Windows 10: (Solved) Changed pagefile size and now Windows 10 wont boot

I have Windows 10 Pro 64 bit with 8 GB RAM.


Recently it has been especially laggy and "Not responding" even when only file explorer is open.

Saw a tip online to change the minimum and maximum pagefile sizes to 1.5xRAM and 4xRAM respectively. Those values seemed within the bounds of "space available" in the virtual memory window so I changed the min size to 12000 MB and max to 32000 MB.


When I restarted the system, it went into hardware scan mode and finally showed this error:



"No bootable devices were found! Possible causes could be a corrupt OS image or a boot device is not enabled in BIOS setup."


Looks like I corrupted the OS image. When I try to start windows again it just stays in an illuminated black screen without showing anything. On consecutive tries it would go into automatic repair mode but also go back to the brightish black screen. I can get to a boot menu by pressing F12:



Non of the boot options result in success.

Samples:






When I tried the diagnostics option, it said there was an issue with the hard drive.


Is there a way to fix this myself?


Any help is really appreciated.

:)

 

Clear Pagefile on Shutdown


I've been looking into clearing the pagefile, and I found the following steps at a somewhat dated webpage:

1. In the registry editor, navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
2. Set ClearPageFileAtShutdown to the REG_DWORD value of 1.
3. Restart Windows.

I'm just wondering whether those steps are still valid, and, if so, does clearing the pagefile work as advertised?

 

windows 10 slow boot

I was having a slow boot issue on my Windows 7 install a little while back. It would take about 30 - 40 extra seconds to boot up for whatever reason.

I would try following these steps, while this didn't solve my issue, it did increase Read/Write to where it should be.

http://www.disk-partition.com/kb/tips-ssd-optimization-windows7-1.html

Looks to be similar to this: https://www.back2gaming.com/focus-story/ssd-optimization-for-windows-10-windows-8-and-8-1/


In the end, I had to reinstall my Windows 7 entirely to fix the booting issue. It was taking around 35 seconds to boot, and after the fresh install it takes about 7 seconds to boot.

 

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