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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 ...
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
Hi curtnos,
I found this useful article with a number of useful steps to troubleshoot your issue, please check it out:
http://woshub.com/restoring-windows-recovery-environment-winre-in-windows-10
- I am still unable to find any options in settings which mentions returning to a previous version, only the setting to reset the system. If I do that with a bootable media, refresh with the usb as the first drive to boot, I get this chain of options. None of which seem to suggest I have a previous state to return to.
