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KevinRamirez
Iron Contributor
Dec 20, 2024

what has happened to my system. No logs but failed to boot

Hi, I am new to windows 10 pro as i have switched from old windows 7 to windows 10 pro by newly installing the OS on the old machine which supports bios. Yesterday, the machine would not boot, but repeated trying went to automatic repairs screen, then diagnosing the issue, attempting repairs and failed . I tried all sorts of tricks,by trying repeated booting, to get the advanced menu, startup repair, it says that it is not possible to fix with startup repairs. reset option has also not worked. I have chosen System restore. there were two points. One point did not run successfully with error from prompt saying that failed to copy files from registry error.At last the other point worked and my system was restored and now i could boot.


As this is a new experience, i want to know, which has caused this sudden not bsod but just could not boot. startup repair text, did not show any details . no logs could be found. or i do not know how to look for it. i tried event viewer windows logs, system and filter the logs with system resotre. Nothing was found.
Could some one says,what went wrong with my system that fails to boot. where are logs are stored. i want to know the cause for this . hope some one would help me so that i could avoid this kind of sudden failure of system. I failed to mention that I had to use the install media to get to the repair this computer to select the system restore. please

  • Your boot failure could be due to driver incompatibility, file corruption, or hardware issues from the transition to Windows 10. To investigate, check System Restore logs in C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\Srt\SrtTrail.txt for repair attempts and Event Viewer under Windows Logs > System for errors. Update drivers and perform a disk check (chkdsk /f) to prevent future issues. Let me know if you need help accessing logs!

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    SamuelSamson
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    Your boot failure could be due to driver incompatibility, file corruption, or hardware issues from the transition to Windows 10. To investigate, check System Restore logs in C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\Srt\SrtTrail.txt for repair attempts and Event Viewer under Windows Logs > System for errors. Update drivers and perform a disk check (chkdsk /f) to prevent future issues. Let me know if you need help accessing logs!

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