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[SOLVED] Windows 10 system restore failure

Thank you all for your assistance with this issue. I've been able to recover the vast majority of the material from the failing disk, and the few things lost I'll put down to experience. Thanks again Jim
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- Post #22
- Mar 8, 2022
- Forum: Windows 10
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[SOLVED] Windows 10 system restore failure

As far as I can tell, I can only grant myself access to the folder and everything in it. This seems odd, and is a bit frustrating. I don't need access to hundred of Chrome files within the appdata folder. Just the Music and Videos folders would be just fine.
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- Post #21
- Mar 1, 2022
- Forum: Windows 10
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[SOLVED] Windows 10 system restore failure

Hi @FreeBooter and colleagues, Thank you for your assistance to date. I now have a working Windows 10 installation on the new disk, and various applications have been added, with more left to do. I'm currently working to transfer documents. photographs etc to the new disk. A significant...
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- Post #20
- Mar 1, 2022
- Forum: Windows 10
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[SOLVED] Windows 10 system restore failure

Hi smyasir, I'm having some success with my problem, and I think what you are trying to do ought to be possible as long as the corrupted hard drive you mention has corrupted contents only and the disk is not failing. However, I don't really feel qualified to advise you. I think your best bet...
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- Post #19
- Mar 1, 2022
- Forum: Windows 10
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[SOLVED] Windows 10 system restore failure

I've tried cloning with Macrium Reflect Free. Before doing so, I ran chkdsk and (as far as I can tell) it fixed the issues it found. I've tried the clone twice, with the ignore bad sectors option. It failed both times. I did not note the full details of the first failure, but on the second...
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- Post #16
- Feb 22, 2022
- Forum: Windows 10
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[SOLVED] Windows 10 system restore failure

Apologies for the typos in my post above. That'll teach me to use tablet without putting glasses on. A further thought. The (believed) failing disk appears to still be useable. If there any way to fix errors in the data, and then take another system image that might restore successfully?
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- Post #14
- Feb 19, 2022
- Forum: Windows 10
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[SOLVED] Windows 10 system restore failure

Thank you FrreBooter. At this stage do I have any options other than installing Windows 10mfrom scratch on the new disk? On the basis that I am expecting the answer to be "no", do you have any recommendations for easing the pain? Do I need to run the diskpart steps again before I install...
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- Post #13
- Feb 19, 2022
- Forum: Windows 10
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[SOLVED] Windows 10 system restore failure

Hi Freebooter, Thank you for your advice to date ... Boot mode it set to UEFI and this would appear to be correct. I a restore it with boot mode set to BIOS (or possibly legacy - I don't recall exactly how it was labelled) and got a message telling me a restore wasn't possible. I followed...
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- Post #11
- Feb 18, 2022
- Forum: Windows 10
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[SOLVED] Windows 10 system restore failure

Hi zbook, Thanks for this - useful to know. I've done a Win 10 fresh install previously (on someone else's laptop that had a dying disk), so am open to doing the same. But I'd prefer not to if it is avoidable! I think I could list the major frequently used applications and re-install, but I...
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- Post #10
- Feb 16, 2022
- Forum: Windows 10
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[SOLVED] Windows 10 system restore failure

Thank you. I have to admit we are at (beyond) the limits of my knowledge here. I'm away from the problem machine today, but will look further as soon as I can. To ensure I am understanding properly, it is restoring the system image that I should re-try here? I might have to come back on the...
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- Post #6
- Feb 14, 2022
- Forum: Windows 10
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[SOLVED] Windows 10 system restore failure

Yes. Does this mean I could have captured problems within the image, as well as just the data. A system image from a suspect disk worked last time I did this (for someone else - my disk this time), and I was hoping for the same again. Windows 10 built in functionality. Apologies for not...
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- Post #5
- Feb 14, 2022
- Forum: Windows 10
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[SOLVED] Windows 10 system restore failure

I've recently run a Win 10 system restore that has failed, and I'm hoping you might be able to assist. The background is that after some recent issues I feared the hard disk was dying. GSmart reported read errors, and a comprehensive check that ought to have taken hours ended in minutes. I...
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- Thread
- Feb 13, 2022
- Replies: 22
- Forum: Windows 10
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[SOLVED] Thumbnails not showing in Windows 10 File Explorer

Hi, Thank you so much for your advice. It worked immediately, and has continued to work - with one glitch. It worked, then went wrong again when I accessed a specific folder. I was able to delete everything in that folder except a particular car related video that I'd captured from a...
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- Post #5
- Jul 17, 2020
- Forum: Windows 10
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[SOLVED] Thumbnails not showing in Windows 10 File Explorer

Hi, Please dis-regard my last post. After logging out my test user account, which I had forgotten was logged in, and re-starting BOTH delete commands have succeeded. I'm just about to do the shutdown and will post again with the results, but probably not until tomorrow. Thanks Jim
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- Post #4
- Jul 12, 2020
- Forum: Windows 10
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[SOLVED] Thumbnails not showing in Windows 10 File Explorer

Hi, Thank you for your reply. I've tried all except the final step with the following results: ie4uinit.exe -show : I assume succeeded, but no feedback on screen. taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F : two success messages, and the desktop disappears (thanks for the warning that this would...
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- Post #3
- Jul 12, 2020
- Forum: Windows 10

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