Monday morning: My Windows 10 PC is dead!

Monday morning has arrived in normal fashion as being all too soon and as you sit in front of your Windows 10 computer powering it up, you are confronted with a boot error message. The first thing that is alarming is that Windows 10 Startup Repair tools was designed to “intercede” at the first sign of an operating system startup problem and launches an automated diagnostic utility. In most situations, it will resolve the unbootable system but since you are presented with an error message, the severity of the problem prevented the tool from starting.

I know the first thing you say is “what happened from Friday until today that would cause this.” I have received calls on a Monday from clients having this same situation. The good news is that “as long as you know what tools to use and where to find them” you can be up and running again in short order, barring a hardware problem of course.

There are several steps you can take if a Windows 10 computer fails to boot properly however, it’s important to document the exact error message being presented. Most often the issue will be that the Master Boot Record is damaged. Whatever the reason, we can begin to get to the bottom of this by “launching the Startup Repair tool from the Windows 10 Recovery Drive. Read more from TechRepublic website regarding this approach.

Some other tools to look at are repairing the Master Boot Record (MBR), scanning the system for corrupt or missing files, and running the Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tool. These are a little more advanced tool and should be approached by knowledgeable professionals from MWL Technology consultants. Read here from TechTarget website for details and procedures that are too extensive for this section.