Windows 10: Hard drive failure. Do I have to repurchase windows 10 to get the system up and runnin?

Hard drive failure. Do I have to repurchase windows 10 to get the system up and runnin? If not how do you get windows reinstalled?

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Windows 10 Hard disk failure

Thank you for that. Yesterday I independently followed the steps you outline above. Having made the system image on an external hard drive the system suggested that I make a repair disc which I did. The system then told me to label the repair disc as "repair
disc, windows 10 32- bit".

So things should be okay now as I have a system image and a repair disc should the hard drive fail.

We seem to be back to the state we had with Windows 7 regarding hard disc failure and recovery, which is great. The only minor problem is that the appropriate window is labelled "Backup and Restore (Windows 7)". If that reference to Windows 7 was removed
then we as users would not be reluctant to go to the next step of creating a system image, or for that matter creating a system repair disc..

I assume that a system image is a system image whether we are in Windows 7 or 10!

 

Hard drive/ OS issue

a guy suggested :

• shutdown
• unhooked HDD
• restarted
• yay !!
• reconnected HDD
• restarted
• yay !!

also , try method 3
How do I unlock the drive where Windows 10 is installed?

 

Seagate External Hard Drive

Hi Barbara,

Hardware failure or corruption within your system files are some of the possible reasons why you are experiencing an issue with accessing your external hard drive. For us to provide an accurate solution, we would need you to answer the following questions:

• Which build, version and edition of Windows 10?
• Are you experiencing the same issue when you are trying to access the external hard drive using another PC?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

In the meantime, we suggest running the automated troubleshooter for hardware. Follow these steps to do so:

• Open the Control Panel.
• Using the search box at the upper right corner of the window, type troubleshooting.
  
• From the search results, click on Troubleshooting.
• Click on Hardware and Sound and then choose Hardware and Devices.
• Once done, restart your computer and then check if the same issue persists.

We are looking forward to your response.