they were very useful for me. thanks to you, i am now enjoying my new pc!
you can instead of entering press {f2 del etc...) BIOS etc.... set your boot order the way you want it . when you go to run your OS press he f12 or key that loads up the listing for what drive you wanna use . example press f12 to load up boot menue or hit f2 for setup.....hit f12 loadup the menue and just load the install disk ... Note: only do this if you have your bios setup. some systems can be done this way some cannot. I have never had a problem with it myself :)
Hello Paul. Would it be safe to say that the best way to go about reinstalling Windows 10, if one initially installed it by following your "First 5 Things to do with a New Build", is by following your "2nd Thing to do with a New Computer" from this video, and then reinstalling it from the image created and choosing the correct mode, UEFI? Thanks in advance, and great video/channel!
First thank you for nice clear understandable videos for some of us that are not tech smart. Have you done a video showing moving user files to a different drive using a batch file (relocate XML) OBDE and sysprep? The other ones out there are confusing.
Also, you can always disable auto updates, that should prevent the game updating if you're not fussed about playing the latest version (just mentioning this for situations where people have no internet but they want to play the steam games they've backed up.
Thanks a lot, video still teaching. Just re-installing windows, lol. It will bug me too to know the difference in startup from your 5 things video which i followed to build my very first pc/gaming pc. thanks
theses beginner videos I was so happy to watch being new to PC gaming. but at a point it became repetitive repeating the same things over and over and install windows over and over and over. thanks for making me realize I'm better off sticking to console gaming.
Rufus is the best bootable USB creation tool I have ever used. I will always download an ISO from MS ans then put it into a USB stick. It allows you to choose if you want to create a UEFI boot drive w/ GPT partitioning or Legacy boot drive w/ MBR partitioning. With that, you will only have one choice in the boot menu. Since UEFI is always the chosen one, creating a USB installation drive that has no backward compatibility isn't really a big problem...
Hope you like the video guys! I'm on the road so I'll be back later to check on comments.
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10 MBps download speed... I get lucky if I get 400 KBps.
Also sth extra on the UEFI mode...If someone is planning to install more then one OSs like dual booting Linux and windows for example or multiple windows versions, all OSs need to be installed with the same mode (UEFI or not)
The Violet Imagination I'm lucky to get 160kb :D D:
Paul, you're one of the most responsible You Tubers around. Most of You Tube creators wouldn't have made the correction about installing Windows. This is why I love your channel. Like always, great video tutorial.
2.) Install your drivers
Almost every part of your new PC build has their own specific drivers required for them to function right. Parts like your CPU, GPU, and motherboard all rely on these updated drivers for performance enhancements and general improvements.
Without installing and regularly updating your drivers, your GPU drivers especially, your PC might not perform the way it should.
Luckily, if you’re using Windows 10, it’ll do some of the work for you and install whatever drivers it has access to that you’ll need. Usually, this is just enough to get into Windows and start installing/updating manually.
Assuming you have access to the internet, you can ignore the discs that come with your hardware. These driver discs can be useful - sometimes - but assuming you’re able to get into Windows without a hitch then you won’t need them. Instead, you’ll want to go online and grab the newest versions right away. Since you just built your PC, you should have a good idea of the parts inside of it. Typically, you can head over to the brand’s website and download all of the newest drivers for your specific part.
Just a note: If you’re running an Nvidia or an AMD graphics card, go right to their website to get drivers. It doesn’t matter which AIB partner you’re using (Gigabyte, Asus, EVGA, etc), you’ll always go right to either or Nvidia to get your GPU drivers.
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@@kazan944 seriously?
Thanks Paul, I think this is my favorite Tech channel. I'm switching from Mac after 10 years and I finished my PC build today. Your build series helped me get back up to speed, keep up the good work!
Michael Meyer welcome brother. You have been long awaited
Michael Meyer same for me. Switching after about 10 years soon. Building a 1k pc which will be a massive upgrade from my pretty much 10 year old Mac 😂😂
Michael Meyer Same! Switching from my old Mac to a new Pc because Mac is rubbish when used to Game.
dean brickland If you don't want to use windows, use linux or something. mac is worse.
by the way guys: there's a more straight forward way to install games on steam. if you use stream's inbuilt backup software, it not only compresses the backup to be small - but you don't need to make any fancy folders when you use the same software to reinstall :)
that's what I thought
This is a very slow method. I have over 200 games on steam and attempted to do this a while ago, and it just wasn't feasible for me. It took forever, and I had to do it one by one. I found copying my steam libraries onto an external drive, and then copying them back was much faster. Yes, I had to go to each game individually to have steam "find" the game files, but it was much faster than the built in backup feature.
somehow I never warmed up to the built in backup option in Steam, I should give it another look though since I haven't in a while. 😀 thanks for the comment!
Paul's Hardware i can't say i blame you, as you have to create an entirely new backup every time a game bring out an update to keep your backup library up to date. And you can't directly play off of it like you do in the video. You also can't batch backup games into individual folders. Oh and as far as i know you can't backup a game that isn't up to date.
This being said, it's still better (space wise ) and in theory, easier to copy because there's less small files :)
I always keep my Steam games on a separate drive. Saves a lot of time and bandwidth to reinstall the games you play.
I just clone a smaller hard drive and keep it around just in case :)
Daniel E Just download games to your internal hard drive, and copy them to an external hard drive
Daniel E Good idea
Is there any perceivable difference in how the games play off of an external SSD, or HDD, attached via USB vs. playing off of an internal drive? I just got a new gaming PC, but it lacks an SSD. I was thinking of maybe using an external SSD instead of an internal one for the flexibility of other uses it would add.
Just install steam from their site and then go to your library and download it
"Games can be 40, 60, 80 gigs"
*cries in 2019 game sizes*
*cries in Red Dead 2’s 135 gigs*
*cries In COD: MW 160+ gigs*
@@rieleyslocum870 173 gigs as of right now lol
i would need about 22 hours to download such games with my german internet of max. 2MB/s. and i would not even be able to do anything else in that time
@@ka2uhira It's the biggest struggle, wish we could get worldwide 1gb speeds
Such a good video! I don't even need any of this infor right now but this is a seriously well thought out video
I'm watching these because I'm getting a computer next month so I'm "preparing" myself if you will. When I do get it, I want to make it as fast as possible at the start, completely optimize everything.
+Malandirix thank you!
Love the budget computer series, Paul. Keep it up bro
Lets go! -- I got an additional advice that will help me a TON with making a system backup image: GET DONE WITH THE WINDOWS UPDATES! :O It took me 2 days to get windows 7 set up again, and i still got more updates to download. I would thus recommend to do the backup after you have at the very least gotten a lot of the windows updates installed. With windows update bugging out more and more lately, this can be a life-saver just the same.
Good vid as always paulo x)
Yellow next time download a loaded copy with all the updates I make a new one every couple months you can find it on a torrent site and then just use your own legal key
Did not work. Since that's what i got from windows if i was not mistaken. Edit: My windows copy came with a few 2016 updates pre-insalled. This did not help he, and so i had to trouble-shoot how to get my windows update un-frozen. It worked eventually tho :D
Yellow Morsomt å se deg her æ :D
np lol
@lonewolf this would only be beneficial for the hardware agnostic update, but some of the updates are hardware dependent, and in some cases (might be rare) could cause conflicts, or unexpected interactions.
Oh my god, Paul, I can not thank you enough for making this series. This is at least one of, if not the most important video for PC enthusiasts. Thanks again.
1:47 19640 rpm
totally legit
Karl Heinz Music Productions maybe its Chernobyl fan
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Fun fact: A particle accelerator spins...
At about 19,000 RPM...
It became a particle accelerator...
Or a Formula One engine!
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Sheev Palpatine its gonna explode and Paul's going to become Barry Allen
These types of videos is why I'm on this channel. His builds and his guides on how to work with a PC after the initial build is great and something I wish more youtubers did.
Paul, if everyone were as honest as you are when notified of a mistake, tech youtube channels would be in a better place.
Thank you Paul... I literally had no idea what to do when I've built the PC (First 5 things to do with a new PC). You've nailed everything I needed to know.
Bandwidth caps should be illegal. So glad my ISP does not use them.
That you know of.
Nope, my local ISP provider states it on their website. They are 100% against the usage of bandwidth caps. They say it is bad business practice.
Yeah and the NSA director stated to congress under oath that the only time they could collect information was when they had a court order.
Lol, I get your point. I can check my usage online and in a single month I have used 2 TB's before without any slow down... (7 people in my house (including myself), all college students)
Brayden Turner be glad you don't live in Australia then
I appreciate your devotion to making sure everything is correct and such
i just built my new pc but im using the same HDD where i have all my steam games...so they all should still be there when i boot up my new pc correct???
But you will add the steam library to the system so it detects the game on that drive
Thanks for the video paul. Between you and jay i have zero concern about building my computer, cant wait to get my last few parts.
Subscribed!
Thanks Paul, I put all my parts together and things are running great. Your videos were more than helpful and much appreciated.
0:32 - 19640 RPM on chassis fan, nice :D
James W. SHIT HIS FAN IS THE FUCKING CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR REACTOR!
at that rate its a goddamn heli
Every time I do a clean install of Windows, I come back and watch these videos. Thanks Paul!
how do you record your screen when in the BIOS?
I'm using an HDMI capture card and a second computer
Paul's Hardware of course, sorry didn't think of that. Thanks for answering.
He is using a external recorder like Elgato
this has been your best series hope you think of more to teach us
This is weird... I have 499 MB recovery partition, however I also have the 99 MB EFI partition. So, is it booting in EFI mode or not?
I have the same question :)
Rikent me too. Same thing.
Same. Has anyone figured this out yet?
same thing
You're probably in UEFI Mode. I had the same issue and found a surefire way to check which mode I'm in. itsfoss.com/check-uefi-or-bios/
I've stumbled across this video some 4 years after it was first uploaded and it is so rare to find a PC build video or recommendations video (like I guess this one is), that is made up of literally nothing but pure knowledge. Absolutely fantastic. +1 sub from me.
Hey Paul. What's the best solution for copying my entire OS from one HDD to another? Migrate/clone.
Dwane Mclaughlin I also want to know this😂
i usually clone it so there's no risk for my data on the old hdd
Zonkory cloning is simply copying the files right?
akash Sancheti i think so
Zonkory you aren't sure?
To easily open multiple applications of the same type, for instance two separate instance of chrome or two file explorer. Holding SHIFT key then left clicking the icon to open will open a second one instead of maximizing or minimizing the existing one. Also holding CTRL key and left click will give alternate focus to the open applications of the same type like the two chromes or two file explorers. Much like alt tabbing but with only one application type.
I just built a new pc(for the first time), and for some reason it cannot detect the SSD, when i'm trying to install Windows. Anyone got an idea? When i googled it, some people suggested that the motherboard should get upgraded from a USB drive, but I was wondering if there was anything else that could be the problem.
My first four guesses would be
1. bios needs an update
2. you have your bios configured improperly
3. verify your ssd actually is listed in bios
4. your motherboard is newer than the sata drivers windows 10 has and you have to install the drivers for your sata controller during the windows 10 install
JimmysTheBestCop Thanks, i'll check it out :-)
Aristotle make sure that the ssd is in sata 1 slot on the motherboard
Probably 4
Omg, thank you.
I just set up my first ever build last night using your 1st clip in this series, now I have this one to help me more. Great work
Thanking you again. Noel UK.
Will it wipe the drive if i reinstall windows?
yes, it will wipe the drive you're installing to
Paul's Hardware Could you explain how to do that? I would be very thankful because I just installed like in your other video :(
My standard HP Laptop from 2-3 years ago boots in about 10 seconds, after logging in, everything loads quite fast. However, if I shut it down improperly (Holding power button), the next boot can take up to 4-5 minutes. It's very very annoying when it freezes because I know it will take a while to boot next time, but it is a good compromise as ordinary boot times are very fast. It just has a standard 1TB Hard Drive.
I was always under the impression that OS can't backup itself.
I thought that you always need some bootable USB or DVD with a backup software like Acronis or Northon Ghost to backup an OS. That's how I've always done it.
You are basically correct. Because if there is a real problem with your OS or hard disk then you are out of luck. Much easier using a program like Clonezilla. Free linux based can be used by a normal user all the way up to enterprise level.
Ivan Kolić yeah... Just became aware of that few weeks ago when my hdd died. Just stuck on hardware monitor when i turned pc on. Lets say at least i was pissed. Now i know for future
There is no Norton Ghost for windows 10. Ghost works with Windows 7 and older OS's. Too bad...Ghost was a great image/file backup utility. Symantec now has something else to replace it and it does recognize Ghost backup files however, it doesn't work very well. Acronis does the job just as easy as Ghost had plus it will boot/image a new disk from a USB.
The Windows 10 restore will do either, restore or back up when booting from a USB or the DVD. If your OS is so bad or infected you cannot use this feature while booted in Windows, boot from the USB and find your latest disk image and restore. No problems that I'm aware of.
You are a LIFE SAVER PAUL!!!
No Ninite?
He talked about it in the first 5 things video.
Note if you want to skip that steam install part look up the game on steams website, it has a number that number is appid there is a bunch of files in "Steam Library/steamapps/" folder just copy the corresponding file appi_xxxx xxxx being the number on steams site, aswell to the corresponding place and when open steam it'll be installed. Another note some games have slight changes for diffrent versions of windows if they don't launch and you copied them from a diffrent version of windows just verify the files it's usally smaal files.
But here is the real question:
Can it run Minecraft better then 4 gtx Titans?
#than
I don't think so. That's still not enough Titans. We need more.
#unoriginal
Stupid. Not even used like crazy, but Minecraft is CPU based.
Watch LinusTechTip's video about multiple (more than 2) Titan X, it just wont work, because Windows won't get it working or something.
I have always used the backup games in steam to do this. I figured also compressed the games size.
But u forgot to download bonzi buddy...
who's that ?
@@stevethea5250 a very old "assistant" that is actually a virus.
@@SK-cj7gk adware and spyware
thanks Paul for the tutorial on how to transfer your steam library. It's going to save me a ton of time not having to re-download everything. Keep the excellent content coming. :)
Paul plays GTA V!
Super helpful videos! Used your first 5 things video and this video to help me get everything setup on my first new PC build!
Specs:
MSi B350 PC Mate
AMD 5 1600
Geforce GTX 1060 6B
500GB SSD
16GB DDR4
You and Bitwit have been amazing in my journey to join PCMR! Thanks guys!!
Waney Nona why did you list the motherboard but not the cpu ?
Btw if its a ryzen 5 1400 i have the same build
Mr Man Woops
edited!
This may seem patently obvious, but why didn't you delete the first installation video and make a new video with this important info included, then no one would have to re install Windows 10 in the correct mode.
Apart from that... great videos to show an easier and quicker method to install Win 10. This is the method I use after spending way too much time with DVD's.
cause the other vid will still make money.
Making videos isn't easy
He put work into his old video and it's still getting revenue
Dude this was so helpful, the faster boot up time is excellence!
Damn I built a PC a month ago and didn't install in uefi mode
It is not needed at all. You will get no real benefit for 99% of all Windows 10 users.
Yeah I did the same, but I don't think I paid attention to boot mode. I have a OEM partition and a EFI system partition so I assume it went into uefi mode automatically
Leveraging UEFI mode is not just about faster boot times it also offers better security and also more options for the boot loader. If Secure boot is enabled the motherboards UEFI checks if the boot loader is valid and that it hasn't been tampered with (for example if a trojan/virus replaced it so it can hook itself directly into the boot process).
Also Secure Boot can provide more security if you leverage bitlocker so your machine and in turn Windows can be sure the boot loader hasn't been tampered with and boot directly into the OS to login prompt using TMP instead of having you to provide the decryption key first after which you have to provide login credentials.
Certain laptops/tablets make use of TMP/secure boot as I described in the latter case by having the pre-installed Windows have Bitlocker enabled by default so if someone where to tamper with the bootloader he wouldn't be able to bypass the encryption but if nothing has been done Windows can just boot up and provide you directly with the login prompt and automatically decrypts the disk.
420 likes as of commenting :p
Not anymore :(
nah
TheElmorenous y u do dis?
cuz i have fun destroying ppl's hopes :3
TheElmorenous :(
Another great video Paul. These videos are great for someone like me who will be building a pc in November.
5 More Things To Do with a New Computer:
1: Install Linux
2: Download Brutal Doom
3: Download and Install Wine.
4: Play Brutal Doom In Wine. Game Runs Flawlessly.
5: Profit.
***** Why Overclock.....? :)
***** I'm not good with Hardware, but I *AM* a Programmer..... :) So I don't know why one would Overclock, as it seems it eats the Battery on a Laptop up..... :) What are the benefits of Overclocking.....? :)
***** Ah, it turns out I DO know what Overclocking is!..... ^^ Well, it's easy to be a Programmer, even if you don't know much about Hardware..... :)
Overclocking a laptop is pointless, as it does, as you said, eat up battery. On a desktop that is plugged into the wall, it is free performance!
First Name Last Name This is all true..... :)
these videos are the definition of useful
I'm about to start making my first PC and I wanted to let you know I really appreciate your video's. You give a great detailed video that after watching it gave me the confidence to try building a PC on my own, thank you very much
I just stumbled upon this channel and I love it! The way you explain things, and the humor you add with it is too cool!
Absolutely love this video line on how to set up a new install properly! Thank you!
Thank you Paul. I just finished my first build and this video helped me out.
Hey Paul i just wanted to say i just built my 1st computer. Thanks for your awesome 5/3 things to do guides putting it together wasn't so bad since the amount of amazing pc's being put together is ever increasing on youtube. But these guides saved my bacon. It's running smooth and quiet. Thanks again.
Simple and good straight to the point video.
FYI if you're using an internal HDD or SSD from a previous build which has your steam library on it, you can just simply go into Steam settings, download, and assign the game folder to where it was on your drive. No need to copy game files etc and all your installed games will now show. You can also assign multiple game library folders, so if you have games installed on multiple drives, that's fine.
Very helpful I am building my first computer next week. I have watched over 20 videos on how to build and am super confident on that part. I was very concerned on what to do after so the timing was perfect.
It would be great if you did a over clock for beginners videos
Thanks Paul, I think this is my favorite Tech channel. Your build series helped me get back up to speed, keep up the good work!
Jeez, this is taking a while. I was going to build my PC 5 days ago, but turns out the cooler was broken, so I had to wait 2 days for a new one. Built the PC again, this time I actually managed to build it, and for my first time building I found it incredibly straightforward. Everything was pretty simple and it powered on first time as well. However, there were some issues, the video card (HD 7770) did sag, as expected, but wasn't detected in the BIOS. So, I presumed the PCI-E slot was broken as all fans on the graphics card were spinning. However, it turned to be the BIOS was outdated and didn't detect my HD 7770 because it was too old (yes, I did buy used). So I just decided to install Windows 10 using Paul's previous video, but it turns out the latest OS that is supported on my motherboard is Windows 7, so I'm now sitting typing this while Windows 7 installs. Damn, this is the longest comment I've ever written.
I'm glad someone corrected and informed you about Win10 UEFI Mode. Come on Paul!
If you move the appropriate appmanifest file over with it, you won't even have to "Discover Files". It will just auto recognize it in the new place. Just be aware you will need to do it for workshop content as well. That's why moving your external drive over works flawlessly. It has the appmanifest files on it.
UEFI install also supports "secure boot" and various other features like fast boot. Secure boot is supposed to block certain root kits from installing.
OMFG you are a life saver with the Steam install! I have the slowest internet so have been holding off on getting a newer system because I don't want to have to download a bunch of stuff again. This will save me DAYS! Yes days! It took me 2 days to download Battletech and that is just one of many games I have.
Thanks Paul, I just built a new Ryzen system and I was dreading having to re-download my extensive steam library.Now I will put some of my externals to good use copying over my steam games.
Steam library movement is really helpful. I used a similar way to play steam games on different systems several years ago.
Another well made walk through, thanks Paul.
Hey man thanks for those videos, they really helped me out when I built my first comp a week ago.
This video reminded me to do a backup. Haven't done that in quite some time. Thanks Paul! ^^
Can I buy another USB stick/flashdrive to copy the system image?
Thanks for the add of the UEFI Windows install part. This helped me fix my issue with Windows 10 not loading on my NEW Asus X99-A II with my two NEW or even with one of my NEW Samsung 2.5" 850 Pro SSD's. I was only able to load Windows once I disabled Secure Boot and a few other things 👎🏽 I was also not able to RAID 1 because I had to do all the disabling 👎🏽 BUT now when seeing this added step for Windows UEFI install, I found my original Windows 10 USB installer I had needed to be updated/redone. Factory defaulted everything on the Asus Motherboard and once again, set up RAID 1 on the two 850 Pro's. Created the latest Win10 ISO and updated my USB tool Rufus. That was also the Key !!! Because now Rufus shows Windows MBR UEFI-CSM after selecting the new Win 10 ISO. Now I did what you said about booting from the UEFI Option on the USB and wouldn't you know it... no issues with loading Windows on the 850 Pro's with this X99-A II board. Even with RAID 1 setup.
THANKS AGAIN !!! Keep up the great work.
Great video, I recently installed a SSD and a new windows install. The one issue I ran into is the USB drive was not recognized unless I disabled Secure Boot. Anyone know why that is?
A suggestion for a new video is a beginners guide to overclocking, what parameters to change and how to test for system stability and overall good practices when beginning to overclock a CPU.
Absolutely the video I needed right now thanks Paul
Honestly helpful. Thanks Paul!
This steam trick just saved my 2 month :) Thanks alot Paul.
Please do more of these type of videos! Thanks!!
Going to build a pc on my birthday your channel and all these videos have been very helpful
UNO. Did you build it? I can help if it's a small budget
this is a great video everybody doesn't understand this should watch it great job thank you for making it.
Although I've already built a computer, these videos are still interesting and fun to watch. Great content, Paul!
nice . keep these videos coming. i've been running wrong ssd urfi setup for years lol
Tip for Steam - I install steam for example on D drive and have it install games on that same D drive. Now if I format the c: drive and reinstall windows. All i have to do is reinstall steam over the top of the old steam on d: Instantly all games are already installed and acknowledged without having to click on the install button.
Thanks Paul, this was extremely helpful. I note though; that you talked a lot faster than normal when you were explaining your mistake. I will still need to watch through your videos many more times before I consider attempting a build etc...
didnt know about the uefi booting partition , thats pretty cool , luckily thats how i installed my os , its always cool to learn new things even after building a lot of computers
I never used a windows PC before and really did nothing special on my mom's Mac. I swear I am so confused from all that folders and copying and I don't know what you did exactly but I like it
I bought windows 10 home "Flash Drive" on amazon so does that mean right when I get that I could just plug it in to my new PC ?
AiyazI you'll plug it in, download it then just enter the key number when it asks for it. It's as simple as that haha
bangover aha thanks thats why I got the flashdrive I was hoping I didn't have to use another computer lol thanks !
New builder here... very noob question on the way lol. Building a new rig and the only thing I will be reusing is the SSD with my OS installed obviously.. Would I do my first boot up without the SSD connected to SATA and push "del" until UEFI/BIOS? OR would I just install the SSD like normal and still get into UEFI/BIOS??? Parts are on the way! Love the channel man, Keep up the great work
hey Paul, thank you so much for this video, and the other video about things to do with a new build. they were very useful for me. thanks to you, i am now enjoying my new pc!
Holy shit paul! Thanks.. the backup & recovery was really useful
you can instead of entering press {f2 del etc...) BIOS etc.... set your boot order the way you want it . when you go to run your OS press he f12 or key that loads up the listing for what drive you wanna use . example press f12 to load up boot menue or hit f2 for setup.....hit f12 loadup the menue and just load the install disk ... Note: only do this if you have your bios setup. some systems can be done this way some cannot. I have never had a problem with it myself :)
Year old or so,but always a great reminder to update your games before transferring.Fine,fine vid,good man!
Very useful. I still have a ton of games undiscovered by Steam since my C drive needed replaced.
Hello Paul. Would it be safe to say that the best way to go about reinstalling Windows 10, if one initially installed it by following your "First 5 Things to do with a New Build", is by following your "2nd Thing to do with a New Computer" from this video, and then reinstalling it from the image created and choosing the correct mode, UEFI? Thanks in advance, and great video/channel!
First thank you for nice clear understandable videos for some of us that are not tech smart. Have you done a video showing moving user files to a different drive using a batch file (relocate XML) OBDE and sysprep? The other ones out there are confusing.
Always enjoy watching your videos Paul, keep it up
Also, you can always disable auto updates, that should prevent the game updating if you're not fussed about playing the latest version (just mentioning this for situations where people have no internet but they want to play the steam games they've backed up.
Thanks a lot, video still teaching. Just re-installing windows, lol. It will bug me too to know the difference in startup from your 5 things video which i followed to build my very first pc/gaming pc. thanks
I just set up My PC yesterday with the first video, luckily I did it right the first time like you showed in this video :D
theses beginner videos I was so happy to watch being new to PC gaming. but at a point it became repetitive repeating the same things over and over and install windows over and over and over. thanks for making me realize I'm better off sticking to console gaming.
Rufus is the best bootable USB creation tool I have ever used. I will always download an ISO from MS ans then put it into a USB stick. It allows you to choose if you want to create a UEFI boot drive w/ GPT partitioning or Legacy boot drive w/ MBR partitioning. With that, you will only have one choice in the boot menu. Since UEFI is always the chosen one, creating a USB installation drive that has no backward compatibility isn't really a big problem...
PERFECT TIMING THANKS PAUL YOU YHE MAN!