Windows 10: Windows restore failed and PC won't boot

Hi,


I have just come back from a two week holiday and booted up my PC at which point it downloaded a new Windows update, so naturally I rebooted to complete the update installation. Upon rebooting and completed installation, a lot of my programs stopped working, wouldn't open and would not let me uninstall any of them as they just crashed during the process or told me that something was already being installed and to wait until it finished (there was nothing installing).


Now I would just like to take a moment to address that I am consistently having issues with Windows 10 in regards to updates. Ever single time I receive a Windows update, something stops working or goes wrong afterwards and I have to fix it. Its getting very frustrating, but this time is definitely the worst.


So, after trying to resolve the issues there was no success, so I instead resorted to a system restore point that I had created two weeks ago before leaving for my vacation. After waiting for a few hours seeing a screen saying the restore was complete and to please wait, it finally produced an error in which it said it had failed. Now, my Windows will not boot up and goes to automatic repair.


My next option was to try my system image file on my other drive, however, after trying all of the advanced repair options, none work. System restore now tells me that apparently I do not have any system restore points on my PC and system image tells me there are no image files. Reverting to previous version fails and even trying to reset PC whilst keeping my files says that it could not complete the action and fails. I tried using command prompt to check my disks and they are showing still as listed and connected, however my OS drive C:\ says it is nearly full, when in reality, it only had 130GB storage used out of 500GB.


I have tried inserting my Windows 10 disk and repairing Windows, and this fails also. I also tried using command prompt to copy my C:\ drive to an external hard drive, but it tells me that 0 files were found. At this point it looks like my C:\ drive has been wiped completely and my only option is to reinstall Windows 10 completely, however I do not want to lose the files on my C:\ drive if they are still there, seen as command prompt tells me that 480GB space is used and I also am concerned regarding the files on my D:\ as the system image file is not there, so it concerns me that it too may now be lost.


Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated in regards to any options I have to recover my data as I am desperate to not lose it and do not want to attempt reimaging until I have exhausted all other options - especially as this will be the third time since I built this PC in December that Windows updates have caused me to have to reinstall Windows. And furthermore, any advice on why I keep having these issues each time I receive Windows updates would be great to - after all, the updates are supposed to be to protect our system, yet all it seems to do each time is cause more issues to the point I consider turning them off completely in future.


Not sure if this will be helpful, but my PC specifications are as follows:


- X299 Gaming Pro Carbon (MS-7A95) motherboard

- Intel Core i7-9800X CPU

- 2x 16GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200mhz RAM

- Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB

- 1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD

- 2TB Seagate external HDD

- Corsair H150i All in One CPU liquid cooler

- 2x Asus Rog Strix GTX 1080 graphics cards in SLI

- Corsair HX1000i PSU

- Windows 10 Professional 64bit OS


Kind regards,

Mathew Norman

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Hi Antony,

One of the possible reasons why your PC fails to boot into normal mode are broken components on the boot configuration data of your system. To isolate your concern regarding your Windows 10 Creators Update, we suggest that you perform the following
steps to trigger Safe Mode through the
Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) option. To do this, follow the steps below:

• Improper shutdown process
  • Turn on your computer. When the Windows logo is visible, unplug the power source of your computer. Perform this step three times.
  • On the fourth time that you turn on your computer, just simply wait for the
    Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) window to appear.
• On the Choose an option screen, select Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings and click
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• Once your computer restarts, you will see a list of options. Press the
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We also recommend that you perform a system restore after booting into safe mode.
This option takes your PC back to an earlier point in time. Restoring won’t affect your personal files, but it will remove apps, drivers, and updates installed after the restore point was made. To do this, follow the steps
below:

• Right-click the Start button, and then select Control Panel.
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Let us know if the solution above works for you.

 

Skype won´t wok in 17063


Skype Won´t work... games won´t work...

Making backup and re-format...

Maybe I Install a Windows 7 again, At least, all of my games run smoothly ...Sadness!!

*Banghead