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[urgent] Recover entire system from Windows.old
The original issue came about when I plugged in a hard-drive formatted for a NAS bay as my second PC hard-drive. Suddenly, my computer insisted that Windows 10 was corrupted, even after removing the ...
Hi curtnos,
Please follow the step to get back to the previous state.
- Press Win + I to launch Settings, select Update & Security, then Recovery.
- From Go back to my previous version of the Windows 10 section, select Get started.
Please do not hesitate to contact me for any further assistance, I will welcome all the questions you may have.
SalmanAhmed Thank you for the quick reply. These are the options I have, is "Go back to my previous version of the Windows 10" the option I should click "Get started" for?
Hi curtnos
Before you start, I will recommend you to backup the following folders to the safe place:
- Contacts
- Desktop
- Documents
- Downloads
- Favorites
- Links
- Music
- OneDrive
- Pictures
- Saved Games
- Searches
- Videos
You need to copy it from the below locations:
C:\Windows.old\Users\<your-user-name>\ C:\Users\<your-user-name>\Once you've done, go to the "Go back to my previous version of the Windows 10" and select "Get started". It will restart your computer in recovery mode and restore you previous Windows.
- This is as far as I can get by using the boot manager to start on the corrupt partition, but none of the options get me anywhere even though I have a bootable USB in
