Windows 10: Windows Automatic Recovery may have wiped my boot drive Windows 10

Discus and support Windows Automatic Recovery may have wiped my boot drive Windows 10 in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; my computer crashed, and when restarted it brought up auto recovery. I could not get through to windows. I tried startup repair, etc, but I still could... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by TJH357, Feb 1, 2021.

  1. TJH357
    TJH357 Win User

    Windows Automatic Recovery may have wiped my boot drive Windows 10


    my computer crashed, and when restarted it brought up auto recovery. I could not get through to windows. I tried startup repair, etc, but I still could not get through. I decided to use the "Reset this PC" option while keeping my files. But it said it could not repair my computer. I then checked the directories for my C: drive and the only thing there is the Boot directory and the recovery.txt. Is there a way to do a fresh install of Windows and recover my files?

    :)
     
    TJH357, Feb 1, 2021
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  2. LITWICKI24
    litwicki24 Win User

    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.
     
    litwicki24, Feb 1, 2021
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  3. STTUBS
    sttubs Win User
    Windows 10 boot drive

    Is Windows 10 also limited to a max of 3Tb for a boot drive?
     
    sttubs, Feb 1, 2021
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  4. SCRIZZ
    Scrizz Win User

    Windows Automatic Recovery may have wiped my boot drive Windows 10

    Windows 10

    no, you can't go back..
    I suggest creating a backup image of your os drive
     
    Scrizz, Feb 1, 2021
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