I am having trouble installing Windows 10 Home edition 64bit on my new custom built PC. The motherboard is the Asus Z170 pro gaming. This is my second time building a PC an my first time building it completely by myself
The complete parts list is here https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Nxm6yf
Every time I insert the Windows 10 installation media and start the installation dialogue. I get to the step. Preparing files for windows installation (at about 80%) before the installation errors out and returns an error.
I have faced multiple errors/stop codes including.
among the ones that I recall. The weird part was that different error messages where being thrown each time the installation failed.
A family friend of ours who understands more than I do about computers tinkered some with the BIOS options and he managed to advance the installation a couple more percantage points and now I am now consistently getting the error 0x80070570
My friend seems to think that its is related to the security settings of the motherboard( something related to TPM).
I have tried booting both from a USB 3.0 drive shipped directly by Microsoft an USB 3.0 I made with the Windows Media creation tool and from a CD, which all now lead to the error code mentioned above
I am looking for a way to fix my installation so that I can install the OS and start using my PC.
I suggest that you should try some tests using some Linux tools out there. If boards looks OK from there, you should consider a faulty windows installer. Otherwise you should blame your motherboard. You must consider that it could be also a faulty hard drive or ssd. Just test.
Try to update BIOS.
Otherwise it's a hardware problem.
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