HOW TO BACKUP FILES FROM NON-BOOTABLE WINDOWS PC.

HOW TO BACKUP FILES FROM NON-BOOTABLE WINDOWS PC.

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE: Intermediate

REQUIREMENTS:

• Other Windows PC (Windows 7, 8 or 8.1)
• USB Flash Drive with at least 4GB of Storage
• External Hard Drive or other partition of the non-bootable PC
• Stable Internet Connection (Data is discouraged)

SUMMARY:

This article will help you back up all of your files like videos, music and documents. You will have to go through all of the steps, provided in this article.

CAUSES OF NON-BOOTABLE WINDOWS PC.

• Windows Operating not found. This error message show up when you have made changes on your BIOS Boot Option. And it can be resolved by changing back to its default settings. However if your Windows Operating has totally messed up, reinstallation is needed.
• Extending or Shrinking C driver or where the operating system was installed. Some Windows PC users would like to extend or shrink the drive where the operating system was installed either by using a third party application or using the Disk Management or Through and installation media. However extending or shrinking C drive will totally messed up your PC.
• Viruses/Malwares. This is a known cause of Windows Problem. Some Windows PC users believed that using multiple Security Software will protect their pc even better – But it’s not. You are just making it worst.

METHODOLOGIES:

Here are the steps that you need to perform to fully backup your files. Follow the instruction carefully.

NOTES:

1. Make sure that you are logged in to an Administrator Account.
2. Make sure that your internet connection is stable.

STEP 1. CREATE A BOOTABLE MEDIA

1. Turn on the other Windows PC. Insert the USB Flash Drive.

2. Press Windows Key on your keyboard to pull up your Search Box. Type CMD or Command Prompt. Then right click it and choose “Run as Administrator”

3. Now that we have the command prompt open, we are going to type a series of Commands and each commands. Press Enter Key to execute each commands.

1. Type diskpart and hit enter. This command will let your command prompt enter into a disk management mode.
2. Now, type list disk and hit enter. This command will list the current drives or external hard drive or USB connected to your PC. Please make you know the size of your USB Flash Drive. You will see six Columns. First column list Disk number starting from 0. In the image below USB Flash Drive is currently at 7488 MB or usually 8 GB.
3. Now, type **select disk 1.**Disk 1 represents the USB Flash Drive. If you have multiple devices connected to your PC, you might be seeing not just Disk 0 or Disk 1, you can also see disk 2 or disk 3.
4. Then, we need to empty the Flash Drive by typing clean and hitting enter.
5. Now, let’s create a partition by typing create part priand hit enter. Next is to select the partition by typing select part 1 hit enter.
6. Next is to format it to an NTFS file formatting. NTFS (New Technology Files System) is the newer drive format. Microsoft introduced NTFS in 1993, as a component of the corporate-oriented Windows NT 3.1 and then Windows 2000, though it didn't become common on consumer PCs until Windows XP in 2001. Windows 7 and 8 default to NTFS format on new PCs. To do so type format fs=ntfs quick and then hit enter. The command quick  will enable the default formatting time per second to faster bytes per seconds.
7. Now we need to type active  and then hit enter. Once done you can type exit and hit enter to exit Diskpart. And type exit again to exit the command prompt.

STEP 2. DOWNLOAD THE WINDOWS 10 DIRECTLY TO YOUR USB.

1. Go to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 and click Download Tool Now.
2. Next select RUN.
3. Now select Accept to agree with license terms.
4. Now Select “Create installation media for another PC” and then click “Next”
5. Next is to uncheck the check box for “Use the recommended options for this PC. Select the correct Language.Then choose the edition of the affected PC and its correct Architecture. (32 or 64).
6. Now you will be ask to select where you want to download the Windows ISO. Select USB Flash Drive. Then click Next. ****
7. The download will now proceed and you will be able to see a percentage to its progress. Once it reached 100%, close the tool and insert the USB Flash Drive into the affected PC.

STEP 3. BOOT FROM USB DRIVE

Now that we have create a bootable media and downloaded the Windows 10 ISO, insert the USB Flash Drive and the External Drive. (If you have a different partition in the affected PC that will be able to store all files, you can use it).

Now let’s proceed to boot from the USB.

1. Insert the USB Flash Drive and the External Drive to the affected PC and then turn it ON.
2. While the PC is turning ON, Press F12 repeatedly until you are booted to BIOS. (BIOS or Basic Input Output System - a set of computer instructions in firmware that control input and output operations.)
3. Now, every BIOS for every manufacturer is UNIQUE, check this link to see how you can change the boot priority to USB: https://www.groovypost.com/howto/bios-uefi-setup-guide-boot-from-cd-dvd-usb-drive-sd-card/
4. Once you are booted from the USB Drive, select the Language, Time and Keyboard method and then click the Next button.
5. Now proceed to Step 4.

STEP 4. PULL UP NOTE PAD TO START THE BACKUP

Now since you have booted from the USB Flash Drive and was able to pull up the Install Page. Now Press and Hold SHIFT KEY and then hit F10 Key while holding the SHIFT KEY. This will open up Command prompt. Once it’s opened. Type the following command:notepad.exe  and hit enter.

Now proceed to following Steps.

1. Click File and choose “Save As.” ****
2. A save dialogue box will open and it will look like this.

At the left page you see that you will be able to see the “This PC”, Documents, etc. 3. Now **right-click “THIS PC” or “DOCUMENTS” and choose “Open in a new Windows”.**Now you **** have a file explorer open. 4. Use the File Explorer to navigate to each files and copy all the files you wanted to be backed up and paste it to the External Drive.

Voila!

If you questions don’t forget to comment.