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Hopefully I've put this in the right sub-category. Reason it's in here, my PC had a large Windows 10 update, one of those ones I left the room to sort stuff out.

I came back & the PC was in boot loop. Can't access the login screen or BIOS to do anything. The update took a couple of hours to complete.

For years it's worked 100% and I need you experts to assemble & give me options, minor to major obviously. I need back in, there are ssds with my kids pictures on them etc.


Thanks.
 
Quartz said:
Just after the BIOS appears, press F8 repeatedly. This will get you to the recovery menu.
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Into my MSI BIOS, F8 saying there is no USB media found. Which is right, I've no USB plugged in currently. Whereabouts do I get the recovery image to put a USB?
 
Quartz said:
F8 should get you to the Windows recovery menu, not the BIOS recovery menu.
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Doesn't seem to, only thing I can access is BIOS. I'm constantly smashing the f8 & nothing. I seem to only get one brief shot at accessing the BIOS too.
 
Quartz said:
F8 should get you to the Windows recovery menu, not the BIOS recovery menu.
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Not on Windows 10! absolutely daft they've removed it claiming "Windows 10 boots too fast for it" (absolute BS) the only way to get into it is booting with recovery media, Windows detecting 3x failed boot attempts (which almost always doesn't get recognised) or getting booted up far enough to be able to use a restart option within Windows 10 while holding down the Shift key.

Microsoft seem to have gone kind of full retarded when it comes to Windows 10 and unable to see outside of a narrow blinkered vision of idealistic circumstances.

Complete idiots at MS seem oblivious to the fact that often when Windows fails to boot that usually means you don't get far enough to actually use desktop recovery options! and as typically happens when you need recovery media the most is often when you don't have it and in circumstances where it isn't easy to quickly get hold of. While you can get situations where even safe mode via F8 isn't enough 9 times out of 10 it can be use to solve the most common start up problems.
 
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Method said:
Hopefully I've put this in the right sub-category. Reason it's in here, my PC had a large Windows 10 update, one of those ones I left the room to sort stuff out.

I came back & the PC was in boot loop. Can't access the login screen or BIOS to do anything. The update took a couple of hours to complete.

For years it's worked 100% and I need you experts to assemble & give me options, minor to major obviously. I need back in, there are ssds with my kids pictures on them etc.


Thanks.
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Providing your drive(s) isn't bit locked, you can have them out, and put them into a caddy - then plug that in like a USB and save your files; if you don't fancy the Linux Live CD method that is.

Once you have your files nice and safe, download the Media Creation Tool from MS - that will allow you to download the o/s and write it as a bootable USB stick - from that you can access the Repair menu and run the Startup tool - the following details it better than me :D
 
Rroff said:
Not on Windows 10! absolutely daft they've removed it claiming "Windows 10 boots too fast for it" (absolute BS) the only way to get into it is booting with recovery media, Windows detecting 3x failed boot attempts (which almost always doesn't get recognised) or getting booted up far enough to be able to use a restart option within Windows 10 while holding down the Shift key.

Microsoft seem to have gone kind of full retarded when it comes to Windows 10 and unable to see outside of a narrow blinkered vision of idealistic circumstances.

Complete idiots at MS seem oblivious to the fact that often when Windows fails to boot that usually means you don't get far enough to actually use desktop recovery options! and as typically happens when you need recovery media the most is often when you don't have it and in circumstances where it isn't easy to quickly get hold of. While you can get situations where even safe mode via F8 isn't enough 9 times out of 10 it can be use to solve the most common start up problems.
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Couldn't agree more - I also "love" the new BSOD they added - with an unhappy face and a QR code, only you get seconds to get your phone out to snap it - by which time it has long since rebooted itself :mad:
 
Scort said:
Couldn't agree more - I also "love" the new BSOD they added - with an unhappy face and a QR code, only you get seconds to get your phone out to snap it - by which time it has long since rebooted itself :mad:
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In system settings you can disable the automatic reboot - doesn't help though if you can't boot into the system in the first place to do that :s

(One of the first settings I change on setting up a new PC).
 
Rroff said:
In system settings you can disable the automatic reboot - doesn't help though if you can't boot into the system in the first place to do that :s

(One of the first settings I change on setting up a new PC).
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Thankfully it's not often enough to warrant me changing the build image here - it's bad enough with all the other carp that has to be removed/configured, before you can consider it a Business operating system!
 
Scort said:
Providing your drive(s) isn't bit locked, you can have them out, and put them into a caddy - then plug that in like a USB and save your files; if you don't fancy the Linux Live CD method that is.

Once you have your files nice and safe, download the Media Creation Tool from MS - that will allow you to download the o/s and write it as a bootable USB stick - from that you can access the Repair menu and run the Startup tool - the following details it better than me :D
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Thanks for the reply, putting it in order is very handy!
 
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