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curtnos
Copper Contributor
Nov 01, 2021

[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 ...
corrupt
Recovery
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SalmanAhmed
Steel Contributor
Nov 01, 2021

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. 

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curtnos
Copper Contributor
Nov 02, 2021
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