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NormanR
May 07, 2025Copper Contributor
Reinstalling corrupted Windows 11 without losing all data
Hi All - My issue is that my laptop crashed during a Windows update. I have tried everything. Twice, I got Windows to start, but it crashed. I didn't get much help on the Microsoft Community forum...
CoreanDawn
Jul 18, 2025Iron Contributor
Boot the USB flash drive into a command prompt with Windows 11, open and copy the personal files from the C drive to external storage via Notepad, and reinstall the system to retain the data.