Windows 10: Laptop wont boot to Windows 10 after reset

I have a Dell laptop that I recently wiped the info off of since I was selling it. I chose the Windows option to Reset and delete files.

Now the new buyer cannot get into windows. He gets to a screen that has him type in the country, language etc, then it goes to a blue window that says 'Just a moment' with the dots spinning in a circle for about 5 minutes, then the computer reboots to the same loop.

I would like to do a simple fresh install of Win 10, but the product key is part of the system when I purchased it so I would have know way to get past that part of the install.

The only thing that I did is put a larger hard drive in the laptop awhile back. I did have trouble booting to windows after cloning the drive, but I took it to a computer store and they fixed it. Now I worry my original partition may not be there to reboot to factory settings.


Need help!

Jeff

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Windows 10 USB boot

Hi there, am not a windows 10 expert. I have a pc in the bedroom on windows 10, I messed up the bootloader trying to fix the xp on that system.

System wont boot, trying to repair via win 10 usb installer.

Downloaded the media creation tool to install windows 10 installer on usb stick. Not compatible with a host of usb sticks I have. Tried the usb sticks that others use, but I think they use rufus; as the media creation tool by win 10 does not detect the usb stick.

So quick question, the win10 machine i am trying to repair the bootloader is a win7 upgraded to win10.
If i were to use the usb win10 installer to "repair installation" does the version of the iso downloaded via the media creation tool matter?

There is three options:
Windows 10
Windows 10 Home
Windows 10 N

Also is there a step by step instead of using rufus as I want to try an alternative method of creating a usb win 10 installer. Preferably with more compatibility.

System is a asus sabertooth 990 (r2?) with AMD phenom X 6.

Also is there any other software I can load onto the usb that can repair the bootloader easily?
That would be the ideal alternative. Thanks

 

starting my Windows 10 Laptop

Hi,

To assist you further, kindly answer the questions below:

• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?
• Have you tried the troubleshooting steps on this
  link that was provided by bob omb on March 25, 2016 and see if you will still encounter the same issue?
• Does your computer have a Recovery drive so you can reinstall Windows 10 on your laptop?

Regards.

 

Windows 10 random automatic repair after changing boot priority.

Hello. So i have an Windows 10 Pro. Sometimes when i am changing in bios boot order from USB to HDD ( SDD ) windows starts booting with AUTOMATIC REPAIR and then restarting. Is this something with BIOS \ Windows 10 bug related? Tested on pc and on laptop , and sometimes it doing the same.


Situation on PC first,listen:

Few days ago after i change boot in UEFI BIOS from USB to SSD.
Then Windows 10 showed at 1 boot Automatic Repair.
When starting Windows 10 boot loader starts by "preparing automatic repair" and diagnosing pc.
Interesting is that if I restart Windows (after procedure mentioned earlier) it will boot normally. This startup problem was occured only when starting system again after shutdown or restarted pc from windows.So i was needed 2 boots to boot properly to windows.
But on pc, format was needed to remove completely issue and after format is fine.

Pc :
2x8gb Kingston Hyperx 1600mhz DDR3
SSD samsung Evo 250 gb
4790k stock
Asus Sabertooth Z97 Mark 2 with UEFI BIOS


Now laptop with old standard bios:
On laptop i made the same operation, change boot from USB to HDD and on first boot Windows 10 shows Automatic Repair. But it happened once and i cant reproduce. No format was needed.

laptop is very old with 2gb ram

Why on pc format was needed when on laptop not?



Thanks for suggestions.