So suddenly my pc couldn't boot and was stuck at a blinking underscore at start up. I loaded a USB with windows 10 and tried all troubleshoot options
System restore, start up repair, back to previous build, all resulted in failures.
Same for Reset this PC.
So I went into command prompt and decided to check my drives.
Windows is installed in my 240gb SSD, which was the C: drive. In start up setup, it is showing as I: (no issues i'm told?).
I type the following
I:
I:\>cd I:\windows
'The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable'
Same if i go into I:\Users\pcname
I can navigate to other directories like Users\guest or even inside Program Files.
I can also navigate to my HDD which has all my data.
So what i think, is my C drive partially corrupted?
Is there any way to fix this without re-installing windows? I have some important files in my user directory which i really need. Any way to get those back?
I tried searching for similar stuff on the web, couldn't find any viable solution. Maybe i didn't search deep enough.
Anyway, thank you for any help, in advance
System restore, start up repair, back to previous build, all resulted in failures.
Same for Reset this PC.
So I went into command prompt and decided to check my drives.
Windows is installed in my 240gb SSD, which was the C: drive. In start up setup, it is showing as I: (no issues i'm told?).
I type the following
I:
I:\>cd I:\windows
'The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable'
Same if i go into I:\Users\pcname
I can navigate to other directories like Users\guest or even inside Program Files.
I can also navigate to my HDD which has all my data.
So what i think, is my C drive partially corrupted?
Is there any way to fix this without re-installing windows? I have some important files in my user directory which i really need. Any way to get those back?
I tried searching for similar stuff on the web, couldn't find any viable solution. Maybe i didn't search deep enough.
Anyway, thank you for any help, in advance