windows 10 reboot loop

[unclealek2659]

hi, i used to be an IT student, so i am very familiar with windows. however when i was a student windows 7 was still the hip new thing, since then i havent been keeping myself up to date with windows software. i built a pc for my uncle back in 2011, he upgraded that to windows 10 (from win7) about 5 months ago.

now it seems that i have a corrupt boot file, it beings to load up windows, says welcome, then says restarting, i never make it to the login screen. what would be the best remedy for this? and do i need a windows 10 boot disk/usb?

 

[Kurz]

Probably a bad harddrive, The computer is 5 years old. Harddrives last 4-5 years typically.

 

[unclealek2659]

if that is the case, id still need to salvage the data on that disk. so would i be better of trying to recover windows or should i just throw linux on a usb and boot to that?

 

[Kurz]

if that is the case, id still need to salvage the data on that disk. so would i be better of trying to recover windows or should i just throw linux on a usb and boot to that?

I suggest replace the harddrive do a fresh install on new drive. Then hook up the harddrive to it.
If its still in good condition you should be able to pull off the data from it.

How to create a Installation media.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10/

 

[unclealek2659]

my problem is that i dont have a key for windows 10, nor do i have immediate access to a win10 usb drive thing. my uncle also misplaced his win7 disk and key. so for me to get him online, id have to use my win7 disks, then do the online upgrade, but even then id have to use my key. idk if that works cuz my key is already in use.

 

[Kurz]

The key is now attached to hardware or Microsoft Account login. Since he already upgraded to Windows 10, once hes online it'll activate.

You don't need to worry about not having the key.

You can take any usb (4GB i think is the smallest size) and use the Media creation tool to turn it into a Windows 10 Install disk.
You do need a Windows Machine to create it of course, (You can use your own PC for this).