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I tried to install Pop! and broke my system and really really need help if anyone is willing (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Vespair@lemmy.zip to c/linux@lemmy.world

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Hi I'm so sorry I don't mean to be a bother or force anyone into unpaid support, but I'm having a full meltdown and if I can't fix my system I'm screwed. I really thought I was doing it right and installing Pop to my second D drive to leave windows alone but somehow it completely broke Windows and I can load into that, only Pop! And unfortunately Pop! I guess isn't really my GPU (Nvidia 1080ti I think) so on my 4k monitor everything is blown up and the wrong aspect ratio, cutting off the bottoms of windows I Pop! so I can't even navigate this system that I'm 100% entirely unfamiliar with. I don't even care about getting windows back at this point if I can get Pop! usable, I just need a usable machine. I've tried some terminal stuff I've read online already but nothing has worked and I'm afraid to do the purge ~nnvidia command because it said it might turn my screen black and if I can't even get into Pop! then I'm screwed. I don't even know what help I need but I desperately need help

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I'm too stupid for this. I don't understand what anyone is saying, nothing is working. I don't know what to do. I need to stay away for a few because if I don't I'm going to kill myself. I'm very sorry and I appreciate everyone's help, I wish I that I was smarter and I wish that I was stronger.

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[–] Vespair@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When I switch to the Windows drive in the boot menu it just goes into a cycle of Windows Repair but never completes and I can't get through

[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

how do you know it's a cycle?

Maybe it just takes so long, so you can leave it overnight.

For the future my recommendation is to install linux on a seperate drive, so you can completely physically unplug the windows drive so it can not be touched.

You can use a usb drive to boot https://www.system-rescue.org/Installing-SystemRescue-on-a-USB-memory-stick/ and it has an option to analyze your system and restore windows (if you didn't fully fuck it up)

[–] Vespair@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It doesn't stall, it fails. If I select "continue to windows" it just repeats the process.

[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can you live boot any USB os that has a working display for you, so you can take a look whats exactly on your disks?

You need to figure out whether you broke some replacable windows partition, or the boot partition or maybe something else. You can do that by looking at what files are on each partition.

[–] Vespair@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I can get into Pop! but with the broken resolution. I do not have any other install OS or boot drives or anything like that (not even a win 10 disc, unfortunately)

[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

do you not have the Pop live usb that you used for installation? Did the resolution work during the install process?

[–] Vespair@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

I have the same USB I installed from. It was also in 640x480. I thought this was normal because back in the day windows used to install in the smallest resolution at first (or so I believe; obviously I'm not savvy)

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago

Okay. If you can get into Pop, you are good. Fixing the resolution is straightforwards.