Potential Windows 10 upgrade fix?

So I’ve heard that some people have had bad experiences with upgrading to Windows 10. Namely, the computer just refused to boot after the thing restarted during the upgrade, a sign that their hard drives were probably nuked to hell.

Well, this just happened to my dad.

But, not all was what it seemed! I think the upgrade messed with some crucial partition table stuff and just made it look like all was lost. But after digging in with a recovery tool, it turned out that the drive wasn’t wiped and the upgrade was merely unfinished.

Perhaps the same happened to those people or anyone you know.

If your computer refused to boot up after restarting once for the upgrade to Windows 10, this might help you out.

  1. Download the Media Creation Tool for Windows 10 for your architecture. System Info should tell you if you’re on 32-bit or 64-bit.
  2. Run the MCT and select “Create installation media for another PC” and click “Next.”
  3. Choose your language, any edition (you’re not installing anything) and your architecture.
  4. Have an empty flash drive ready and plug it in. Select “USB flash drive” and select your flash drive on the next screen. After that, a W10 installation file will download onto your drive.
  5. When that’s done, take the flash drive and plug it into the plagued computer and turn that on. Some may boot automatically into the USB drive, or require a keystroke to show a boot menu (F12 in my case). If you get a boot menu up, look for the option labeled USB and select it.
  6. When booted into the USB drive, a Windows 10 installation screen will pop up. Select your language and continue. Do not click “Install now”. Instead, click on “Repair your computer.”
  7. In the “Choose an option” screen, click on “Use another operating system.” It should be there if all is well. If not, then RIP.
  8. Finally, click on “Windows 10.” Or “Windows Rollback” if you figured all of this was just plain old ridiculous.

Voila! The upgrade should resume and the world has not ended! (and you also have a neat recovery flash drive in case other things go awry.)

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