Windows 10: Windows update seemingly wiped everything off of hard drive.

Discus and support Windows update seemingly wiped everything off of hard drive. in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; My brother has an Acer Swift 1, running Windows 10. He recently installed a windows update, and upon reboot, found a black screen. An empty desktop,... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by stewartmcleod1, Nov 28, 2018.

  1. STEWARTMCLEOD1
    stewartmcleod1 Win User

    Windows update seemingly wiped everything off of hard drive.


    My brother has an Acer Swift 1, running Windows 10. He recently installed a windows update, and upon reboot, found a black screen. An empty desktop, with only the Windows search bar in the bottom left. Clicking it does nothing, I've even attempted opening the file explorer with WIN+E, and received the error: "An attempt was made to reference a token that does not exist".


    Any command entered on the keyboard results in this message. Help?

    :)
     
    stewartmcleod1, Nov 28, 2018
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  2. FLORIDAJERSEYGUY
    floridajerseyguy Win User

    How to wipe a hard drive

    modder I already used kill-disk. The deletion is done, I need to reinstall everything.
     
    floridajerseyguy, Jan 28, 2020
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  3. 2WICKED
    2wicked Win User
    2wicked, Jan 28, 2020
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  4. 2WICKED
    2wicked Win User

    Windows update seemingly wiped everything off of hard drive.

    2wicked, Jan 28, 2020
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  5. SHADIN
    Shadin Win User
    How to wipe a hard drive

    The best utility to use to wipe a hard drive is definitely DBAN. You can do an all-out wipe, or simply write all zeroes to the drive.

    Darik’s Boot and Nuke – DBAN
     
    Shadin, Jan 28, 2020
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  6. SHADIN
    Shadin Win User
    How to wipe a hard drive

    The best utility to use to wipe a hard drive is definitely DBAN. You can do an all-out wipe, or simply write all zeroes to the drive.

    Darik’s Boot and Nuke – DBAN
     
    Shadin, Jan 28, 2020
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