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  1. Try3
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    Windows 10 Home x64 Version 22H2 Build 19045.4170
       New #11

    Steve C said:
    Didn't Custom Install used to be called Repair Install?
    Steve,

    No.
    They are entirely different.

    A Repair install, as you know, is run from within Windows and just replaces Windows system files.
    It is not an installation but a file replacement, a repair.

    Clean installs & Custom installs are similar. The tutorials contain explanations.
    A Clean install installs Windows onto a disk.
    A Custom install installs Windows onto a specific partition of a disk. It is just-about like having a Clean install onto that partition.
    The only time I have run a Custom install was when I set up a dual-boot years ago.
    Clean Install - TenForumsTutorials
    Custom Install - TenForumsTutorials


    All the best,
    Denis
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  3. SIW2
    Posts : 4,594
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       New #12

    I have always regarded a custom install as not formatting the target partition. Which retains anything that was previously on it. To avoid clashing, any pre existing windows namespace folders are moved into a windows.old folder.
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  4. inPicton
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    Got it fixed. I removed a Windows update. Rebooted and booted normally.
    What got me in trouble was running a Microsoft app called PC HealthCheck. It found something, it fixed it, then rebooted, and got the BSOD. Odd.
    Thanks for all the help.
    I have a new issue so will start another thread.
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  6. repairpc956
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    "Microsoft app called PC HealthCheck"

    are you sure
    doesnt seem like it

    if you're able to uninstall a w update, then it was likely the update
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  7. repairpc956
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       New #15

    seems like update since removing whatever update it was fixed it
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