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Question

Win 10 Pro Won't Boot To Lock Screen

Apr 23, 2020 6:43AM PDT

I installed Build 1909 - last roll up and now I can' t boot to lock screen to put in my pin. I have a Win 10 Pro Build 1909 with i7 - 16 gig of ram with an edge browser.
The last thing I did that day was windows download, Windows download notified me of an update so I installed it, Now the PC won't boot at all.. Windows came up once and asked me if I wanted to reinstall windows but I need an adminestrator password and I never set up an adminestrator account. I can get into the Bios, but I know you don't mess with that unless you know what your doing. The computer is an I BuyPower gaming rig about a year and a half old.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you, Ron

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Answer
Re: won't boot
Apr 23, 2020 6:48AM PDT

Then the easy solution is to install Windows again using the installer made with Microsoft Media Creation Tool. Make it and boot from it.

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Win 10
Apr 24, 2020 6:30AM PDT

I know I can create a disk..But what I would like to do is go into the Bios to try to get safe mode. I don'T know if that will help me. .........but its worth a try.That way I can keep all my files.
Can you help with that?
Thanks Ron

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boot to linux
Apr 24, 2020 6:49AM PDT

you could always boot to a linux to recover your files. try shift - f8 key at boot to enter safemode.

Post was last edited on April 24, 2020 6:56 AM PDT

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Re: BIOS
Apr 24, 2020 8:34AM PDT

BIOS and safe mode are totally unrelated. There is no setting in the BIOS to tell Windows to go to Safe Mode. But if you boot from the Windows installer disk, you can go to recovery console and do quite a lot, such as copying files or system restore.
Moreover, reinstalling Windows doesn't necessarily mean you lose your files.