boot damage

Question

I have my windows image corrupted on my computer but I don't know how to recover it, a friend told me that if I want to keep the information, install on the OS I already have and then recover the files because the boot was damaged, this may work.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Hi Chariotsilver-5943 ,

These are some options:
a) troubleshoot the boot failure
b) perform a custom install (save files) (applications and drivers need to be reinstalled)
c) perform a clean install (requires manually backing up any important files)

For custom install:

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/120352-custom-install-windows-10-a.html
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-perform-a-custom-installation-of-windows/38adfa8c-32f8-4354-8c53-13b5f2cf7e44?auth=1

For clean install:

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-clean-install-windows-10-a.html

If you choose clean install then indicate if you need help backing up important files.

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Answer 3

Hello,

I suggest you to perform repair upgrade:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-windows_install/how-to-perform-a-repair-upgrade-using-the-windows/35160fbe-9352-4e70-9887-f40096ec3085

Hope this helps!

Answer 4

Hi @Chariot silver

Could you please provide the exact error message you receive and the make and model of your pc?

Answer 5

You may repair install to fix the problem.

There is a third party tool TestDisk-it's a Freeware you may try that too.