[SOLVED] Repair Install Windows 10

[markballew]

Hi, hoping for some direction on how to perform a repair install on a drive other than C, I had a power outage that corrupted a drive, I recovered it to F, but I ended up with a messed up MBR and have never gotten things straightened out, I decided to start clean and migrate recovered applications into clean install. The recovered install is corrupted and after sign-in I can't do anything, the search field is not even active so I can go into safe mode. I want to do a repair install to try to fix the recovered file system, then I'm hoping I can use a tool to migrate apps to new clean install on C.

Here's where I am, I created a windows 10 iso and moved it to F the recovered drive and mounted and executed setup, but Windows still wants to install to C as that's the active account. How can I do a repair install to another drive without being able to successful work in that windows environment, is it even possible, what approach should I use here, I'm 3 weeks into this mess. Thanks for any guidance.

 

[rgd1101]

get a new disk to install windows

 

[USAFRet]

Hi, hoping for some direction on how to perform a repair install on a drive other than C, I had a power outage that corrupted a drive, I recovered it to F, but I ended up with a messed up MBR and have never gotten things straightened out, I decided to start clean and migrate recovered applications into clean install. The recovered install is corrupted and after sign-in I can't do anything, the search field is not even active so I can go into safe mode. I want to do a repair install to try to fix the recovered file system, then I'm hoping I can use a tool to migrate apps to new clean install on C.

Here's where I am, I created a windows 10 iso and moved it to F the recovered drive and mounted and executed setup, but Windows still wants to install to C as that's the active account. How can I do a repair install to another drive without being able to successful work in that windows environment, is it even possible, what approach should I use here, I'm 3 weeks into this mess. Thanks for any guidance.

You can't migrate applications into a new OS install.

Games maybe, depending on the platform. Steam/Origin.

Anything else will need to be reinstalled. Including the Steam client.

 

[markballew]

Thanks I am using a new disk, I found that EaseUS has a tool to migrate applications, I have to assume that means it will migrate all dependencies as well, but my issue is I can't get into the old Windows 10 environment to repair that install so i can migrate to a new install. I'm looking for a way to do the repair upgrade on the old windows install to at most try to migration tools but at least to retrieve license keys for any reinstalls I need to do in new install, sorry if I didn't provide enough details. I need to know how to install windows 10 on the old windows drive when logged into the new windows drive. IOW redirect windows install from C to another drive that also have windows installed.

 

[markballew]

I must not have been clear on this, drive C is good clean install, drive F is corrupt, I can login and that's it, can't do anything on desktop. I want to run Repair Upgrade on drive F, I have moved Windows image to drive F, when I execute is does repair upgrade to drive C, what are options, is it possible to execute image on drive F to repair upgrade drive F when logged into drive C windows 10?

 

[rgd1101]

I can login and that's it, can't do anything on desktop.

did you try a new profile?

remove drive c and do the repair on drive "F" with a usb drive with windows.

 

[USAFRet]

I must not have been clear on this, drive C is good clean install, drive F is corrupt, I can login and that's it, can't do anything on desktop. I want to run Repair Upgrade on drive F, I have moved Windows image to drive F, when I execute is does repair upgrade to drive C, what are options, is it possible to execute image on drive F to repair upgrade drive F when logged into drive C windows 10?

Still unclear what you're trying to "fix".

C or F is sort of irrelevant.
Whatever OS boots up will give itself the C drive letter.


As far as that EaseUS thing 'migrating applications'...you need to really read the fine print as to exactly it can and cannot do.
Very often the advertising text is full of happy happy joy joy, but the actual functionality is either 'everything' as in a normal migration, or some very small subset of applications.

I have never ever seen one of those migration things that would reliably migrate ALL applications from one OS to another.

 

[markballew]

Thanks for the C drive letter explanation saw that happen as I pulled Disk 0 (C) so I could try to boot into Disk 4 (F), I've run all the repairs I can find from having access to Disk 4 (corrupted install) from Disk 0 (clean install)

I guess there's no way to do this external to being logged into Disk 4 install, whcih I can't get far enough into to set safe mode or do anything. It makes sense i guess from a security perspective not to allow a forced repair upgrade from an external source, but still wish I could get into safe mode but can't , even tried Bootice safe mode setting, but didn't work, tried someone's suggestion to interrupt windows load and after 4 or 5 interrupts I would get a prompt to enter safe mode but it didn't work that way, no safe mode option when that dialog came up.

 

[USAFRet]

If the OS on Disk 4 is corrupted, abandon it. It's gone.