Windows 10 Boot Loop !!!

Ztruker said:

You should get the latest Rufus (3.1.1320) before doing anything.

Thanks! Got 3.3 (latest one)

zbook said:

Boot loops can be very difficult to break.

Many times the drive needs to be placed into Windows RE to backup the files, then clean install, and then restore the drivers, applications, and files.
This may be able to be performed at a Microsoft store or a local computer store.
If you can boot using the Kyhi boot rescue then you should be able to backup files to another drive.
Alternatively if the drive is not in RAID you often can remove the drive and place it into another computer's secondary bay or a hard drive enclosure to transfer or backup the files.

1) Update the specs in the "My Computer" section:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1735-system-specs-fill-ten-forums.html
In the left corner below in your post you find 'My System Specs'.
After clicking it you can find a link a little below that says 'Update your System Spec', click on this link to get to the page where you can fill in your system specs.
System Info - See Your System Specs - Windows 7 Help Forums
Include PSU. cooler, case, peripherals and anything attached to the computer by wired or wireless (mouse, keyboard, headset, printer, xbox, USB wireless network card, etc.)

2) Create a bootable Windows 10 iso:
Download Windows 10
As of today it could have been updated to 1809

3) See if you can interrupt the boot loop using a bootable windows 10 iso
Use the applicable F Key or temporarily change the BIOS boot order so that you can boot to the external USB HD
List of PC brands with their corresponding hot-keys

4) If you can interrupt the boot loop and boot to the USB HD report in the thread the outcome for each:
a) startup repair > if it fails indicate whether it created a srttrail.txt file > if there is a srttrail.txt file > save to the flash drive > post into the thread
b) system restore > start with the oldest restore point and keep repeating until there are no more restore points.

5) Open command prompt > title bar Administrator: X:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe and prompt X:\Sources> type these commands (comments will be in parenthesis)

(Use a camera or smart phone camera to take pictures of the commands and results and post images into the thread)

bcdedit /enum
bcdedit | find "osdevice"
diskpart
list disk
list volume
select disk 0
list partition
select partition 1
detail partition
select partition 2
detail partition
select partition 3
detail partition
select partition 4
detail partition
(if there are any more partitions continue in the same fashion)
select disk 1
detail disk
list partition
select partition 1
detail partition
select partition 2
detail partition
(if there are more partitions then continue in the same fashion)
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /scanos
bootrec /rebuildbcd
(reboot and reopen command prompt)
chkdsk /r B: (change the drive letter B: the partition displayed in the second step to find the osdevice
(this may take many hours and typically displays ETA)

"The problem with disappearing files has been widely reported on various social media forums, including on Reddit and Twitter, with one user reporting on Microsoft’s community forum that he had lost up to 220GB of data after the update. Affected file types include documents, music, and photos. “I have just updated my windows using the October update (10, version 1809) it deleted all my files of 23 years in amount of 220gb,” forum member Robert wrote. “This is unbelievable, I have been using Microsoft products since 1995 and nothing like that ever happened to me.”

This problem may be caused by OneDrive. Twitter user @coolkevinator noted that if you have locally stored items that aren’t also saved to OneDrive, the Windows 10 update will wipe out the files stored on your computer. “Heads up to anyone updating windows,” the tweet said. “Apparently, if you have documents saved in your user directory, i.e. users/JohnDoe, and not one drive, the update will delete EVERYTHING in that location. So if your ‘Documents’ or ‘Pictures’ don’t have a one drive symbol, MIGRATE IMMEDIATELY!"

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/windows-1...174012825.html


THIS was the version that gave me all the issues.

I do not want to be paralleled in the OneDrive cloud. This bug wiped out all my stuff and forced me to recover everything. Once I recovered everything and backed it all up, I went down to 8, up to 8.1 and back to 10. The issue appeared again when I briefly went online for two minutes to get a file needed to install a particular app. Kind of wacky that we are being FORCED to put our PRIVATE data onto a hackable cloud.

Am about to use a different version on 10. Glad I know now that I was not doing something MYSELF.

zbook said:

Boot loops can be very difficult to break.

Many times the drive needs to be placed into Windows RE to backup the files, then clean install, and then restore the drivers, applications, and files.
This may be able to be performed at a Microsoft store or a local computer store.
If you can boot using the Kyhi boot rescue then you should be able to backup files to another drive.
Alternatively if the drive is not in RAID you often can remove the drive and place it into another computer's secondary bay or a hard drive enclosure to transfer or backup the files.

1) Update the specs in the "My Computer" section:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1735-system-specs-fill-ten-forums.html
In the left corner below in your post you find 'My System Specs'.
After clicking it you can find a link a little below that says 'Update your System Spec', click on this link to get to the page where you can fill in your system specs.
System Info - See Your System Specs - Windows 7 Help Forums
Include PSU. cooler, case, peripherals and anything attached to the computer by wired or wireless (mouse, keyboard, headset, printer, xbox, USB wireless network card, etc.)

2) Create a bootable Windows 10 iso:
Download Windows 10
As of today it could have been updated to 1809

3) See if you can interrupt the boot loop using a bootable windows 10 iso
Use the applicable F Key or temporarily change the BIOS boot order so that you can boot to the external USB HD
List of PC brands with their corresponding hot-keys

4) If you can interrupt the boot loop and boot to the USB HD report in the thread the outcome for each:
a) startup repair > if it fails indicate whether it created a srttrail.txt file > if there is a srttrail.txt file > save to the flash drive > post into the thread
b) system restore > start with the oldest restore point and keep repeating until there are no more restore points.

5) Open command prompt > title bar Administrator: X:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe and prompt X:\Sources> type these commands (comments will be in parenthesis)

(Use a camera or smart phone camera to take pictures of the commands and results and post images into the thread)

bcdedit /enum
bcdedit | find "osdevice"
diskpart
list disk
list volume
select disk 0
list partition
select partition 1
detail partition
select partition 2
detail partition
select partition 3
detail partition
select partition 4
detail partition
(if there are any more partitions continue in the same fashion)
select disk 1
detail disk
list partition
select partition 1
detail partition
select partition 2
detail partition
(if there are more partitions then continue in the same fashion)
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /scanos
bootrec /rebuildbcd
(reboot and reopen command prompt)
chkdsk /r B: (change the drive letter B: the partition displayed in the second step to find the osdevice
(this may take many hours and typically displays ETA)

"The problem with disappearing files has been widely reported on various social media forums, including on Reddit and Twitter, with one user reporting on Microsoft’s community forum that he had lost up to 220GB of data after the update. Affected file types include documents, music, and photos. “I have just updated my windows using the October update (10, version 1809) it deleted all my files of 23 years in amount of 220gb,” forum member Robert wrote. “This is unbelievable, I have been using Microsoft products since 1995 and nothing like that ever happened to me.”

This problem may be caused by OneDrive. Twitter user @coolkevinator noted that if you have locally stored items that aren’t also saved to OneDrive, the Windows 10 update will wipe out the files stored on your computer. “Heads up to anyone updating windows,” the tweet said. “Apparently, if you have documents saved in your user directory, i.e. users/JohnDoe, and not one drive, the update will delete EVERYTHING in that location. So if your ‘Documents’ or ‘Pictures’ don’t have a one drive symbol, MIGRATE IMMEDIATELY!"

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/windows-1...174012825.html


THIS was the version that gave me all the issues.

I do not want to be paralleled in the OneDrive cloud. This bug wiped out all my stuff and forced me to recover everything. Once I recovered everything and backed it all up, I went down to 8, up to 8.1 and back to 10. The issue appeared again when I briefly went online for two minutes to get a file needed to install a particular app. Kind of wacky that we are being FORCED to put our PRIVATE data onto a hackable cloud.

Am about to use a different version on 10. Glad I know now that I was not doing something MYSELF.