How to enable System Restore in Windows 10. Starting Safe Mode from the Command Prompt

Mid-summer 2015 was marked by the release of the widely anticipated Windows 10 operating system. Consumers were able to get it by downloading a free update. Which is offered by every computer with Windows 7 and 8.1 installed. The new version has identified itself as the most reliable. But like any mechanism, it can sooner or later fail. Older versions offered different ways to fix errors. Windows 10 was no exception. How to return it to working condition or correct errors is described in this article.

The operating system itself offers users a wide choice of recovery methods. First, you will need to diagnose the suspected problem with Windows 10. For example, if the computer does not boot or freezes a lot, then you should use the troubleshooting tools that are present on the installation disks. If the operating system still loads, but does not work well or often freezes, then you can use the system itself to return to working condition.

There are three main methods for restoring system functionality, each of which is suitable in different situations based on the diagnosis of the problem itself. All of them are known and are similar to the methods that were in older versions of Windows:

return to original parameters;
restore point;
return to working condition using an OS image;
Windows 10 boot disk;

Correction using the "Restore Point" method

The most common method that does not require much knowledge in information technology is to use restore points. To use this method, the user needs to click on the notification tab, then select the following items: “All settings” - “Update and security” - “Recovery”.

You can also get to this menu even without completely loading the OS. To do this, after the welcome screen appears, where the computer prompts you to enter a password, you need to click on the power icon and hold down the Shift key. After a couple of seconds, a window will appear in which you need to select the “Diagnostics” item and go to the “Reset to original state” tab.

To start fixing problems in Windows 10, in the “Restore to original state” item, click on the “Start” button. After this, a dialog box will appear that will offer two options for reinstalling the OS:

Method by deleting all files and completely reinstalling the OS

This method deletes all old owner data and Windows 10 settings. After which all necessary drivers and the operating system itself are installed. All actions occur automatically - this prevents errors that may occur due to the human factor.

The disadvantage of this method is that it will not be able to resurrect the OS if there is damage on the hard drive. This will require other methods.

OS with storage of personal data

The method returns the computer to its original form, but at the same time retains all the owner’s data. During this correction, files stored in the users folder (sections such as “Documents”, “Images”, “Downloads”, etc.) are not formatted. But at the same time, all programs that were previously installed will be deleted.

Restore point

This method has been used for many years by Windows. The system points for fixing a non-working OS are known to many, but few know how to check or enable them. They help the computer owner get things working in case of unsuccessful installation of a driver or other programs that lead to Windows 10 failure.

To make sure that the program creates such points on a schedule, the user needs to go to the “System Setup and Recovery” menu. To do this, right-click on the “Start” button and select the following items one by one: “Control Panel” – “Recovery” – “System recovery settings”.

Typically, point creation occurs automatically on a schedule, and this feature is enabled by default. But the owner can always change most of the parameters independently by clicking on the “Customize” button.

All recovery points are created automatically when any important software settings and parameters are changed, as well as various services, program installations, etc. In case of experiments or other dangerous situations, the owner can create a record of the system state himself.

If Windows 10 does not work well after installing a program or driver, then by going to the appropriate item, you can return it to its original state. To do this, select the “Start system recovery” section, where the user can select the date the point was created. Having agreed to the changes, you should click the “Continue” button, after which the OS will return to the state that was saved earlier.

Creating a full Windows 10 recovery image

The developers have left a function for creating a complete OS recovery image on a hard drive (built-in or external) or on several optical DVDs.

The difference from the previously used option is that the process creates a complete reflection of the operating system, including all installed programs, necessary drivers, and individual settings that are relevant when loading the image. In the previous version, the user could only receive the OS installation file and save personal data.

It is best to create such a file immediately after the complete installation of the OS, all drivers and necessary programs, when the computer is fully configured and not cluttered with unnecessary files and applications.

To record this image, go to the “Control Panel” menu, here open the “File History” item. In the lower left part of the window, select the line “Backup system image”, then “Create a system image”. An alternative way: go to the “All Settings” menu, select “Update and Security”, then the “Backup Service” line, in the window that opens, click “Activation and Recovery (Windows 7)”, then “Create a system image”.

In the menu that appears, the user can independently indicate the path where the created file should be saved: options will be offered: to a hard drive, to a DVD drive or to a network folder, select the one you need, and you can also mark the items and partitions on the disks that need to be included in the backup copy , and which ones to remove from it. Most often, this is the section occupied by the OS itself and the software parts of the disk.

Subsequently, the resulting file can be used to quickly return the computer to the desired state. You can launch this function from the image itself from the disk on which it is saved, or select the “Recovery” menu in the program. To do this, you need to go to the “Diagnostics” window, select the “Advanced options” line, and then “System image recovery”.

Windows 10 boot disk

Resuscitation work can be carried out either from a bootable CD/DVD disk or from a flash drive.

In older versions of Windows, a specialized disk with a set of repair utilities was used. In a modern OS, this is a full-fledged disk with Windows 10 and various recovery programs.

For security, the user can create such a disk himself using the built-in tools of Windows 10. To do this, go to the “Create a recovery disk” menu.

This feature is also useful for quickly installing the system. To do this, you need to select the item that makes a backup copy with a complete copy of all program files.

To launch such media, you need to restart the computer and first, before loading the OS, go to bootmenu and select the desired disk. Or this function can be configured in the BIOS, indicating from which media the boot will take place.

After saving the settings, the installation welcome window should appear. Here, you need to select System Restore, then the “Diagnostics” section. This will allow the user to fix the system in several ways:

Command line – here, you can correct errors by manually entering commands and launching various utilities. This method is suitable for advanced users.
Restoring the OS from an image - boots from a previously saved image.
Restore point – loaded from a previously saved system state.
Startup Repair – Fixes any important program files that may have become corrupted.
You can also go into the BIOS to fix or make changes to the system settings.

Having such a device, the user can protect himself in many matters. An advantage can be considered the quick installation of Windows 10, with existing drivers on board.

As can already be seen from the above, Windows 10 offers a very large selection in correcting system errors. Even an inexperienced user can master them. They have the simplest and most convenient mechanism for interacting with a person.

Many may argue that there are now a large number of products on the software market aimed at fixing the OS. They also have a convenient and intuitive interface. The flexible data saving algorithm is more advanced than in the operating system itself. All this gives the green light to third-party programs. But, as a rule, they cost a lot of money. Therefore, it would be good practice for the owner to know how to revive Windows 10 using the system itself.

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You can restore Windows 10 even without using a boot or installation disk. Of course, if the function of creating checkpoints is deactivated, if the HDD does not have a hidden factory partition with a clean distribution of the system to return to its original state, or the HDD itself has failed, then it is unlikely that you can do without an installation drive. Next, we will tell you when it is possible to restore the OS without a disk, and we will also consider how Windows is resuscitated in this case.

Revert to a previously saved state if Windows boots

Sometimes when updating the OS, installing various software, updating drivers, etc., the operating environment may malfunction. Sometimes it loads, but works with errors, sometimes it doesn’t load at all. If the OS has not completely crashed, the easiest way to restore the “top ten” without a disk is directly from a running Windows 10. This is done according to the following algorithm:

Please note that only files and settings that are critical for Windows operation will change. User data and documents will not be affected by this action.

Restoring the OS without an installation drive if it cannot be booted

You can use the functionality of control “snapshots” of the state of the most important files and settings even without a disk even if the computer cannot boot. Typically, the user in such a situation does not see a welcome window on the screen, but a blue window offering two options for further actions:

reboot,
go to additional options to restore the OS.

It is clear that rebooting is unlikely to help matters, so choose the second option. In this case, a window for selecting an action will open in front of you, the item we need is “Diagnostics”. Here the user will need to select the very first partition that allows you to restore Windows. Next, the previously described utility will appear, allowing you to select the desired save point for the main parameters without using a boot disk.

Returning the system to its original state

If rolling back to previous checkpoints does not give the desired result - Windows still malfunctions or does not load at all, you can deal with the problem by resorting to the function of returning Windows to its original state. There are three options for rolling back the OS:

With the preservation of all user documents and programs preinstalled in the operating environment. The system settings, along with the software and drivers installed by the user himself, will be reset.
The next option does not provide for saving documentation, photo and video files of the user in the location of the disk with the files of the installed system. The state of the OS after performing such a rollback will be the same as can be observed after completing a complete reinstallation of Windows.
If Windows 10 was already pre-installed on a laptop or PC by the manufacturer, then on such a computer there should be a hidden partition of the disk with the installation distribution. This information can be used for the most severe mode of environmental resuscitation - returning to factory settings. In this case, the data and documents of the PC owner will be deleted, but even all information on non-system disk partitions will be deleted.

The last option for resuscitating the system can be used as a last resort in case of the most severe failures, when other methods are ineffective.

How to return the operating environment to its original settings

If the OS crashes completely, then in order to roll back and restore it to its original state, you must perform the following steps:

And so, you spend a pleasant evening at the computer - play, chat, surf the Internet, and Windows promptly carries out your commands. Everything is fine! Idyll! However, you should not think that this will always be the case. Know: the insidious Windows is preparing a dirty trick for you. She is just waiting for the moment when some urgent matters overtake you in order to... show you nothing. More precisely, it won’t boot.

Windows boot failure is an ordinary occurrence, but according to the law of meanness, it usually happens when the computer is really needed. So that the situation does not take you by surprise, it is important to prepare for it in advance. Let's talk about what to do if Windows 10 won't boot, why this happens, and what every user should have to solve this problem as quickly as possible.

Why won't it load?

The reasons for the “dozens” being unbootable can be software or hardware. Software problems are associated with the deletion (damage) of boot and system files and/or registry sections responsible for launching. They are usually to blame for:

Installing another operating system on another partition of the drive (the new OS replaces the old bootloader with its own).
Experiments with disk partitions - compression, merging, partitioning, formatting, etc. A typical error, which is precisely a consequence of this, is “ ” (the system boot loader is compressed).

Unskilled manual editing of the system registry.
Using various “tweak cleaners” to speed up and decorate the system, which “accidentally” change the registry keys responsible for startup, patch files, etc.
Windows updates installed incorrectly or the PC shuts down during the installation of updates.
Viruses and antiviruses. Don't be surprised, the latter can cause no less harm than the former if used thoughtlessly. It's like swallowing pills indiscriminately, hoping that the right one will be among them.
Faulty hardware drivers. Booting in such cases is usually interrupted by a blue screen of death, sometimes indicating the name of the driver that caused the problem.
"Clumsy" applications in autostart. The failure occurs in the late stages of loading - shortly before the desktop appears.

Hardware reasons for Windows 10 not starting:

Changing the order in which bootable media is polled in the BIOS (the computer searches for the Windows boot loader not on the system disk, but, for example, on flash drives).
Connecting the drive to a port on the motherboard that is different from the one on which it worked before - if the failure occurred after removing and reinstalling the hard drive into the computer. It appears as an INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE error on the blue screen of death.

Faulty or poor connection of the system drive. Often appears with the message “ ” (bootloader unavailable) on a black screen. Sometimes - stops, restarts, BSoDs at any stage of loading.

RAM malfunction. As with disk problems, it manifests itself with reboots and blue screens at any stage of startup.
Failure of video subsystem elements. Windows may boot, but you won't see it because the screen will remain black. Sometimes you can only know that the system has booted by a characteristic sound.
Other hardware problems, such as motherboard, peripherals, etc.

It's better to prepare for the worst in advance

Since 80-90% of cases of Windows 10 not starting are due to software failures, today’s article is devoted to methods of dealing with them.

So, to restore normal Windows startup, the computer needs to be booted into the recovery environment. If you have previously used Windows 7, then you know that this very environment is installed on the disk along with the main system. And to enter it, you need to open the menu of additional boot methods (by pressing F8 after turning on the computer) and go to the “ Troubleshooting».

The “top ten” also has a recovery environment, but since its loading time has significantly decreased compared to Windows 7, the interval when you can call the boot menu has also become much shorter. There is only one chance left at this time to press the desired key (more precisely, the combination of F8 and Shift): if the system is installed on an MBR hard drive and the fast startup option is disabled in the power settings of the PC or laptop. If the system is on an SSD or GPT hard drive, you will need bootable media.

For emergency recovery of Windows 10, it is optimal to keep its official distribution on a DVD or flash drive, and of the same bit size as installed on the PC. As an alternative, you can use the downloadable utility package MS DaRT 10 (Microsoft Diagnostic and Recovery Toolset for Windows 10 ).

MS DaRT distributions (formerly called “ERD Commander”) are officially distributed only through a paid subscription, but they are easy to find on the Internet. For example, on torrent trackers. Windows 10 images are available for download from .

As an example, I will use the home edition of Ten, recorded on a bootable USB flash drive, since it has everything you need.

Booting into the Windows 10 recovery environment

If the download fails, the “ten”, as a rule, tries to self-repair. When she succeeds, the user does not receive any notifications; it just takes longer to start the computer than usual. If unsuccessful, a message may appear on the screen, as in the screenshot below, but more often it will just be a “Malevich square” with or without a cursor, or a blue screen of death with a sad emoticon.

The failure option shown in the screenshot can be considered relatively favorable. By clicking, " Extra options"You will be taken to the recovery environment installed on your hard drive, and you will not have to boot into it from external media. But we will consider a more severe case, when the system does not show any signs of life.

Connect the media to your computer, reboot, and make it the first boot device.

The window that you will see first after booting from a flash drive (DVD) will prompt you to select the system language. If Russian is selected, click " Further».

You will then be prompted to proceed to install or restore Windows. Click " System Restore».

On the screen " Action selection» click « Troubleshooting" Here you are.

Tens launch recovery options

In the recovery options section (screen " Extra options") there are 5 subsections:

System Restore. When you select this option, a standard Windows utility is launched. rstrui.exe, the purpose of which is to roll back the system to one of the saved checkpoints.
Restoring the system image. Launches the Windows Deployment Wizard from a backup created by the OS's own tools.
Boot recovery. Corrects errors in boot files and partitions.
Command line. Allows you to run various system utilities.
Return to the previous build. Rolls back to a previously installed version of the OS if it was upgraded to Windows 10.

Rollback to a checkpoint

Returning to a newly created checkpoint is the best first aid remedy for all types of system failures, including when you do not know their cause.

Clicking on the first item most likely launches the recovery utility you are already familiar with. All you have to do is select the date and time you want to rollback to and follow the on-screen instructions.

To use this option, you must have at least one saved checkpoint and a properly working system restore function. If the latter was disabled before the failure, skip this step and try other methods.

Startup Recovery

This option effectively helps in case of damage or deletion of boot files, for example, when installing an additional OS on another disk partition after Windows 10. And also in case of accidental formatting or other manipulations with the “System Reserved” partition.

Command line

The command line itself does not restore anything, but it makes it possible to launch other tools. So, with its help we can open Windows Explorer to see the installation location (partition letters in the recovery environment and during normal system booting usually do not match), run the system file error fixer, registry editor and bootloader recovery utilities.

If rollback to a checkpoint and auto-recovery at startup (the first and second options) did not give the desired result, a console utility often helps to raise the “tens” load BCDBoot. It recreates the hidden “System Reserved” partition and copies boot files from the Windows directory to it.

For BCDBoot to work correctly, you must specify the location of the Windows folder on your hard drive. To find out, you can use the utility Diskpart, but I think it’s more convenient to do this through Explorer.

So, to get into Explorer, open the command line and run Notepad in it ( notepad).

While in notepad, go to the menu “ File", select " Open" and go to the folder " This computer" Next, let's go through the disk partitions and determine which of them contains the system directory. In my example this is drive D.

Next we return to the command line and execute the instruction:

BCDboot D:\Windows

Please note that your path to the system folder may be different.

In 80% of cases, this is enough for the “ten” to start normally. But in about 20% of cases the command does not work correctly - it does not restore all boot files. To help the utility a little, before executing the instructions on the command line, you need to format the reserved boot partition (in my example, drive C) in FAT32. This can also be done using diskpart, but I think it is more convenient through Explorer.

The following two console commands recreate the boot records of the entire drive (MBR) and the system partition (VBR). They are used to solve problems with running Windows on MBR disks.

Execute commands one after another in this order:

bootrec /fixmbr

bootrec/fixboot

If you accidentally run them on a GPT disk, nothing bad will happen.

In some cases, startup problems arise due to damage not to boot files, but to the main system files, for example, after a virus attack. As you may know, there is a special utility in Windows to fix them Sfc.exe. So, thanks to the command line, you can also run it in the recovery environment.

The command to find and fix errors in protected system files in the recovery environment looks like this:

sfc /scannow /offbootdir=D:\ /offwindir=D:\

Parameter offbootdir determines the location of the main boot partition (in my example, as you remember, this is drive D), and offwindir– path to the system folder.

Using the command line, you can also fix registry errors on an unbootable system. But, unlike previous instructions, this requires certain experience and qualifications, because the user needs to know exactly what to correct and what erroneous entries should look like normally.

I will not dwell on registry errors that lead to Windows 10 boot failure, since this is the topic of a separate large article. I will only describe the method for launching the editor RegEdit.exe in the recovery environment and open the registry files in it so that you have the opportunity to fix the errors that you are aware of.

So, to launch the editor, write the word on the command line regedit and press Enter.

You will see that in the utility window that opens there is already some kind of registry, but not the one you need. Before us is our own registry of the recovery environment, and we are interested in the main system.

To load Windows 10 registry files into RegEdit, select the section in the left half of the editor window HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_USERS, open the menu “ File" and click on the item " Load bush».

In the Explorer window that opens after this, go to the folder D:\Windows\System32\Config(your drive letter may be different) and select the desired file.

Files without an extension in the \System32\Config folder are the components (hives) of the Windows 10 registry. The main ones are circled.

Give the hive any meaningful name (it will be temporary until you unload it) and click OK.

Next, we will open the section into which we loaded the bush, and here it is - in front of us, available for editing. In my example this is the registry file software, which I temporarily renamed to soft_win_10.

After making the edits, go back to the editor menu “ File" and click " Unload bush».

Return to previous build

This recovery method is available for a short time (10-30 days depending on the license terms) after upgrading Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 10. It is only possible if you save the files of the previous OS, which are placed in the Windows.old folder.

When reverting to a previously installed build, the user's personal files will remain intact, but everything done since the update will be undone.

Restoring a system image

Restoring an image from a backup helps restore the system to functionality in case of any problems, but the problem is that almost no one creates these images.

If you are an exception to the rule and the happy owner of a relatively recent backup copy, select the item marked in the screenshot from the list of parameters,

Tell the recovery program where to store the image and follow its instructions.

All data from the inoperative OS will be replaced with working copies from the archive. If it contains user files, this will also affect them.

Happy recovery!

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Windows 10 won't boot: why this happens and how to restore startup updated: April 23, 2017 by: Johnny Mnemonic

If Windows 10 suddenly suffered a critical failure and stopped loading, the best way out of this situation may be to roll back to a restore point. Even if there is a system backup on a non-system partition, created using backup software, it will be of little use if you don’t have a boot disk with the appropriate program at hand.

Restoring the operating system by returning to the initial settings - preserving user files, but losing installed programs and system settings - is too radical a step, which should be taken only after attempts to roll back to a restore point have failed.

How to roll back Windows 10 to a restore point if the computer won't boot?

Recovery environment

As in the two previous versions of the platform, a special recovery environment is provided for resuscitation of Windows 10, implemented in the form of a menu for selecting various actions on a blue screen background.

In fact, this environment is an analogue of the menu for additional boot methods, which is familiar to many who have encountered problems starting Windows 7. This menu in the seventh version of the system is called up when the computer boots by pressing the F8 key. Among the Windows 10 recovery environment tools, there is also the ability to roll back the system.

So, we have a computer with the system protection function enabled, which provides the ability to roll back to one of the restore points in the event of unwanted changes. The Windows 10 protection feature is active by default, and if it was not intentionally disabled, the system can be returned to the state captured in one of the restore points. These must be created, if not manually by the user, then at least automatically by some kind of software.

How to get to the recovery environment?

If the computer is still able to boot, you can get into this environment by holding down the Shift key and pressing the system restart button.

In a situation where the computer does not boot at all, you can try to get into the recovery environment by holding down the Shift+F8 keys while the system boots. But achieving the desired goal will not be easy. Few people manage to press these keys at the right time due to the reduced boot time of the latest versions of Windows. As soon as the computer starts to boot, you need to quickly press the Shift key, and then frantically fiddle with the F8 key. After training, perhaps the efforts of some will be rewarded.

It is much easier to enter this environment either through an installation disk or a specially created recovery disk.

Below we will consider both of these options and roll back the “ten” to the recovery point.

Using the Windows 10 installation disc

It doesn’t matter which installation DVD (or flash drive) is on hand - with the same edition of Windows 10 that is installed on the computer, or with a different one, in any of these cases the issue with access to the recovery environment is resolved. Moreover, for these purposes you can use the Windows 8.1 installation disk or even the test edition of Insider Preview, which is available completely free of charge on the Microsoft website.

Insert the installation DVD with either Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 into your computer's drive, or connect a bootable USB flash drive if the distribution package is stored on it. In the BIOS, set to boot from the appropriate media. Click "Next" in the first window of the system installer.

Select "System Restore" at the bottom of the window.

The same recovery environment will appear in front of us, in the menu of which we need to select one or another action. We need a diagnostic section.

Click "Advanced options".

Select Windows 10 if, as in my case, you have two operating systems installed on your computer.

The system rollback process to the restore point will begin. Click “Next”.

In the window for selecting recovery points, you need to check the option to show other points. Then we will be able to choose a suitable date - not too old to restore Windows to the most current state, but not too recent, when problems may have already existed. Select the optimal point and click “Next”.

Click “Finish”.

We confirm the decision to roll back the system.

Once the process is complete, reboot.

Not every system rollback process to a restore point can be completed successfully. But I was lucky - everything went very well. Welcome to the restored system.

Creating a Windows 10 Recovery Disc

If you don’t have an installation disk with system versions 8.1 or 10 at hand, you can’t do without involving a second computer device in solving the problem. And instead of waiting for the image with the distribution to be downloaded from the Internet, it’s easier to create a Windows 10 recovery disk using its standard tools. Naturally, this requires that the same Windows 10 be installed on the second computer device. In general, the availability of such a disk must be taken care of in advance. This way, the resuscitation disk, recorded on a flash drive, will always be there for you if problems arise with loading your computer.

To create a recovery disk, go to the control panel. The shortest way to it is to call the context menu on the Start button.

At the top of the control panel window (right) is the search field. Enter a key query in it to search for the recovery partition and select this partition.

We need the first function - “Create a recovery disk”.

The system will warn you that all existing data on the flash drive will be destroyed. Click “Create”.

The recovery disk is ready.

Now enable the BIOS to boot from the desired media - from a flash drive. After loading, you will see the same recovery environment designed to resuscitate the operating system. Further steps will be exactly the same as in the previous case.

In what cases is it impossible to roll back Windows 10 to a restore point?

As already mentioned, the Windows rollback process may not always complete successfully, and this applies not only to situations involving the recovery environment, but also when we are talking about the usual launch of this process in the system properties window. If viruses damage important recovery point files, most likely the only way out of the situation may be, if not reinstalling the system, then at least restoring it with the loss of all settings and programs.

Sometimes it will not be possible to successfully roll back an operating system using a recovery environment because the recovery functionality itself has been removed. And this, by the way, is one of the reasons why you should not use homemade Windows builds. Often the latter are designed only for installing Windows from scratch, without the possibility of recovery. The system recovery functionality is cut out by assemblers, supposedly for the purpose of optimization. In this case, it will not always be possible to revive the operating room even with the help of third-party Live disks. But even in the case of a pirated build of Windows with reduced functionality, various kinds of problems can be foreseen by stocking up on a backup copy of the system and bootable media in advance using third-party backup programs.

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List of keyboard shortcuts for restoring laptops to factory settings

Most laptops have the operating system and drivers in a special hidden partition and do not need a disk for reinstallation at all. When booting, just press the key to enter the system recovery menu. I propose to compile a list of hot keys for laptop mods, this will help many.

Acer - Alt+F10(previously enter the laptop's Bios and enable the D2D Recovery function)
HP pavilion; LG - F10, F11
Packard Bell - F10
Dell inspiron- as soon as the dell.com splash screen appears, you need to click Ctrl+F11
Dell XPS: F8 or F9.
ASUS- as soon as the ASUS splash screen appears, you need to click F9
Sony vaio - F10 or button ASSIST
Fujitsu Siemens - F8
Rover- when turning on, press and hold Alt
LG-F11 while loading. The LG Recovery Center window should open.
Samsung - F4
Lenovo ThinkPad: F11.
MSI - F3.
Toshiba - F8.
Packard Bell - F10.

Complete description of Acer eRecovery

Before the recovery procedure, please note that the Disk-to-Disk (D2D) function is enabled in the BIOS; for those who have it, enable the Quick Boot function (displaying the OEM logo), or better yet, simply return the BIOS settings to default (Exit tab item Load Default Setup).

There is a hidden partition on the laptop hard drive for this purpose. If you managed to remove it, you will have to contact the service center.
If the hidden partition is not deleted, then after booting from it and restoring the OS, we simultaneously discover that all the information accumulated by the user has disappeared. Therefore, before the recovery procedure, important data must be saved on another medium.

Do some laptops come with a disc? It's usually called "Reanimator" or something like that. If you install the system using this resuscitator, then the hidden partition with the “Recovery” utility should be restored, but when using this disk, all data from the screw will be lost, since the resuscitator formats everything completely.

If you reinstalled the system, the Alt + f10 combination will not work. If you installed another HDD, does the system recovery key function now not work? Because the recovery occurs from a hidden partition of the hard drive, but this partition does not exist on the new hard drive.

How to restore the system on a Lenovo laptop?

We offer you brief instructions on how to restore the operating system in Lenovo IdeaPad laptops to its factory state. Why might this be needed? Well, firstly, all users sooner or later have a desire to start from scratch. Secondly, your system may experience a serious failure or it may be attacked by a virus, after which the OS stops loading. You need to understand that making a laptop look “like it came from a store” will erase all your data from your hard drive, so all important information needs to be copied somewhere before recovery.

If everything is ready and the data is safe, you can proceed. A program called Lenovo OneKey Rescue System will help us. It is installed on all Lenovo IdeaPad laptops (but not ThinkPads), and makes part of the hard drive invisible to the user, and there it stores the operating system as it came from the factory. To begin the recovery process, you must first turn off your laptop. And then turn it on again, but not with the standard button, but with the OneKey Rescue key. It is usually marked with a curled arrow and can be found on all IdeaPad laptops. On the IdeaPad Y460 the button looks like this:

Press the button and wait for the recovery shell to load.

As you can see, the OneKey system can even scan your hard drive for viruses. Moreover, you can create your own image of the system and all data, and in case of problems, restore from it. But now we will show you how to return the “factory” image of the system. To do this, select OneKey Recovery.

In the menu that opens, leave the option “Restore from original backup”.

After this, the system will ask you twice if you are sure. Think carefully because, I repeat, all data from the laptop will be deleted!

Here you can watch the recovery process. It will take 10-15 minutes, after which the program itself will prompt you to reboot. Congratulations, your laptop has been restored to “store like” condition :) Please note that along with a fresh copy of Windows you received all installed Lenovo drivers and programs.

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P.S. And don’t forget that by restoring the system to factory settings (the ones before you took the new laptop out of the box) you format everything!

Good day, friends! I have already written an article about ways to restore Windows 7. Today there is another similar article on the topic - on restoring Windows 10. The latest release of the operating system has been noticeably improved. But new systems still periodically fail. Today we will look at the most obvious, simple and accessible recovery options, and see what new and interesting things Windows 10 offers us in this regard.

How to restore Windows 10 using Doctor Web antivirus for free?

If the antivirus in the “top ten” does not boot from a flash drive or disk, watch the video at the end of the article.

Let's start with the most obvious and simple solution. If you notice that the system is slow, errors have appeared, or intrusive advertising has appeared, first you need to make sure that your computer is “healthy”. Many symptoms are the consequences of the “work” of virus programs. Yes, there is a built-in antivirus in the Windows 10 system, which seems to be supposed to protect. It is quite sufficient in most cases. But, if the computer is infected, then, alas, it is no longer enough. We have our own segment of the Internet in Russia, and our domestic antiviruses, for example -Doctor Web, track threats appearing in it much faster and more efficiently. Licensed Dr Web is paid. But the utilities are free, which is good.

Download the free liveDisk utility from the system administrator’s first aid kit on the website of the virus treatment product from DrWeb. Today, two varieties have been created - one for recording on a flash drive, the other for recording on a CD. I always use this utility rather than Dr Web Cure It. The latter is part of the “life disk”, which has wider functionality; I'm already used to it.

It is rare, but it happens that on some laptops or flash drives the utility does not load after recording. Be prepared for this; just in case, prepare a blank disc for recording.

When you start the utility, this is the window: (I have a flash drive)

Disk creation has started:

After creating the disk, reboot the device from the flash drive, to do this, insert it into the slot, and restart the computer. You need to go into the BIOS, to do this press the Del key:

In the settings, select the boot menu and in the boot settings select our flash drive. Press F10 and when exiting, save the settings by pressing the “yes” key:

You can also try to boot from a flash drive without going into the BIOS. On modern computers and laptops, when booting, you can press the F9 (or F11 or F12) key to bring up the boot menu and then move the cursor to select our flash drive in this way: