Question Windows 10 - i copied the user\app data\ and user information from old drive to new OS drive and now system is stuck on Asus logo at boot - help!

[marcuuze]

Oh help - i really screwed up

Asus Z97M-Plus motherboard, Windows 10 fresh install

So i had a failed SSD with my original boot drive, i swapped it out and reinstalled windows - everything was perfect ...

Then i found a copy of my original user folder from the old installation - so i copied it and all the app data over to my new install...(i read online this was do-able , obviously its not)

When i restared, the system now hangs on the asus logo - no respnse to keyboard - I can't get into BIOS, I cant get to a boot menu to select a USB stick, i cannot do anything

Tried
1) disconnecting the OS disk
2)disconnected a secondary disk
3) Reset cmos using jumpers
4)Tried to boot from a windows recovery and OS install stick - no luck
5) left on logo screen for 20 mins and nothing
6)disconnected power for 10 mins, nothing


This is bizarre, i have somehow bricked my motherboard by copying those folders across - i assume its something UEFI related?

I'm going to try disconnecting everything but has anyone seen anything like this before?

 

[USAFRet]

Oh help - i really screwed up

Then i found a copy of my original user folder from the old installation - so i copied it and all the app data over to my new install

Yes, you screwed up.

That whole /User/ folder tree is NOT modular to be moved between OS installs.

 

[marcuuze]

Yes, you screwed up.

That whole /User/ folder tree is NOT modular to be moved between OS installs.

Disconnected some other drives - got into repair, restored from a backup i created after i got the OS reinstalled and am back in action

Lesson learned - do not try take short cuts with the app data folder....

 

[Blackink]

Disconnected some other drives - got into repair, restored from a backup i created after i got the OS reinstalled and am back in action

Lesson learned - do not try take short cuts with the app data folder....

Whew!!! Glad you got it working again.

 

[Alabalcho]

Windows has no idea about users during boot, so most probably you messed up with some other folder apart from AppData. I have just migrated a friend to a new PC, and with carefully copying some folders from AppData I was able to almost recreate his user experience on the new PC.

 

[USAFRet]

Windows has no idea about users during boot, so most probably you messed up with some other folder apart from AppData. I have just migrated a friend to a new PC, and with carefully copying some folders from AppData I was able to almost recreate his user experience on the new PC.

"carefully"
"some folders"
"almost recreate"

So if done absolutely, perfectly, you can kinda sorta get to a partial mostly solution.
OK....