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Posted 20 August 2018 - 05:28 AM

I read somewhere that there are programs that allow you to do this but I can't find any in a search. Maybe they don't exist, but would be grateful for advice. Many thanks.


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Posted 20 August 2018 - 05:40 AM

Hi, provided you can boot to the OS it is possible to run a win 10 install from within the OS, This keeps all apps and settings. you need the media creation tool from MS to download the OS to a flash drive, 8+ gb required, the download has a setup.exe and all you do is click it, to start the install.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/software-download/windows10

Read the instructions, you do not need the ISO just let windows use the flash drive, it is also bootable if you wanted to do a clean install.


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Posted 20 August 2018 - 05:50 AM

You require to do a repair install with an in-place upgrade repair - https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/16397-repair-install-windows-10-place-upgrade.html

Ive used this method several times, it will reinstall Windows & will not remove any files, apps or programs.

Virginia.

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Posted 20 August 2018 - 06:25 AM

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Posted 29 August 2018 - 06:35 AM

Hi,

I have a major issue with my Windows 10 working perfectly fine, I can stress test using Linx, Prime95, Memtest, anything...play games for hours, leave the computer on overnight...however except when I try to download anything from Origin, Steam, Uplay or Epic Games Launcher as well as Battle.net the computer will freeze after a few minutes, Windows will become unresponsive and I have to restart the PC using my case button.

I've run a number of diagnostics, SeaTools for my hard drives, SFC, CHKDSK all came back perfectly fine.

I want to do something similar...keep all my installed programs, not lose any files (User folder; documents pictures etc) but reinstall Windows 10. I tried updating to the latest Redstone 5 release build to fix the issue but it didnt help.

When I create this installation media, are there any special directions I can follow to ensure my data remains safe just Windows gets reinstalled/repaired?

Thank you so much for your help in advance!

Cheers!

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Posted 29 August 2018 - 09:45 AM

If you follow these instructions:

     Doing an In-place "Upgrade" to Reinstall Windows 10 Keeping Apps/Programs and User Files

you will lose nothing.  I just did this on my partner's computer because it had become wonky in ways I simply could not find any way to fix.  Worked perfectly.

NOTE:  You do not need to follow the instruction about turning off Secure Boot.  If your machine has done all the feature updates in the past with whatever it's current UEFI/BIOS configuration happens to be doing the above is essentially doing an in-place do-over of a feature update.


Brian AKA Bri the Tech Guy (website in my user profile)  - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit
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Posted 29 August 2018 - 11:07 AM

Thank you so much! I can't wait to try it out today!

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Posted 29 August 2018 - 04:45 PM

You're welcome.  Please report back on the outcome.


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Posted 30 August 2018 - 08:34 PM

Well some bad news, I followed everything perfectly and the repair install went through successfully. Yet, the problem is not gone.

Started downloading Fortnite off the Epic Games Launcher and about 5 mins into it Windows and the Epic Games Launcher became unresponsive. I couldn't close the window so I clicked on Start and selected Restart...its been "restarting" for 15 minutes now lol. So no good here. Still got this crazy issue that I've never experienced like before in my 20 years of Windows-ing lol.

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Posted 02 September 2018 - 04:14 AM

You're welcome.  Please report back on the outcome.

Big update. So I uninstalled Epic games launcher and Origin and reinstalled them my D: drive and I installed BF1 and Fornite and Unreal Tournament successfully! My D: drive is a single drive. My E: and F: drives are two Raid-0 arrays. It seems my Raid Arrays may be messed up even tho Steam installed Hitman (43gb) on my F: drive Raid-0 array successfully but that could just be luck?

Anyways I wanted to know if theres any forum or if u know how I can repair/rebuild my Raid arrays without destroying them (losing the data - it's about 2.5 TB between the two!) and losing all my old family photos and videos backed up stuff from over 8 years almost?

I have a Evga X58 Sli (132-BLE758-A1) mobo which I believe uses the ICH10 chipset. Thanks!

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Posted 02 September 2018 - 09:39 AM

My only recommendation would be starting a topic on the Internal Hardware (or maybe External Hardware) forum, making reference back to this one, asking for assistance with this.

It's certainly not a Windows 10 specific problem nor a Windows 10 support problem, but it falls into one of possibly several regions.

I would think you'd be able to do backups to another external drive (the one I use is a portable 3TB drive) from the RAID array if the data is still accessible for that purpose, and I'd be doing that anyway before playing with anything related to it.


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Posted 02 September 2018 - 12:16 PM

Yeah I'm looking at 3TB HDDs right now lol. I'm thinking I'll transfer the whole drive via Acronis, redo the raid, transfer back. Cuz the drives are perfectly healthy via Smart tests and SeaTools analyses, etc.
Thank u so much for everything

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Posted 02 September 2018 - 12:21 PM

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Posted 16 November 2018 - 08:56 AM

These instructions NO LONGER WORK for Windows 10 (as noted in the link... "In Windows 10, this feature no longer preserves user-acquired Windows apps.")

 Any other ideas for repairing Windows 10 Pro OS without deleting PROGRAMS, APPS and DATA?

If you follow these instructions:

     Doing an In-place "Upgrade" to Reinstall Windows 10 Keeping Apps/Programs and User Files

you will lose nothing.  I just did this on my partner's computer because it had become wonky in ways I simply could not find any way to fix.  Worked perfectly.

NOTE:  You do not need to follow the instruction about turning off Secure Boot.  If your machine has done all the feature updates in the past with whatever it's current UEFI/BIOS configuration happens to be doing the above is essentially doing an in-place do-over of a feature update.

Edited by Bert_Smith, 16 November 2018 - 08:58 AM.

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Posted 16 November 2018 - 09:02 AM

If one reads, Doing an In-place "Upgrade" to Reinstall Windows 10 Keeping Apps/Programs and User Files, you will find that it states the following:

I quote:  "Refresh your PC  Fixes software problems by reinstalling the OS while preserving the user data, user accounts, and important settings. All other preinstalled customizations are restored to their factory state. In Windows 10, this feature no longer preserves user-acquired Windows apps."   The Refresh option built in to Windows 10 does not preserve user-acquired Windows Store apps nor installed desktop apps.

That's followed by a distinction regarding the Reset function, " Reset your PC  prepares the PC for recycling or for transfer of ownership by reinstalling the OS, removing all user accounts and contents (e.g. data, Classic Windows applications, and Universal Windows apps), and restoring preinstalled customizations to their factory state. "Nor does theReset option, either.

Then, and most importantly:  " The options above are great for what they are intended for, but you could also do a repair install of Windows 10 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything other than all installed Windows Updates ."  (added emphasis mine, and all Windows Updates will reinstall automatically via Windows Update working normally).

I've used the instructions from TenForums on multiple Windows 10 installations that had "crapped out" in some way that did not respond to less intensive interventions such as running SFC and/or DISM to correct issues.  It has worked flawlessly every time.

Edited by britechguy, 16 November 2018 - 12:11 PM.
Included additional quotation from article on TenForums to clarify what they stated.

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How to Reboot Windows 10 Without Losing Data

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