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Restoring Windows PC with a failed SSD boot drive

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2018-09-25T09:18:22+00:00

How do I rescue a PC with a failed SSD boot drive. Windows 10 Pro was the System and PC comes up in BIOS. Have the original Disk. Supplier gone out of business just before it happened.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures

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  1. DaveM121 871.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2018-09-25T09:20:41+00:00

    Hi ZH_505 you will have to purchase a new drive and then clean install Windows 10 on your PC

    You can reinstall Windows 10 at any time, you will not need a Product Key, activation will be automatic and it will not cost you anything !

    Since you previously had Windows 10 installed and activated on that PC during the installation process skip the steps which ask for a product key and select the option 'I am Reinstalling Windows 10 on this PC', and activation will not be an issue, your PC will have a digital entitlement stored on the Microsoft Activation Servers

    Make sure you install the same Edition of Windows 10 (Home, Pro . . . etc.) you previously had installed to avoid Activation issues

    Click this link:

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-downlo...

    to download the Media Creation Tool (Click on Download Tool Now), with that you can download the latest Windows 10 ISO (Select Create Installation Media for Another PC), you can create a bootable USB flash drive (min 8GB) using that tool

    Then, Boot your PC from the Installation Media you just created (change Boot Order in your BIOS) to begin installing Windows 10

    If you have problems booting from a boot disc, you may have UEFI BIOS:

    Insert the Bootable Installation Media, then go into your BIOS and make the following changes:

    1. Disable Secure Boot
    2. Enable Legacy Boot
    3. If Available enable CSM
    4. If Required enable USB Boot
    5. Move the device with the bootable disc to the top of the boot order
    6. Save BIOS changes, restart your System and it should boot from the Installation Media

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  2. VARADHARAJAN K 9,676 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2018-09-25T10:55:08+00:00

    boot files are in sd  partition , so you got fAILED boot 

    boot with windows 10 dvd, try to do  startup  repair

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