Windows 10: Windows unstable: restore options

Good morning,Quick summary of my issues: about a month ago, I noticed my W10 system was getting quirky. nothing would refresh, some apps would not start, etc. The most obvious of these was that my system would not power off on shutdown. I found a couple of threads on this community forums, and tried a couple suggested solutions, and that seems to make the issue worse. yesterday I did a virus scan, and once it started the monitor went blank except for the virus software. It never came back. It is not functional right now: as soon as I try to do something on it the system locks and the scr

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Windows 10 1709 System Restore problems...

That seems to be an attempt at Option 2 in the tutorial, which requires you to
a. Boot to a command prompt (Did you?)
b. You then seem to be mixing steps 3,4 and 5, thus your command is incorrect.

I suggest Option 1 is easier.

If you still have problems, please repost listing each specific step and saying which option from the tutorial you are using. Thanks.

 

Windows XP PRO error after restore

System restore is handy when it works like it did for me 2 days ago saving the need to reinstall all of my software as well as windows, id suggest using norton Ghost 12 for an excellent system restore feature.

 

Restoring Windows 10 Image using Macrium Reflect


In addition to the above. Here's my suggestion in step by step.
I assume you have Macrium Installed in your current HD and already made a backup copy.

1. Connect your new HD via USB port and boot up.
2. Run Macrium, click on Restore tab then select the Backup Image that you made to restore
3. click on "select a different target disk" then select your new HD as destination
   
   
   
4. Proceed to restore then Shutdown and disconnect the old HD and replace with the new HD
5. Boot up with your new HD.