[SOLVED] Windows Repair couldn't fix this PC

[jejo1]

While I was connecting a second monitor, my pc crashed and automatically restarted. After it did so, I was surprised to find that it doesn't want to boot and is stuck on the repair cycle. I didn't know that connecting a monitor could do that but alas, I have tried everything the windows repair screen offers except for resetting my PC because I don't want to resort to that option. This is because it would take me weeks getting everything set up again. What I want is to either find a fix, or to know of any methods I could use to transfer all my data and set up apps that were on my previous copy of windows, to a fresh windows install in order to achieve an identical copy.

Notes:
-I can't boot into safe mode either
-I disconnected any irrelevant storage, meaning that I only have my m.2 drive connected which contains my windows
-I have tried everything in this article
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/automatic-repair-couldnt-repair-pc
except for 6) restoring registry because I can't type back slashes for the time being
-I have access to another PC

Thanks in advance

 

[Lutfij]

Any form of troubleshooting, IMHO would only lead you up to that time crunch. You will need to source another drive, install the OS from scratch using Windows Media Creation Tools and a pen drive, then if you are the owner of the botched installation on the former drive, you will be able to plug the drive to the system(using a dock) and then use your credentials to access the former drive to retrieve your data.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I have tried everything the windows repair screen offers except for resetting my PC because I don't want to resort to that option.

System Restore. Did you try that too?

 

[jejo1]

Any form of troubleshooting, IMHO would only lead you up to that time crunch. You will need to source another drive, install the OS from scratch using Windows Media Creation Tools and a pen drive, then if you are the owner of the botched installation on the former drive, you will be able to plug the drive to the system(using a dock) and then use your credentials to access the former drive to retrieve your data.

I wouldn't imagine that accessing the data on the drive would be a problem, but i think that even then I would have to manually install my programs and put everything in place. I think it would be very helpful if you know of some program that would sort of "clone" windows without cloning what's causing the error

 

[jejo1]

System Restore. Did you try that too?

Yeah, it was the first thing I tried, but there exist no restore points :/ I guess I have only myself to blame

 

[Colif]

anything on c you want to save/move?

boot from installer
on screen after languages, choose repair this pc, not install.
choose troubleshoot
choose advanced
choose command prompt
type notepad and press enter
in notepad, select file>open
Use file explorer to copy any files you need to save to USB or hdd

 

[jejo1]

Update: I plugged in another ssd that has windows preinstalled and when I tried to access my drive containing the now corrupt windows, it says "The volume does not contain a recognizable file system". It also says I need to format the drive in order to access it. It is of RAW format. Any recommendations?

 

[roylee1970]

Update: I plugged in another ssd that has windows preinstalled and when I tried to access my drive containing the now corrupt windows, it says "The volume does not contain a recognizable file system". It also says I need to format the drive in order to access it. It is of RAW format. Any recommendations?

I've had a similar happen a time or 2 where it stated it was not recognized. I used this you do not have to lose anything reinstalling Windows 10 if you do it correctly. https://www.intowindows.com/repair-windows-10-install-without-losing-apps-data/

 

[jejo1]

I've had a similar happen a time or 2 where it stated it was not recognized. I used this you do not have to lose anything reinstalling Windows 10 if you do it correctly. https://www.intowindows.com/repair-windows-10-install-without-losing-apps-data/

May be a silly question, but doesn't the method in the article assume I can boot into windows? If I try running the setup using the windows on the working ssd, it would just upgrade that, and if I create a bootable copy and try to upgrade using that, the setup would say that in order to upgrade, I need to do that using the executable file in windows (this is not really an option for me since I can't boot into windows to access the executable file)