topgundcp you are absolutely right, it is my 2TB Seagate external HDD that prevents my Win 10 booting into safe mode.

Thank you for the help.

Thanks topgundcp tried your link, boot still freezes at blue window logo.

Maybe the safe boot part of the boot manager is not happy with my SSD.

I have followed the above procedure, however the boot sequence freezes at the blue logo screen.
I also tried safe boot from msconfig and locked myself out entirely.
I have run SFC and Chkdsk and...

Hello Brink

After I posted my query, I tried it in my VirtualBox O/S and that worked OK. Back in my main O/S I ran a Windows Defender scan which came up with a clean bill of health and I...

I have signed into my local account and tried to create a password reset disc, when I click the link nothing happens.

I have run SFC and CHKDSK to clear any background problems.

Is there...

Try this link to sort out your password problem.

How to Reset Windows 10 Forgotten Password for Microsoft Account and Local User

I have used MS Windows since the 1990's and I still find the...

Recently member dalchina pointed me in the direction of this tutorial by Brink

Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade - Windows 10 Forums

I did an "In Place" upgrade and chose the...

I had a similar problem recently and system restore cured my problem.

One thing to try is at "power on" tap the F12 key which should list the various drives connected and allows you to select a temporary boot device. Select your ssd as the boot device. In the past I...

dalchina

Thank you for all your help. Attached is the ChkDsk results from Event viewer.

I have read the various links and downloaded the Windows 10 Pro ISO and will give Macrium a try.
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Thank you very much, Option 3 No 5 spot on.

I do have a Windows image from last week, but, the boot disc could not do a startup repair or find the image on the external or internal drives.

I...

In MSconfig I set windows to boot into safe mode, now it will not boot at all. Previously it booted into normal mode.

I used a Windows recovery disc from which the only option that works is the...

Thank you Brink for your tutorial.

I reworked my "All Apps Start Menu" using your option three, I found the following few do's and dont's after a few false starts.

1 Empty folders created in...

I have UAC set one level below default, most programs will run without asking permission, however, Auslogics Defrag and Malwarebytes amongst some others, always need permission to run. How do I give...

Your esteemed fellow member was very short on facts and very liberal with uncalled for insulting remarks.

Damn cheek!! I have always bought retail versions for 98SE, XP and Win 7 Ultimate and was able to Dual boot or run a copy in Virtualbox on the same hardware as the original installation, which I...

I had the same problem, but in my case it did not flag any NTFS problems. Have a look at my post Win Fixit tool - error 0x80070075(2015-10-01-T-05_08_08P) Not fixed - Windows 10 Forums tried all the...

Thank you both, too much trouble for a permanent installation, I will use the test method.

Linux looks much more inviting each day, jumping through Microsoft hoops is becoming a bit tiresome.

I have updated my OS to Windows 10 which has been activated during the upgrade from Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64bit.

I have added Windows 10 as a guest in Virtualbox, how do I validate the Windows 10...

The root cause of my update problem was that Windows 10 update did not recognise the Windows 7 NTFS partition on my SSD. Each time I had run Chkdsk and SFC plus Disk Management both had reported...

Thank you Rich
Since my last post I decided to try another option which I had hoped would get me as close possible to a clean validated install.
Preparation sequence was:
Diskclean - SFC /scannow...

As I stated in my first line this what I am doing without success.

Can this be done from Windows 7SP1 Ultra? Also will this be recognised by Microsoft as an official upgrade?

I have been trying update Win 7 Ultimate SP1 to Win 10 with the Media Creation Tool without success. I ran the update fixit tool and it was unable to fix the above error, I have attached a snip of...

Just after my last post, my neighbour informed me that he was back to normal with his Windows 10. His son had contacted Microsoft and they issued a login code/password that allowed him to login to...