Windows 10: Windows 10 on desktop freezes up/unable to restore/delete/anything

Discus and support Windows 10 on desktop freezes up/unable to restore/delete/anything in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; All of a sudden, computer has started freezing up right after turning it on and opening windows. Mouse & keyboard are useless; must turn off with... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by EstesParkLioness, May 30, 2020.

  1. Windows 10 on desktop freezes up/unable to restore/delete/anything


    All of a sudden, computer has started freezing up right after turning it on and opening windows. Mouse & keyboard are useless; must turn off with button, and I know this is hard on my computer!! Cannot delete last windows update or do system restore as it freezes before action can be completed. Please help! Thank you!! It says it's too late for me to delete 10 and re-install. We are quite broke, cannot afford to take to a shop...

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    EstesParkLioness, May 30, 2020
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  2. jellyroll Win User

    How to delete inactive System Image Restore Points in System Restore

    Windows 10 64-bit.
    When I click "show more restore points" in System Restore I see a bunch of old "system image restore points" that were deleted in past and do not correspond to any currently active restore points. Clicking any of these old restore points, I simply get an error message saying they could not be found, and to select another restore point instead.I would like to delete these restore points listings but have been unable to do so.
    So far, I have tried steps mentioned below without any luck :

    Disk Cleanup through (CWindows 10 on desktop freezes up/unable to restore/delete/anything :) Properties
    Disable System Protection (OFF and ON) in System Protection for OS (CWindows 10 on desktop freezes up/unable to restore/delete/anything :)
    Disk Space Usage to minimum (slider button all the way to the left then 'Delete all restore points for this drive'),
    Delete all shown Restore points in CCleaner (the problem ones do not show here),
    Reset Windows Backup to Default in Windows 10 with 'Reset_Windows_Backup.bat' utility.

    Any suggestions highly welcome.
     
    jellyroll, May 30, 2020
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  3. MohanC Win User
    windows 10 deleted my desktop files

    Step 1 - I upgraded to Win 10 and lost all my files on Desktop.

    Step 2 - Found the files in Network - USers- Desktop

    copied all files again to desktop.

    Step 3- Restarted my machine again and lost desktop files again.

    Step 4 - As suggested did the following as listed below but dont find my files.

    • Press “Windows + E”, open This PC/Computer
    • Open Local Disc C, open Windows.old
    • Click on Users, select your User name
    • Go to desktop folder
    Cant find my files. Why is Win 10 deleted files again and again from Desktop ?.
     
    MohanC, May 30, 2020
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  4. Windows 10 on desktop freezes up/unable to restore/delete/anything

    Windows 10 system image restore points unable to delete

    Have deleted system image backups using the windows 10 suggested method. But 2 system image rstore points are still listed under other backups. Have tried all the suggested methods on the net and from the microsoft community, but the system image restore
    points remain. Even after deleting all but the last normal restore points. I guess I can just ignore them. Would appreciate any advice as nothing seems to remove them.
     
    Aquarius 2015, May 30, 2020
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