Nice to know some options other than reset. All my windows units are imaged frequently. I use redo, and sometimes clone, zilla, noting that in the image description recently. I had a windows 10 unit go through a Windows upgrade, and completely corrupted, the solid-state drive (boot drive not found). Used redo to partition, format, restored and within an hour, I was up and running again.

Thank you immensely! This method spared me countless hours that would have been spent on resetting and reinstalling all my applications and programs. I typically reinstall the operating system biannually to maintain its optimal functionality. This approach has been a tremendous time and stress saver for me. Kudos to you!

Nice to know this, had a problem with Win-11 awhile back and used the reset options which did work but this way would have been alot better, Thankyou Brian

Saved to my PC Videos. Thank you for another great & help full video.

Superb tutorial! Very helpful! 😉

The hell!! This one saved my computer! You are so awesome!! Thank you so much!!

Thank you so much. Your video and step by step guide is excellent ❤

Thank you so much I was stressing about my computer’s broken updates for days and this fixed it!

@fetr9666

Ай бұрын

Learns Tutorials on DISM command from CMD or Power Shell.

@xianlux4947

11 күн бұрын

dism and cmd aswell as powershell doesnt work

@xianlux4947

11 күн бұрын

still stuck with update

@fetr9666

11 күн бұрын

@@xianlux4947 Hahaha useless help LOL

Besides preserving progs & files, does it preserve all your settings (start menu, Taskbar etc)? ??? SFC - DISM - Restore points ??? Of course the best answer is periodic backups. Thanx Brian 👍👍👍

Thanks man it worked perfect!! 👍🏻

A good video Brian and just as a matter of interest I remember once you saying that you need to download the same language version as was installed in the first pace or else the installation will not go ahead? The other thing is that I did delete the Windows old file/folder but found that it still appears in the listings of what I have on my laptop is this normal or what? Anyway I am still a great fan of your videos mate from the days of Windows 7 - keep them coming they make my day😉

Thanks for the video Brian.

@Britec09

5 ай бұрын

My pleasure!!

Thanks worked good, just repaired mine cheers.

@Britec09

5 ай бұрын

Cheers

Best tutorial about this topic. Thank you

Fixed my laptop. No sound since latest update (Windows11). Thank you very much.

Thanks so much. I solved my problem with your way.

Awesome video. Thank you so much

Thanks again, Brian.

Thank yoi so much this helped me out a lot !!!!!!

Brian, does this process produce the same results as running the DISM SFC process?

Great video 😀 . Thanks a lot for it. I have a two questions after viewing your videos 1- Can we use a USB drive instead of a DVD to re-install over the existing windows 11 ? 2- Can all the commands in version 10 that you posted on this site using "command mode (cmd)" , can be used securely ?

You have absolutely saved me appreciate your video!!

@ramanan5110

2 ай бұрын

Hey Apps were still there ?

@nurunurujirojiro8701

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, everything was saved. Nothing was removed or changed. It's just a fixed version of Windows.

@ramanan5110

2 ай бұрын

@@nurunurujirojiro8701 great

Great approach compared to resetting, Thanks!

I also agree that the default Windows Recovery is a big mess. From my personal experience repairing Windows computers, I often find that problems MAY lie under our own very nose. So here is the procedure I personally follow: A. Download Bleachbit portable edition Restart in Safe Mode Run Bleachbit Run Disk Cleanup Delete files in the %temp% folder From CMD run: Chkdsk C: /f Then do a Normal Startup B. If this did not fix the problem I download a French AV program called Adlice RogueKiller as it offers a Portable option. I also download the file containing the latest updates and perform a Quick Scan. One can also run a Full Scan whilst in Safe Mode... Totally optional. C. If the above fail, my last attempt to quickly fixing a Windows computer are the SFC & DISM commands Edit: I also carry a pen drive with Bleachbit Portable, Adlice RogueKiller Portable & the latest Signature Database

keep it up man thanks

Thank you!

Great video but my laptop crashes at the getting updates stage of the windows. ok I've got past that but now it only gives me the options of keeping personal files only. All settings and apps will be deleted?

Does this process produce the same results as running the DISM SFC process?

Can this be done to get yourself off of the windows insider program and back on to the production release of windows 11 and still keep all of your programs and files in place?

... Used to use that for Windows 95 and '98... It was a lot easier back then...

Check this out if you don't have "Mount" option on Win11 From PC-Mag: This is usually a simple process, but sometimes a third-party program can disable the built-in Mount command so it doesn’t appear in the menu. If this happens, you will need to reset your default program to bring the command back. In Windows 11, go to Settings > Apps > Default Apps and click Windows Disc Image Burner in the list of apps. Click the name of the third-party program and change it to Windows Explorer. PC Mag: How to Install a Software Program From an ISO File

Followed all your instructions and the Windows 11 installation still failed. I've been having issues with Windows Update failing, so I tried your steps, but even that failed. I've done so many different troubleshooting steps that I'm out of ideas. 😭

Thank you so much! I will try to remove my 'Windows Insider Program' with this method. I have read that reinstall Windows is the only way to un-do the 'Windows Insider'.

@JimboDude66

5 ай бұрын

Doesn't work :-( The only option I have, is to make af full restall, with all data and programs removed :-(

@digitalNegative29

4 ай бұрын

To roll out of the Insider Program, you'd have to wait for the next major update of Windows. So that basically means waiting somewhere from a few months to half a year or so =(((

@Britec09 Mine stopping saying this processor isn't supported only option is to close the dialog window, is there a bypass in this case?

do you get signed out from your microsoft acc?

Hello, I was happy to see that I could reset my windows version ( 22h2 ) whitout losing all my data. However even though my system in running on 22h2 and when I download a new iso it will be a version of windows 23h2! So when I try to select the option off keeping all my data it is not possible, It seems that the choice is locked on keep nothing. Is there any other way to reinstall my windows an still keep all the files etc? I have tried to download 22h2 but that is not possible or better i can not find it. Any advise please.

if i reset with the save data option will the users be there?

The reset option is great if you are going to sell your computer, or return it for a refund from a manufacturer, as I have just done.

@Britec09

5 ай бұрын

Yes, but most people don't want to lose there programs when resetting

@johnbudnik4372

5 ай бұрын

Very true Brian. Rightly or wrongly I back up any programs I use, and clean reinstall - long-winded and time-consuming, but that's just me - each to their own 🙂 @@Britec09

Thanks man

I thought Microsoft did away with the ability to do a repair install after XP, or did they just remove the option to do it from boot media?

good morning Mr can I ask? I want to install software in .msi format, but why isn't it detected on my PC? a notification appears that the Windows installer was not found. how to fix it? Thank You

I was hopeful this would fix my issue and all gonna go well! But I ran into this: Errors updating to Windows 11 - 0x8007042B - 0x4001E - The installation failed in the SECOND_BOOT phase with an error during PRE_OOBE operation Windows won't let me Reset the computer either, just says it can't do it! I think something was corrupted when I was doing some partition changes/moving things around. I'm not sure what to do. :S

Would this procedure be able to upgrade Windows 10 to 11?

Does it work if my windows version is Windows 11 Pro Version: Dev OS Build 21996.1? It’s a Windows Insider Program version, I want to change it to 22h2 version but I’m not sure I can do that, please help

Does this method work on unsupported (Win 11) computers which have windows 11 installed?

Thank you

everytime i boot my mouse loses right click..and strangely cant use the mouse and touchpad same time..dell inspiron 3421??? advice!thank you merry Christmas

please make a video regarding unable too boot into windows.. so how it can be repaird

Mine is forcing me into a menu where it says Choose what to Keep and when I try and Select Keep Personal Files and Apps it won't let me.

A couple of quick questions, Im removing MCafee(Not needed really). Going to use Defender instead. Defender has picked up VirTool:Win32/TamperRestoreDefender trojan. Mcafee did not. However Defender takes no actions to remove it and I cant remove it. If I did this what this video suggest could it possibly fix this problem?

@johngoard8272

5 ай бұрын

Hiyya Martin mate I would give ESET security suite a go I know it costs but like Brian I use it on all of my machines and it is really very thorough. Another option I would suggest is the Kaspersky rescue disk method - something I have used in the past.

@martinmiller3743

5 ай бұрын

No i tried many things and none of it worked. Im about to try this repair method.@@johngoard8272

Hi would you do a video on motherboard that run windows 11 and what CPU. that will run windows 11 plz as I want to bye a motherboard to run windows 11.

Do I loose my updated drivers? (Like Chipset,GPU, etcc..)

love u thanks

Can I delete the disc image file after the repair is completed?

Is this how to do the Altus 4.8.6 Windows 11 update, I haven't done it because I was a little frightened it was going to overhaul my system

Does this process work on encrypted drives

If I do this the windows reinstalled will they be original or not

i didnt understand the mount and dvd drive part. can i use usb? i assume you need an external storage device?

@CA-kj4sf

Ай бұрын

From PC-Mag: This is usually a simple process, but sometimes a third-party program can disable the built-in Mount command so it doesn’t appear in the menu. If this happens, you will need to reset your default program to bring the command back. In Windows 11, go to Settings > Apps > Default Apps and click Windows Disc Image Burner in the list of apps. Click the name of the third-party program and change it to Windows Explorer. PC Mag: How to Install a Software Program From an ISO File

Dang. I wish I'd seen this before I chose to Reset my pc due to a missing Microsoft Store app. It did fix it but still have the odd "Something went wrong" error with Disney+ and Reddit in the store, so may try this. Ty.

I use Malwarebytes - do I need to exit out of it before doing this?

how is your windows 11 start icon the windows 10 icon?

Microsoft won't let me download this ISO for Windows 11. I checked the language and whatnot, to make sure it is the same as the original installation and I keep getting an error message stating that I am not allowed to download this file. Any idea why? I'm in the US and using the US language settings.

i like your method but if i use it will i lose my windows 11 license?

Windows security has found Trojan Virus randomly in a file, but the option to remove it does not work. It says that it is active, I tried other free antivirus softwares but they didn't found anything.

I have an issue where I updated my mobo and now my computer black screens when trying to boot into windows 11. The only way I can get into windows is selecting the drive in the bios to boot into.

Will this get rid or vireses?

Does it remove the windows insider program?

It doesn't work all the time. Sometimes a clean install is the only way.

Hello, can you do a video on how to fix "SystemSettingsBroker.exe" error event id 1000 on in windows 10. Thank you.

Will it keep the windows activated.

I was hoping this video would’ve solved my issue so I don’t lose apps and stuff, but I just got Windows 11 installation has failed. 😓😓 Guess I’ll have to do a full reset and hope it doesn’t mess with my arcade stuff.

Won't let me delete old windows,it's stays in a cycle and then it says requires permission from administrator but I am running as administrator

Can you show us using a linux disk how to back up the windows folder just incase it screws up programs we have installed? A friend a long time ago showed me how to do this but since forgotten, if you think something might screw the system up, make a copy of the whole windows folder first using a linux disk. Then try what you have done here, if it did not fix the issue, you could delete the new windows folder and put the old folder back on to be back where you started and try something else.

@Britec09

5 ай бұрын

You mean clone? or using commands? or software?

@Zendukai

5 ай бұрын

All we did was make a copy of the windows folder, if anything went wrong with the current windows folder, we could just rename the copied folder to windows and delete the original windows folder. I guess this has been done before somewhere. It used to work a treat, we could play around with everything, when it broke, we could just rename the windows copied folder back to windows. That way any file that was changed was put back to the way it was. Probably overkill, but it worked.

And what if you made changes to the Registry? Do you have to do them again after doing this? Or not?

@12vibhor34

16 күн бұрын

same qquestion

Can i do this to put windows on a new hard drive

Tried this but but will not proceed, I get a message like "Windows is in a wrong drive or you are installing an older version of Windows". This is strange

when i go to run the setup file it just tells me "This pc doesnt meet system requirements". So i cant even do this

Does this work on unsupported system? (Asking for a friend)

Can you put Win10 over top of Win 11 and thus revert back to Win10?

What about program's installed?

I tried this and I didn't get the option to 'Keep personal files and apps' - it was greyed out. I only got the option to 'Keep personal files only' or 'Nothing'. So beware! Make sure the option to 'Keep personal files and apps' is available!

ive been battling the windows 11 "wont wake from sleep issue" going around in circles. also cant save more than 1 restore point...

My registry editor corrupted, can this solve the problem

so far i am not finding 11 too bad. just the normal niggles about the start menu plus i do not like the changes to the taskbar icons for open windows not being a fixed width like in they were before.

@Britec09

5 ай бұрын

Windows 11 is OK

how to tweak start menu like yours?

In place upgrade can be useful, but not if something about the system is clearly broken. On an older install I messed with the WindowsApp folder and there is literally no way to write any data in there, even with taking permissions and ownership, at most you can delete, and never restore. In place upgrade didn't fix the issue. Had to complete reinstall.

@Mulyse

4 ай бұрын

Yeah this didn't fix my issues. My PC is the exact same as it was before this

Can you please help me and make a video on this. My pc randomly is getting 2 megabytes a second and i spent $3,000 Us on it. I usually pump out over 200 megabytes. My wifi randomly works for a little then doesnt how do i fix it. I also dont use ethernet and all of my drivers are updated or should be

@Crazyman-hf9cq

3 ай бұрын

My wifi still works at my house and is full bars for all other devices my phone gets 200 megabytes a second but my pc gets 2?

@thegeneral1955

2 ай бұрын

Does your pc have a WiFi antenna? If not you should see two bronze colored connectors with threads on the back, if you see those order a WiFi antenna (shouldn’t be more than $15) and screw them into those connectors and place it on top of your desktop. Usually these antennas come with the motherboard or WiFi card as the stock antenna if there is one within the card or motherboard is weak.

The option to keep the files and apps are greyed out for me, any ideas?

I DO NOT FIND SUCH A "MOUNT" COMMAND WITHIN WINDOWS S (AM ON WIN11 PRO 23H2). ALSO DO NO SEE IF THIS EXISTS WITHIN POWER TOYS. SO IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE TO MOUNT HERE? THANK YOU.

@dev23_1

5 күн бұрын

you can mount an ISO file from the command line in Windows 11 using PowerShell. Here’s how you can do it: Open PowerShell. You can do this by pressing Windows + R on your keyboard to launch Run, then type in powershell and press Ctrl + Shift + Enter1. Use the Mount-DiskImage command to mount your ISO file. You’ll need to replace PATH with the path to your ISO file23. Here’s an example of what the command might look like: Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath "C:\path\to\your\file.iso" Please replace "C:\path\to\your\file.iso" with the actual path of your ISO file.

It make in changes to the installed softwares?

@mintydevil7982

3 ай бұрын

no, it only replaces Windows files and leaves everything else

My SSD not working and my windows 11 was installed in it. Now I'm buying a new SSD so how can I install windows 11 in it and do I need to enter the product key or it will automatically get activated? Please help..

@notDroxy

3 ай бұрын

google for How to Migrate Windows to Another Drivem you can keep same windows and move it to another drive

The option to keep files and apps is greyed out, and it defaults to keep files only with the international version. It is working for me with the us english version though.

@dev23_1

5 күн бұрын

Thank you.

Great help!

@Britec09

5 ай бұрын

Thanks

I tried to do it but i was unsuccessful and i got this error message 0xC1900101 - 0x30018 First_boot Sysprep_specialize

not working for me. deletes apps in both operations.

Im officially at a loss. I cant download any windows updates. I cant download anything from microsoft store or xbox app. Ive tried dozens of things and now its been "Checking for updates" for 3 hours. Please help

@genocydr

4 ай бұрын

SAME,SAME

I got a bsod at the end and the whole thing failed :(

Followed the process but doesn't help as it say nothing will be kept !

what if windows is not booting anymore ? there is no fix for that !

For me it fails to install windows 11. I don't know how to fix it :(