Windows Wont Boot Properly

[Connor_LindTV]

Alright Ladies and Gents.... im a software and coding virgin to an extreme degree... (as a example i have updated my bios once since i built my pc in Nov of 2018) 

 

Im having issues booting into windows because windows defender software is corrupted somehow.... whats the fix for this? fresh windows install? id REALLY rather not do that... if i need to i really dont want to loose all the data on my PC and have to re-download everything... particularly password, OBS settings.. etc. 

[F___M]

does it boot or not?

[Radium_Angel]

30 minutes ago, Connor_LindTV said:

Alright Ladies and Gents.... im a software and coding virgin to an extreme degree... (as a example i have updated my bios once since i built my pc in Nov of 2018) 

 

Im having issues booting into windows because windows defender software is corrupted somehow.... whats the fix for this? fresh windows install? id REALLY rather not do that... if i need to i really dont want to loose all the data on my PC and have to re-download everything... particularly password, OBS settings.. etc. 

We need more specifics as to the error(s)

A pic of the issue will help a great deal too.

[Connor_LindTV]

33 minutes ago, F___M said:

does it boot or not?

Yes it Boots with several attempts after trying to self repair. 

 

30 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

We need more specifics as to the error(s)

A pic of the issue will help a great deal too.

i can provide thoes shortly, stay tuned 

[Connor_LindTV]

33 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

We need more specifics as to the error(s)

A pic of the issue will help a great deal too.

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/525830034590662656/598375594719313920/unknown.png 

[F___M]

what windows version? 7? 8? 10?

[Connor_LindTV]

2 minutes ago, F___M said:

what windows version? 7? 8? 10?

Windows 10-64

[F___M]

are you sure the drive is not failing? (different issue)

 

run this command in an administrator command prompt

 

DISM /Online /CleanUp-Image /RestoreHealth

[Connor_LindTV]

7 minutes ago, F___M said:

are you sure the drive is not failing? (different issue)

 

run this command in an administrator command prompt

 

DISM /Online /CleanUp-Image /RestoreHealth

I’ll try that. And what exactly does that command do? I’m trying not to loose all my data and I’m afraid if I boot from and image I’ll do that 

[F___M]

yeah. if your drive fails, you could/will lose you data.

 

this checks the integrity of the OS. it is non destructive.

[Connor_LindTV]

3 minutes ago, F___M said:

yeah. if your drive fails, you could/will lose you data.

 

this checks the integrity of the OS. it is non destructive.

Okay awesome thank you! 

[Radium_Angel]

1 hour ago, Connor_LindTV said:

Okay awesome thank you! 

Thank you for the picture, I'm going to agree with the other fellow, check your hard drive health first.

Even better, find out who makes the drive, and run their hard drive health tools (typically bootable from a USB stick) it'll give you a detailed description of what's going on with your hard drive.

[Connor_LindTV]

35 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Thank you for the picture, I'm going to agree with the other fellow, check your hard drive health first.

Even better, find out who makes the drive, and run their hard drive health tools (typically bootable from a USB stick) it'll give you a detailed description of what's going on with your hard drive.

its a toshiba M.2 NVME SSD

[Radium_Angel]

1 hour ago, Connor_LindTV said:

its a toshiba M.2 NVME SSD

Hmmm...there are programs out there that can check the health/life of an SSD. SSDLife Pro is a good one

https://ssd-life.com/eng/download-ssdlife.html

 

[Connor_LindTV]

3 hours ago, F___M said:

yeah. if your drive fails, you could/will lose you data.

 

this checks the integrity of the OS. it is non destructive.

 

[F___M]

run sfc /scannow again.  it should show that it has no intregrity issues.

[Connor_LindTV]

6 hours ago, F___M said:

run sfc /scannow again.  it should show that it has no intregrity issues.

it did, no issues, not i just gotta fix my thermal issues

[F___M]

Good Luck, Conner!

[Connor_LindTV]

2 hours ago, F___M said:

Good Luck, Conner!

turns out it didnt fix the issue, im going to try and uninstall windows defender and reinstall it