boot partition fail The New Windows Update issues...again!

Deadrewski · July 17, 2019

So...my computer did the usual Windows 10 update without telling me, overnight. The difference is, this time it corrupted my boot partition! I'm wondering, has anyone else seen this problem? My techie dad was the one that saved me. I was going to reinstall windows from a recovery drive, but he was able to get the system reset through the Dell tools/troubleshooting repair options. The Windows recovery options all failed.

Will we ever have anything good to say about the Windows 10 Home edition, or are we just all unwilling guinea pigs? I was one month over my warranty on this PC, and Dell wouldn't even offer me phone support without somewhere between $120 and $365 for coverage. Even though I was pretty sure I just needed someone to walk me through the non-Windows recovery options.

Thought it was worth sharing! If nothing else, my brain is fried for the day. Too many nerves.

SolarNova · July 17, 2019

One of the many reason i've stuck with Windows 7

Sauron · July 17, 2019

18 minutes ago, SolarNova said:

One of the many reason i've stuck with Windows 7

Ah yes, 'cause Windows 7 has never been known to have problems after updates...

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=windows+7+sp1+breaks&t=ffab&ia=web

Windows Update has always been trash, it's only associated with Windows 10 because of autoupdates and people looking for any reason to cling on to the OS they're used to.

Deadrewski · July 17, 2019

Well, but I could postpone Windows 7 updates, and I was just generally more comfortable with the layout (and lack of ads) in my Windows 7 experience. It's completely fair to say that I'm so far removed from it, it could just be me "remembering only the good times" with Windows 7.

Edit: I also really, really miss Command & Conquer games, as well as many others that can't function with Windows 10 and it's lack of support for DRM. Though that's more the fault of the jerks who made the games, imo.

Edited July 17, 2019 by Deadrewski

DrMacintosh · July 18, 2019

3 hours ago, Deadrewski said:

The Windows recovery options all failed.

Working as intended.

You'll need to crate a Windows bootable installer USB and wipe the drive that had your OS on it and start from scratch. Anything that was not backed up in the cloud or on a separate drive will be lost.

Deadrewski · July 18, 2019

My dad was somehow able to fix the boot partition with the built-in Dell repair tools. But I definitely made a backup boot USB drive for future failures.