I tried to do a system reset which let's me keep my stuff but deletes apps - and even that had an error... which only leaves me with the option to do a completely clean reset... I am beyond upset and...

So, while system resetting via USB ISO I get an error message telling me that I must start windows normally, then plug the USB ISO in and restart the upgrade. Since windows only allows me access to...

That's what I meant, my apologies. Thanks, I been looking for that information for awhile.

Thanks again for your assistance, and I apologize if I haven't quite been descriptive enough - my specialties lean more towards hardware.

In your first link, my problems are in step 6 (option 1):...

Although my symptoms are slightly different than described, I believe that my issue is related to this. I actually got excited while reading because I figured this would solve my problem... but alas,...

Thanks everyone, today is the day... lol. After trying to move the steam files and disconnecting non OS hard drives, I will go ahead and do a System Reset; any benefits/drawbacks of using the flash...

Could I just move them to another Hard Drive? via the BIOS? Or would I have to make the partition? Thank you in advance.

Thank you, I suppose I will use the USB stick to Reset it; so I won't have to re-download. Can't believe Safe Mode won't work though; I have never seen such a problem.

When you booted from USB, after selecting your country, did you click repair my computer (underlined on bottom left of screen) and choose "reset my pc" from the advanced settings menu in windows 10?...

I just double checked them and no, unfortunately they didn't help. Well, the first link shows me how to access Advanced Startup Options; which I can already do, even without the USB stick. Link #2...

So, I tried booting in Safe Mode, but all I get when pressing F8 at startup is a choice of which Disc to Boot. If I use Windows built in Safe Mode, upon the required restart it does not activate -...

Thanks everyone, I am going to get back to work on it sometime today; I will post my results :-).

PC worked great day one of my upgrade; games were running way better and I was happy with 10. However, last night I put the PC to sleep; when I woke up, I noticed PC on so I powered the monitor and...