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The Easy Way to Perform Windows 10 Repair Upgrade
The quick way to repair your PC without losing your files
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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A lot of things can go wrong with your Windows 10 computer. Apart from the usual blue screen of death crashes, other errors can cause problems in your system.
Thankfully, Microsoft has provided several ways to restore your PC and part of them is the repair upgrade. In this guide, we will show you to perform the Windows 10 repair upgrade when something goes wrong.
What is a Windows 10 repair upgrade?
Windows 10 repair upgrade is the process of installation of Windows 10 on the existing one on your PC. This can be done with the use of an ISO file and bootable media like a USB or DVD.
The advantage of this repair is that it fixes issues on your PC, including a faulty operating system. It does this without affecting your personal files.
How do I perform Windows 10 repair upgrade?
This is how you can install Windows 10 using the repair upgrade without losing programs, apps, and files.
If you need to perform the Windows 10 repair upgrade from a USB flash drive to install Windows 10, you can select the flash drive option in step 5.
Also, if you can’t access your PC, you might need to perform a clean installation instead.
That is about it for using this option to repair your PC. With these steps, you have everything to rescue your PC when you are facing issues without losing your files.
If theWindows 10 media creation tool is not working, check our detailed guide to fix it quickly.
Feel free to let us know if you face any problems performing this upgrade in the comments below.
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Tashreef Shareef
Tashreef Shareef is a software developer turned tech writer. He discovered his interest in technology after reading a tech magazine accidentally. Now he writes about everything tech from Windows to iOS and streaming services to IoT at WindowsReport.
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