Changed the windows startup pic last night and now pc won't start today; goes just past the windows logo and then screen turn black with cursor and spinning small circle above as if it is processing something, but just stays as that point, any suggestions other than reloading new os.
Find a flash drive that you can format (> or = 8 GB).
On a working computer create a bootable Windows 10 iso 2004:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...load/windows10
Download Windows 10 ISO File
Create Bootable USB Flash Drive to Install Windows 10
What are the status of the important computer files:
a) files backed up to another drive or the cloud
b) backed up images saved to another drive or the cloud
c) no backed up files or images > files need to be saved
d) no backed up files or images > files do not need to be saved
Already have the bootable drive on flash but repair could not fix, need repair mbr I presume. If I could get to the restore point I could repair that way, but says no restore points, shutdown and reboot to select restore? C; the last image was before last update and didn't get around to updating image yet. (dumb)
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Find a camera or smartphone camera to take pictures and post images into the thread.
1) perform hard reboots and indicate:
a) whether a startup repair displayed srttrail.txt
b) whether it did or did not display options for opening safe mode
2) boot to the iso > repair > troubleshoot
a) report startup repair srttrail.txt
b) report available or unavailable system restore points
3) open command prompt:
type these commands:
Code:bcdedit /enum all bcdedit | find "osdevice" diskpart lis dis lis vol sel dis 0 det dis lis par sel par 1 det par sel par 2 det par sel par 3 det par sel par 4 det par sel par 5 det par sel dis 1 det dis lis par sel par 1 det par sel par 2 det par sel par 3 det par sel par 4 det par sel par 5 det par exit bootrec /fixboot bootrec /fixmbr bootrec /scanos bootrec /rebuildbcd
Instead of troubleshooting you can:
a) perform steps equivalent to a reset save files
b) backup important files > perform a clean install
Found easier way, use cd boot image and solved problem
Glad to read the progress.
Run tuneup.bat
Batch files for use in BSOD debugging
tuneup.bat is for any PC (BSOD not required).
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