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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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???
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)
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
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.
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!!
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 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
your comment @ 5:11 confusing me, because my screen shows "100mb (efi system part), 500mb (recovery part), 930mb(boot,pagefile, etc.)". So was my pre-built PC was setup properly?
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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.
8:12 there is a pop up for "Do you want to create a system repair disc?" and it goes too fast for me to see if you clicked yes or no. I guessed it was a "no" and went with that. I also left the image on a separate drive from the boot drive but it wasn't recognized when scanning for the image.so what am I missing? help please!EDIT: unplugging and plugging in the drive with the image solved the problem when scanning.Thank you very much for all this useful information
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.
If we already installed windows using the flash drive but we have already setup windows how we like it and want that faster boot time. Could we just make a backup image of windows then reinstall using the back up image and selecting the uefi option would this work to get the faster boot speed back?
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.
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
@paul's hardware in one of your videos you mentioned a service Microsoft provides where you can have access to all their Windows versions for a fee. Can you lead me to it? I can't find the video you mentioned it!
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.
Hey, Paul! I'm upgrading my friend's CPU, RAM and motherboard soon. Would making a system backup image be the best way to reisntall windows without deleting all of his files/games?
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.....? :)
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
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.
Sorry to ask this question, but I need to have a backup of the original steam game. So where do I keep the backups? Another question, can I then copy my backup game to a directory where I can actually use it to play a particular game? So how do I set up a so-called "playable" directory which I can use to play and MOD my game? I wish to have a written instruction on how to do this. Thank you.
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.
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.
What do you think about the "Kfa2/Galax Gtx 1070 Ex" guys? Should I buy the G1 Gaming version from Gigabyte or the Ex version of Galax? (I mean it's much less) The quest doesn't match with the video, sry
John Diggens I got the gigabyte gtx g1 gamer 1070 it's one of the best division I have made it runs everything I trow at it on max pluss you can oc it but no need to I f I'd oc I got 1080 spects but I got very good air flow
When copying steam games using the method you've shown, will this also transfer save files/game progress as well? Or will you have to start the game from scratch?
some games keep their save info in the steamapps/common folder, but many save to a default folder in My Documents (GTA and quite a few others), so I'd recommend bringing your My Docs folder over from your old PC if you can
there is also a steam backup from which you can backup your game, so is copying a game like you did is faster or creating a backup and then recovering (restoring) from it is preferrable ?
Guys quick question with the UEFI windows install does this automatically make a new NMVe GPT? Or do you have to make further changes in the set up? cheers
Would you also move TMP folders and change Page File settings? I just thing that is also useful to make your SSD work less with not so useful stuff. You showed moving my documents and such already. Great video!
This may be a silly question, but will the back up include everything I have on my computer, I do a lot of 3d art and have over 80 gigs worth of models and stuff plus my artwork, so the second part to this question is will it reload all of it as it was ? Cheers.
Can you use the Win10 onboard backup and restore functionality to migrate/transfer the system image from an SSD to a faster M.2 drive? Will this work and also the repair/restore Win10 afterwards?
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.
If I did the same mistake that you showed us in first part of video, what I must do to correct this, PC boots normal in 14.2 seconds or 9.2 sec. PC components:ryzen 5 1600x gtx 1060 6gb,16gb ram 3000mhz, Asus TUF B450M PRO.I can't remember if I did this mistake or I selecyed UEFI boot to install windows 10. What do you recommend for me?
I'm a system administrator and even I didnt know that install detail Paul, if your have to choose that during install, what does setting it to UEFI in BIOS do then?
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
You want a practical or professional answer? I can give you practical: I have never noticed any difference in all computer related tasks including gaming when placing dual ram into the secondary slots.
The motherboard manual usually tells you which slots to use when only using 2 sticks of ram. And in some manuals for some mobo's for some reason it is actually A2 and B2 recommended.
Now I'm wondering if I do a full disk copy from a Mechanical drive to an SSD drive will it copy everything over including my steam and GOG games and settings or is there other things for which I need to do?
It's been a while since I used Windows Image Backup but if I remember correctly, it will overwrite the previous image backup if you made one. You have to manually rename the previous image backup folder before running the utility. Maybe this has been fixed in Windows 10. (Please correct me if I'm wrong!)
UEFI install also supports "secure boot" and various other features like fast boot. Secure boot is supposed to block certain root kits from installing.
Paul, a question: I want to add a Inateck 4 port PCI-E to USB Expansion Card to a new build, so when should I install that device, before installing windows or after the system is up and running, your valuable advice is appreciated.
My disk management screen does not show those types. I had a 450MB Recovery Partition and a 100MB NTFS part, but neither of them say EFI. There is an EFI part on my 2nd drive, which is not a boot drive and was not even plugged in when I installed windows onto my main SSD.
Thanks so much ! I used your tutorials to get my system up and running. First time building but everything worked great. The only issue I'm running into is not being able to go back into bios after windows 10 was installed. My keyboard doesn't power up until its passed the bios screen. I've tried all usb ports. I reset my mother board and was able to go back into it but I shouldn't have to do that every time I want to adjust something in the bios should I? Any help would be appreciated
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
I have 450 MB recovery partition but no EFI partition, so as you said I shoud have 500 MB RP. I did upgrade from win 7 to 10, so I doubt my system is in EFI mode.
Does restoring image work if you want to replace your SSD with a new one and if so what happens if the new SSD is a different manufacture or style like SSD to NVME.
@Paul´s hardware why don´t you use the cloud and sunc option in steam settings ??? the way you just showed sems to takes ages and seem to complicated..
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, thanks for your videos. Would you happen to know if there any reason to disable Compatibility Support Module (CSM) in the UEFi, if you have all new hardware?
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.
I don’t know anything about computers and I just ordered the stuff to build my first gaming computer. I didn’t have enough money for a lot of storage so later I plan on buying a 1TB SSD. My question is if I have steam and other things on my first SSD can I later move everything over to my new SSD. Like if I download steam and have my steam library with all my games and then I get my 1TB SSD can I move everything over to it. I forgot to mention my initial SSD is 240GB.
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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
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.
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.
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.
"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!
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
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.
1:47 19640 rpm
totally legit
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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
Love the budget computer series, Paul. Keep it up bro
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
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
Paul, if everyone were as honest as you are when notified of a mistake, tech youtube channels would be in a better place.
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.
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 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 !
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?
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
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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
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 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
Thanks Paul, I put all my parts together and things are running great. Your videos were more than helpful and much appreciated.
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
your comment @ 5:11 confusing me, because my screen shows "100mb (efi system part), 500mb (recovery part), 930mb(boot,pagefile, etc.)". So was my pre-built PC was setup properly?
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.
That sata > usb cable Paul has attached to the SSD - can I plug it into say, a HDD and power it without an AC source?
Laptop sized ones will work, but Desktop ones won't also, i wouldn't recommend using an hdd.
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.
8:12 there is a pop up for "Do you want to create a system repair disc?" and it goes too fast for me to see if you clicked yes or no. I guessed it was a "no" and went with that. I also left the image on a separate drive from the boot drive but it wasn't recognized when scanning for the image.so what am I missing? help please!EDIT: unplugging and plugging in the drive with the image solved the problem when scanning.Thank you very much for all this useful information
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 :(
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.
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Every time I do a clean install of Windows, I come back and watch these videos. Thanks Paul!
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
If we already installed windows using the flash drive but we have already setup windows how we like it and want that faster boot time. Could we just make a backup image of windows then reinstall using the back up image and selecting the uefi option would this work to get the faster boot speed back?
But u forgot to download bonzi buddy...
who's that ?
@@stevethea5250 a very old "assistant" that is actually a virus.
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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.
No Ninite?
He talked about it in the first 5 things video.
I appreciate your devotion to making sure everything is correct and such
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
@paul's hardware in one of your videos you mentioned a service Microsoft provides where you can have access to all their Windows versions for a fee. Can you lead me to it? I can't find the video you mentioned it!
Paul plays GTA V!
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.
420 likes as of commenting :p
Not anymore :(
nah
TheElmorenous y u do dis?
cuz i have fun destroying ppl's hopes :3
TheElmorenous :(
Hey, Paul! I'm upgrading my friend's CPU, RAM and motherboard soon. Would making a system backup image be the best way to reisntall windows without deleting all of his files/games?
No. If you are going from a smaller hard disk to larger size disk or disks of equal size. Use a program like Clonezilla.
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..... :)
Setting up Steam games (10:08) - can you also do this using a USB Data Transfer cable?
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 have always used the backup games in steam to do this. I figured also compressed the games size.
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.
Sorry to ask this question, but I need to have a backup of the original steam game. So where do I keep the backups? Another question, can I then copy my backup game to a directory where I can actually use it to play a particular game? So how do I set up a so-called "playable" directory which I can use to play and MOD my game? I wish to have a written instruction on how to do this. Thank you.
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.
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.
What do you think about the "Kfa2/Galax Gtx 1070 Ex" guys? Should I buy the G1 Gaming version from Gigabyte or the Ex version of Galax? (I mean it's much less)
The quest doesn't match with the video, sry
John Diggens I got the gigabyte gtx g1 gamer 1070 it's one of the best division I have made it runs everything I trow at it on max pluss you can oc it but no need to I f I'd oc I got 1080 spects but I got very good air flow
thx dude, bought the galax tho cause of the low price!
When copying steam games using the method you've shown, will this also transfer save files/game progress as well? Or will you have to start the game from scratch?
Aah I understand. Thanks for that
Depends on the game, some have steam cloud, some don't, some save the game in install folder, some use my documents or some other folder.
some games keep their save info in the steamapps/common folder, but many save to a default folder in My Documents (GTA and quite a few others), so I'd recommend bringing your My Docs folder over from your old PC if you can
Saaammirai Most games use a steam cloud.
Can I buy another USB stick/flashdrive to copy the system image?
there is also a steam backup from which you can backup your game, so is copying a game like you did is faster or creating a backup and then recovering (restoring) from it is preferrable ?
Great info. How do I do this when I have built a brand new machine but want to use my old HD with win 10 on it in my new machine.
Guys quick question with the UEFI windows install does this automatically make a new NMVe GPT? Or do you have to make further changes in the set up? cheers
Would you also move TMP folders and change Page File settings? I just thing that is also useful to make your SSD work less with not so useful stuff. You showed moving my documents and such already. Great video!
This may be a silly question, but will the back up include everything I have on my computer, I do a lot of 3d art and have over 80 gigs worth of models and stuff plus my artwork, so the second part to this question is will it reload all of it as it was ?
Cheers.
Absolutely love this video line on how to set up a new install properly! Thank you!
Can you use the Win10 onboard backup and restore functionality to migrate/transfer the system image from an SSD to a faster M.2 drive? Will this work and also the repair/restore Win10 afterwards?
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.
How would you do the steam thing with origin/battle.net? I'm assuming it would be roughly the same thing?
If I did the same mistake that you showed us in first part of video, what I must do to correct this, PC boots normal in 14.2 seconds or 9.2 sec.
PC components:ryzen 5 1600x
gtx 1060 6gb,16gb ram 3000mhz, Asus TUF B450M PRO.I can't remember if I did this mistake or I selecyed UEFI boot to install windows 10. What do you recommend for me?
I'm a system administrator and even I didnt know that install detail Paul, if your have to choose that during install, what does setting it to UEFI in BIOS do then?
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
2:33 both memory sticks are in the secondary slots. (A2 and B2). Does this affect anything system-wise or is it just another nitpicky thing?
You want a practical or professional answer? I can give you practical: I have never noticed any difference in all computer related tasks including gaming when placing dual ram into the secondary slots.
The motherboard manual usually tells you which slots to use when only using 2 sticks of ram. And in some manuals for some mobo's for some reason it is actually A2 and B2 recommended.
Now I'm wondering if I do a full disk copy from a Mechanical drive to an SSD drive will it copy everything over including my steam and GOG games and settings or is there other things for which I need to do?
It's been a while since I used Windows Image Backup but if I remember correctly, it will overwrite the previous image backup if you made one. You have to manually rename the previous image backup folder before running the utility. Maybe this has been fixed in Windows 10. (Please correct me if I'm wrong!)
UEFI install also supports "secure boot" and various other features like fast boot. Secure boot is supposed to block certain root kits from installing.
Paul, a question: I want to add a Inateck 4 port PCI-E to USB Expansion Card to a new build, so when should I install that device, before installing windows or after the system is up and running, your valuable advice is appreciated.
Thank you Paul. I just finished my first build and this video helped me out.
Hey Paul, where did you find that wrist-rest for your mouse-arm? I think that would be quite handy.
this has been your best series hope you think of more to teach us
My disk management screen does not show those types. I had a 450MB Recovery Partition and a 100MB NTFS part, but neither of them say EFI. There is an EFI part on my 2nd drive, which is not a boot drive and was not even plugged in when I installed windows onto my main SSD.
Thanks so much ! I used your tutorials to get my system up and running. First time building but everything worked great. The only issue I'm running into is not being able to go back into bios after windows 10 was installed. My keyboard doesn't power up until its passed the bios screen. I've tried all usb ports. I reset my mother board and was able to go back into it but I shouldn't have to do that every time I want to adjust something in the bios should I? Any help would be appreciated
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
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!
I have 450 MB recovery partition but no EFI partition, so as you said I shoud have 500 MB RP. I did upgrade from win 7 to 10, so I doubt my system is in EFI mode.
You are a LIFE SAVER PAUL!!!
Another great video Paul. These videos are great for someone like me who will be building a pc in November.
How are you showing your computer screen as you’re doing this, when you first turn on your PC? I want to do that. Thanks
Does restoring image work if you want to replace your SSD with a new one and if so what happens if the new SSD is a different manufacture or style like SSD to NVME.
Love your videos! When I copy a games folder, does it contain info about games in progress? Or just a fresh install with no saves?
@Paul´s hardware why don´t you use the cloud and sunc option in steam settings ??? the way you just showed sems to takes ages and seem to complicated..
Hey man thanks for those videos, they really helped me out when I built my first comp a week ago.
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, thanks for your videos. Would you happen to know if there any reason to disable Compatibility Support Module (CSM) in the UEFi, if you have all new hardware?
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!
Is making a system backup on a flash drive an option, and is it recommended?
I'm glad someone corrected and informed you about Win10 UEFI Mode. Come on Paul!
In your file explorer under Devices and drives (2). How did you hide the recovery drive?
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.
I have a 500mb partition and another 100mb EFI partition. Which did I pick?
I don’t know anything about computers and I just ordered the stuff to build my first gaming computer. I didn’t have enough money for a lot of storage so later I plan on buying a 1TB SSD. My question is if I have steam and other things on my first SSD can I later move everything over to my new SSD. Like if I download steam and have my steam library with all my games and then I get my 1TB SSD can I move everything over to it. I forgot to mention my initial SSD is 240GB.