Just to say thank you to all for what looks like very sound advice. I shall be reading through it all again and will take action in the next week.

While posting, I obviously tried SFC Scannow and...

Can anyone please advise me on the problem I have. Basically my Windows 10 Home x64 bit OS (build 19045.4170) has got corrupted (byme trying to sort out problems caused by unwanted Windows update)....

Megahertz

Yes, ran reagentc /info and it shows "enabled" etc. So thanks for that....all seems ok. I won't need to run System restore or System image.

Thanx again

Further to my plea for help on reinstating recovery partition it has reappeared after I restarted the computer and I also ran DISM.
I think I will leave it at that as everything seems to work at...

Firstly, thank you all for your advice - much appreciated.

Having wrongly reformatted my Recovery Partition in my attempts to repair my SD card can you tell me whether a System Restore taken a few...

Looks like you are right - card might well be dead.

To close this thread can anyone tell me why I now see "Local Disk Z" listed on my File Explorer. It was previously listed as Volume 4 without a...

Ghot - I've tried Minitool Partition Wizard and that does not format it.
Megahertz - Tried to do what you suggested but it will not let me convert MBR. Get a message saying this drive cannot be...

I have Windows 10 Home edition

Can anyone advise me on this problem: - I have a 32gb SD card which has gone faulty. Windows 10 disk management and also Diskpart tell me it is RAW and nothing I do...

Thanks for reply, Paul.
I have already tried the Windows Recovery Drive as you have suggested but I cannot get it to work because of the problem I outlined in my question ie. that I get the blue...

Can anyone help me with a puzzling problem, please ??? I use Windows 10 Home edition 64 bit build 10.0.19041.2130

I am desperately trying to make either a system image to store on an external...

Thanks Paul for those suggested threads.
Unfortunately they refer to changing the icon font colour whereas I am looking to see how to change background colour of the desktop icons (see photo in...

Does anyone know any program or any method to have Windows desktop icons displayed with the text on a solid colour background (see photo). The only one I know is Iconoid which produces what is shown...

Thank you one and all. I already have a Macrium-created system image so now I know which bit of the Rescue screen to click to access it.

Once again, thanks.

Thanks for that tip. I've done it.

...but how do I proceed to boot up Windows from the screen shown in photo shown above ? Having got that far with the rescue USB I would just want to proceed to...

I am running Macrium 8 Free version.

Following tips above I have tried making Win RE drives but I still got the stuck mouse and keyboard issue. In desperation I have made a Win PE and it works -...

Following the kind suggestions above I have tried making new versions but have encountered the following:

1. On the Macrium screen when using the wizard to create rescue, as per my original...

I think mine are all USB 2.0 but, as I've said, all usb connected devices are working fine with existing system

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Hi Paul - thanx for reply.

1, There are no device drivers...

I have a recurring problem with making a backup rescue media on a USB. I have just used Macrium to make the rescue on a new USB stick as I understand that Microsoft will be phasing out it's system...

The whole point is that the USB recovery drive I am trying to boot WAS made using Macrium. So, if it won't boot up, how can I possibly use it's Fixboot repair ??

Thanks for quick reply. I will try the program EasyBCD mentioned somewhere in the tutorial. If that fails, how can I use the "Fixboot" option in the Macrium drive that you mentioned, considering my...

I am really having trouble fixing the problem I have on Windows 10. I am trying to make a bootable USB recovery drive but, on booting up using the USB, I keep getting error messages about faulty BCD...

I don't understand what BLUE ports are - however, I have tried swapping from the front ports to the ones at the rear and it makes no difference.

Thanks MaloK for speedy reply. I am not an IT techie and have minimal skills but I went into BIOS on startup. These are the things I found:-

1. Under BIOS power on tab the POST mode is set to...

I have a problem with booting my PC from a USB drive. I have asked this question before but did not get any answer that worked !

I have made a recovery bootable USB drive using Macrium. It...

Thanks. Byeee