If Reset Windows 10 is not available, then you may consider reinstalling Windows 10. Option 6: reinstall Windows 10 from scratch If your system cannot boot, just boot into recovery mode and select Troubleshoot > Reset this PC.
If you want to refresh Windows 10 and install Windows updates, you can run a command “systemreset -cleanpc” from an elevated command prompt. You can go to Settings > Update&Security >Recovery > Reset this PC. Windows 10 has a built-in feature Reset this PC which restore your computer back to the way it was before you had any software, special devices or data preloaded. If your Windows fails to boot, then you can reset Windows from Windows recovery environment. This only works when your Windows 10 boots fine. Just select the one and continue to install Windows 10. From there, you can choose to keep your files and apps, only personal files, or nothing. Select the one that suits you and click Next.ĥ. In a short while, it will pop out a window to ask if you want to download and install Windows updates. Locate the Setup.exe file and double-click to run it.Ĥ. (Windows 7 or older version of Windows will have to use third party tool to mount an ISO file)ģ. Double-click on this ISO file to mount it as a virtual drive. Download the latest Windows 10 installation ISO file and save it on your hard drive.Ģ.
If are pretty sure that the system issue was not caused by any of the programs that you installed, then you can run a Windows 10 repair upgrade to fix system issues without losing anything.ġ. If you cannot boot Windows or even Safe Mode, you can open a command prompt under Advanced Option menu. Type “sfc /scannow” (without quotes) and press Enter. Right click on the result Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator.ģ. If you can boot Windows 10 or safe mode, you can type “cmd” in the search box.Ģ. In that case, you can perform a disk scan to locate and fix the corrupted files.ġ. Option 3: Run SFC scanĬorrupted files could be the cause of your system issue. On some cases, only the option Command Prompt is available, then you can type ”rstrui.exe” (without quotes to bring out System Restore. System Restore will uninstall the programs and updates that are installed after the selected restore point was taken. Select a restore point from the list, and click Next to start the System Restore.īefore you start the System Restore, you can scan for affected programs. Select your username and enter your password.Ĥ.
Boot into Windows 10 recovery mode and navigate to Advanced Option menu.ģ. You probably have several restore points that you may not be aware of.ġ. Option 2: Restore Windows 10 to previous versionīy default, Windows 10 creates system restore points on C: drive.
If it fails to fix the problem, try the next solution. Then choose the following options to get Startup Repair, Troubleshoot > Advanced options>Startup Repair.Windows will take a few minutes to fix startup problem and reboot your computer. If you cannot boot into Windows 10, you can press F11 at startup or boot your computer from Windows 10 recovery drive.Ģ. If you are within Windows 10, you can click Restart while pressing and holding Shift key. When Windows 10 cannot boot normally, you can use Startup Repair to fix Windows loading problems.ġ.