WindowsRE and Startup Repair

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• If you cannot boot the computer or access startup options from the local installation, try:
  • booting from the product media
  • repair disk
  • recovery partition
  • configure BOIS/UEFI setup to set recovery media as boot device
• if no product media, can make system repair disk from Windows using the “Create a recovery drive” setting
  • needs to have been done before computer started failing or from a working Windows install
• Once in the recovery environment, select the Troubleshoot > Advanced options
  • if boot files are damaged, use Startup Repair to try to fix them
  • use System Restore to perform refresh or reset
  • can run memory diagnostics
  • enter Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) command prompt to run
    • diskpart , sfc, chkdsk, bootrec, bcdedit, or regedit to try to repair the installation manually