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I’ve just build my first PC and as well as a new installation of Windows on an NVMe SSD, I’ve kept an older installation of windows on a SATA SSD. Until yesterday, I’ve had no problems using either of them, just hitting F2 and changing the boot drive. It was after “tidying up” the old installation yesterday that I ran into problem. I was moving files to the drive with the other installation, deleting some unneeded soft and generally trying to free up some space. The last thing I was trying to do was move the windows.old folder to a backup drive, which I realise now is not something that can be done with explorer. I gave up on that and rebooted, and update system option. When it rebooted it went into “Diagnosing your PC”, and just hung there. After a few reboots I eventually got to the repair options, but Automatic Repair didn’t work. I’ve also tried:
· System Restore - No restore points found for that drive
· Delete Updates - It wouldn’t let me
· Tried another Automatic Repair
· Booted from a Window installation USB and tried repairing from there, same results
· Rebooting in safe mode - flashed up briefly and then went to automatic repair again.
· Renamed the Windows folder Windows.tmp and renamed the Windows.old dir as Windows. Same set of results.
· Upgrade Install from installation USB - Not possible if booting from installation media
· Upgrade Install from installation USB running on the other version of windows - Doesn’t seem to allow installing windows on another drive
· Tried everything here:
How to Fix Windows 10 Stuck on 'Diagnosing Your PC'? - Appuals.com
Windows 10 Startup Repair Not Working: Solved
I fear I have made it worse with all this. I’m now getting:
Recovery
Your PC Couldn’t Start Properly
After multiple tries, the operating system on your PC failed to start, so it needs to be repaired.
Error code: 0xc0000001
Option to Try Again, F8 for start up setting (both of which hang on blue windows logo) and F9 to use a different operating system (tries automatic repair again)
I’ve run out of ideas now. Can anyone help please! To be clear, I want to keep the apps and settings already on this installation of windows, not a clean install.
Thanks in advance.
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· System Restore - No restore points found for that drive
· Delete Updates - It wouldn’t let me
· Tried another Automatic Repair
· Booted from a Window installation USB and tried repairing from there, same results
· Rebooting in safe mode - flashed up briefly and then went to automatic repair again.
· Renamed the Windows folder Windows.tmp and renamed the Windows.old dir as Windows. Same set of results.
· Upgrade Install from installation USB - Not possible if booting from installation media
· Upgrade Install from installation USB running on the other version of windows - Doesn’t seem to allow installing windows on another drive
· Tried everything here:
How to Fix Windows 10 Stuck on 'Diagnosing Your PC'? - Appuals.com
Windows 10 Startup Repair Not Working: Solved
I fear I have made it worse with all this. I’m now getting:
Recovery
Your PC Couldn’t Start Properly
After multiple tries, the operating system on your PC failed to start, so it needs to be repaired.
Error code: 0xc0000001
Option to Try Again, F8 for start up setting (both of which hang on blue windows logo) and F9 to use a different operating system (tries automatic repair again)
I’ve run out of ideas now. Can anyone help please! To be clear, I want to keep the apps and settings already on this installation of windows, not a clean install.
Thanks in advance.
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