i just screwed everything up on my x86j4105, need help!
i purchased a x86j4105, with the emmc module and windows 10 installed. over time, the c drive slowly filled up and i wanted to re-install windows on the d drive (1tb nvme m.2) and start from scratch. i followed some instructions to flash an external drive and started the “restore” process in windows…
maybe the boot disk partition be cleared. you can disable emmc in bios then install a pure windows in ssd. enable emmc after the windows installed.
it has always been installed on my e drive with all of my games, but you gave me an idea and i might use the uninstall exe file that steam has to uninstall it, and then just reinstall it back into the drive.

so interestingly enough, apparently all it took was installing it into the same place it already was and i guess it just identified itself along with windows during the installation because now everything with it is fixed. thanks for the help! re-flash bios using usb stick if you can get that far.
if not reset option and steps like clearing cmos and pins.?
new mobo or try manufacturer.. you need to change the boot order so it checks the HDD before the floppy, cdrom etc...



btw a new pc means you will have to reinstall windows Try to xcopy the data over to the external drive.



start>run>type "cmd">hit ok  

In dos window type "xcopy /?" this will show you all of the parameters or switchs used in xcopy.



If you are not famaliar with dos you may want to seek out a friend who is. hi there floriann software,

first of all, i would say that it is always a better idea to open up a new thread, instead of engaging in an old one.

apart from that, as the drive is recognized on other systems except for the xp one, then it comes to drivers. make sure you go to the mobo's website and update the drivers.
is the drive initialized as mbr. in case it is initialized as gpt, i would advise you to back up all the data and initialize it as mbr. win xp has some limitations on that: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2581408

cheers,
d\_know\_wd :) This is a chicken and egg problem. No drive, cd/dvd won't work. You either need to get an external drive, or have someone write it to a USB thumb drive that your system can boot from. it might be that the drives were formatted as 1tb, if you do a factory restore it might format the drives to the 2tb. you will lose your data though. it sounds like you broke the silver usb adapter from the board. if that is so, there is a chance that this could be soldered back on. it all really depends on the damage to the actual pcb at this point. if you've got a good soldering iron and a magnifying glass (or a microscope) you should be able to just solder the connectors back on. 

if however there is extensive damage to the pcb, there is a chance that you might need to do something a bit more advanced to get to your files. i would not recommend meddling with your usb drive past the soldering of the usb adapter back onto the pcb to make sure that you don't damage something else on there. there is a sea of data recovery companies out there on the internet that do just that, fix broken flash drives. on such company that i have personal experience with is eprovided data recovery. this guys are really affordable when it comes to recovering data (usually under $70).

if that soldering fix fails, give them a shot. this is their website: http://www.eprovided.com/d1/usb-drive-recovery.html when you get them on the line, ask a bunch of questions, they should be able to help you.

good luck. hi so i did a full clean reinstall of windows 10 and now it works again. must have been a settings or some software that did not work well with spotify or sonos connect app or could have been drivers of some sort. thank you annazel s for giving me tips and helping me out even tough i was so slow replying to you. highly unlikely.
unless there is a specific bios update that adds this functionality, it will not work.

and there does not appear to be:
https://www.asus.com/motherboards/m5a88v\_evo/helpdesk\_bios/

just put in a sata iii ssd, 2.5" format. that will work, and on a board that old, you'll not see any actual performance difference vs an nvme drive.