I need a Windows 10 1709 repair disk!

@simrick that 's fine. Before the thread there were some failed restorations. bertie11 reported both acronis and macrium images and has already considered clean install. Kyhi has already started.

I will have to post a quick reply as I'm not allowed to use 'Advanced' now.

I have now purchased another laptop so at least I will have something that will boot up (I really hope so!). This old laptop keeps locking up when overheating so i can't trust it. I have recovered most/all of my data from earlier Acronis images, folders and files, so I guess I am in a position to move forward with the faulty system.

First off, is it possible to recover from the blunder I made earlier in post #35 where I typed MD backup? If no, I am tempted to go for a clean install onto C:\ and then drag a suitable C:\ image from Reflect onto it and see what happens as Simrick suggests. I would have liked to have kept as much as I could rather than clean the whole disk in case I see anything I still need. What would happen if I just formatted C:\ rather than the whole disk?

Kyhi, I'm still not sure about using your disk as I have so much going on here that I just want a simple resolution and I suspect the new install of 10 onto C:\ might be simplest. If I remember how to do it!

My thanks to everyone helping me here.

Barman 58, I use Firefox and i'm pretty sure there nothing of that ilk of an auto refresh add-on.

I will try again especially if I need to post more images.

Thanks.

That's odd, but good. I just went 'Advanced and it was fine! Any idea what 'token' refers to?

Yes, that would have been most likely! I'm not the fastest typer and I was backwards and forwards collecting data from previous posts!

It sounds like that was what happened and now I'm aware I shall bear it in mind!

Thanks for the probable explanation.

And there is my problem, I'm still not sure how I build this recovery disk. I can see it will be very useful in the future, although I read in this thread that it isn't up to date, at least, I thought I read that. So there would be a load of Windows updates to hack through later, after the install?

I'm afraid I will need a basic step by step guide on how to make this disk, if someone has the patience!

Re the contents of my C:\ drive. I used to have a list of all the programs I had installed and most of them were on C:\ so if I do a clean instal, zap everything on the disk I will need to rely on a fading memory! On the other hand, it will be a good opportunity to ditch a load of stuff I hardly ever use. I have recovered my eM Client so I have access to my serial numbers etc.

Re the Reflect image, I think I usually do an auto validate on creation but now I'm not 100% sure. In any case that won't matter if it fails as once I have my new system setup and running the borked system will be the new spare so it would be a slimmed down version of my 'good' system. That would allow me to dispose of this flaky current spare that I'm using now.

Exciting, isn't it?

Thanks Simrick.

Barman58, I just used 'Advanced', all OK!

I have just been trying to do a fresh install of Windows 10 using the ISO I burnt to DVD. I'm asked to select a partition to install to but it will fail to install to any of them. I tried format, which is only a quick one but I cannot see how I can format the whole disk to get get rid of whatever is on there.

Whatever I have tried just goes back to the blue screen with the language selection and that is it, even after loading all necessary files.

How can I do a complete format of C:\ getting rid of all existing partitions?