Windows 10: Reinstall OS without ruining data?

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  1. Reinstall OS without ruining data?


    Hi guys, sorry to come here with more of a tech support question (I'm not really getting any traction anywhere else, unfortunately).



    I have an SSD with Win 10 installed on it - my main drive. I was messing around with some stuff and using Win10 to edit partitions on other drives, and eventually started messing around with Gparted (didn't really do much with it to be honest). I think it's *possible* that I tried to move a small 500MB 'recovery partition" to the end of the volume in Gparted (for reasons not worth explaining) and then cancelled super early on in the process, but I'm not sure as it's been 4 or 5 days since I've been working with these drives.



    However, now when I try to boot from my SSD, I get a Windows logo for a few seconds, and then suddenly get stuck on the spinning white circles. Strangely, when booting from another OS I can still explore all of the partitions and see my files as if it were my original C drive, I just can't boot Windows 10 from it.



    I've tried chkdsk (which seeeems to be my only option?). I would love to be able to just reinstall Win10 directly on top of everything that's already there, but I doubt that's possible... Of course I had JUST thought of making restore points/backups of this drive before this happened and I didn't get the chance. Lucky me.

    Hopefully someone here can help... it'd be massively appreciated!

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    /u/nlightningm, May 12, 2020
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  2. swapan81 Win User

    How to reinstall windows 10 OS into another PC with the same product key?

    I want to reinstall my OS into another PC. What's the procedure to do it if anybody knows, please suggest me step by step procedure.
     
    swapan81, May 12, 2020
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  3. Help!EVGA GTX460 768MB SuperClocked ruined my weekend Reinstall OS without ruining data? :((

    he is currently on Win 7 Ultimate 32Bit (god knows why your talking about Vista!?!?). I was suggesting he steps up to Win 7 Ultimate 64Bit (because he has Ultimate edition already) so he can make use of all 6GB of his RAM, not just 4GB.

    If he cant test the new card in another system, to see if the card is defective, what other option does he have? (if he has tried everything else). Sometimes, a fresh install of Windows is needed. if he doesnt have a lot of data/programs to backup, I dont see the problem.
     
    HookeyStreet, May 12, 2020
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  4. Reinstall OS without ruining data?

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    I got these suggestions from the Microsoft Community forum.No. 1 worked for me:

    Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am glad to assist you on this.
    We have reproduce the issue here and we are able to access non-regional search for google using Microsoft Edge.
    I would suggest you to try the below steps and check if it helps.
    Step 1:
    Clear browsing data option of Microsoft Edge and check if you face the issue. To do so perform the steps below.

    1. Click on the More actions icon next to the feedback icon present on top right corner of the Project Spartan homepage.
    2. Select Settings and click on Choose what to clear.
    3. Check the boxes Browsing history, Cookies and saved website data and Cached data and files and click on Clear.
    Step 2:
    I suggest you to create a new user account and check if the issue occurs.

    1. Go to Settings.
    2. Choose Accounts and then select Family and other users.
    3. Select add someone else on this PC.
    4. Enter a user name and hit next.
    5. Click on Finish.
    6. Sign out from the current Account and Log into the new account.
    Step 3:
    It could also happen because of network issue. I suggest you to try with different network connection and check if it helps.
     
    hurricane51, May 12, 2020
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