How to Reinstall Windows 10 Without Losing Data 

Thanks...Things are great again. You are Awesome. The 82 dislikes must be from computer repair shops.

I had this problem for months and had (qualified ???) IT Technicians telling me it was impossible to reinstall Windows 10 without losing Applications/Programs, Data and Files, and personal settings. This sounded too good to be true - but I was so frustrated I tried it - AND IT WORKED PERFECTLY. Congratulations to Britecs Channel - you guys are now my favourite and I am indebted to you. I have since stuck it up the so-called computer experts who are amazed that my Desktop PC works as well as it did when it was first installed without the loss of ANYTHING. Congrats to all concerned. As an Aussie - I am truly thankful. There are now some embarrassed computer technicians walking around with their heads down in shame. Again GREAT JOB and all the best. TREVOR WHITE

I'd just like to thank you again for this, this is the 2nd time I had to do this, the first time I did this it literally solved problems that stopped me from using software that I needed to to fix my course. This video has literally saved me from failing uni since the uni was of no help to me with my tech problems.

I just wiped and reinstalled windows, then I saw this, just my luck.

Britec you truly are a Windows guru. Your videos are excellent. You have shown me tweaks and fixes other experts could not. Reinstalling Windows 10 without data lost was an amazing find for me. I second Trevor's comment below. My problem was looping at startup causing the computer to shut down every time it was started after being turned off. Had to constantly use USB flash repair tool to revert back to previous backup to start the computer. Fair warning this process can take hours to download and complete. Well worth the time. All programs and files remained intact. Thanks again for your valuable service!

This worked like a charm! Thank you so much! I had a "Pending Download" issue and this took care of it. The whole process took about 1 hr (not counting 2 hours of backup just in case). Everything is where it was and working perfectly. Thank you thank you thank you!!!

You're a life saver like seriously man keep up your work bro you've made everyone's lives so much easier and saved us so much time and money!

My issue is that windows won't even load.

Brilliant! Did these steps and after a very long first start, my Windows 10 is alive!!! Without having to do a painful clean install.

"And everything is as you left it." *The home screen changed...*

As usual, excellent, factual, concise instruction. No waffle!! Thank you so much.

Wow! Thanks! After days of attempts to Fresh Start and Reset, failing each time, then trying all the advice and Microsoft forums telling how you should use a USB boot and do this and that incorrectly. failing every single time, your process worked! I was dubious, but am happy to say it fixed my issue with Windows 10 Home. Thank you very much! :)

Thanks, I followed your directions, I had corrupt system files that I could not repair, this works, thank you.

Britecs channel is one of the few channels where I really find stuff that helps me in my real life. Thanks for your work!

I had a sound issue on my laptop after a Win 10 update and I tried everything to no avail nothing worked. I was even consulting a Microsoft agent and he was walking me through many things to fix for about 3 hours and nothing. My local computer store said I needed to backup my pc and pay them 90 dollars to reinstall Windows. Not only would i have to backup my laptop which means buying a 5tb hardrive but I'd also have to reinstall everything on a laptop which had been wiped. But...this video saved me about 300 dollars and so much time. Thanks to this video my sound works again. Only 6 minutes and the fix for my laptop which bypassed so many man hours and cost. Thanks Britec.

I just reinstalled windows on my game computer, can’t believe the difference. Many thanks 😊

y the hell dosent Microsoft make an easier way where you can reload windows without losing data

Just came back to say thank you! Your solution fixed my problem whereas a couple of IT support guys told me I had a hardware issue that can't be fixed

Still works 3 years later. Thank you

Wow, you are a legend 🙌 you have fixed many issues i have been facing for long time thanks 😊 keep it up

OMG! Absolutely awesome and helpful video! Got rid of all the stutter I was experiencing opening folders on my computer and as a super bonus, my games play smoother!!! Thanks so much!

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Thought I was going to have to reinstall everything, but this meathod worked like a champ. If I could have given 10 thumbs up for this video, I would have.

My laptop was taking half an hour too boot up and it was incredibly frustrating. I suspected it might have something to do with the windows. I followed this method and it worked!! I am beyond grateful. My laptop only takes 1.5 mins to boot-up now which is such a relief. Thank you so much for sharing this video!

Hi Brian. Thanks for your content, always helpful! Do you happen to know if this method adds extra partitions to the drive? I had 4 before I started, now I have 5, albeit the new partition is empty.

Amazing job you guys!!! I was trying for a month to fix the problems that I was facing with windows 10 and I was about to format my pc... Until you gave me a simple yet most accurate solution!!! Congratulations!!!

this actually works, thanks alot dude!

Cool video. Makes life easier if you want to reinstall without losing stuff! Love it

Thank you so much!!! this worked so well. Really happy rn. you're awesome!

This is a really helpful video. I always wanted a way to reinstall windows without the need to reinstall all my apps over again. Thank you Britech!

I am truly thankful to you Britec09, my i5 7600 3.50GHz 16 GB memory PC used to boot in 6 seconds, and some how got corrupted and was taking 1 minute 30 seconds to boot plus it was freezing occasionally, I used your method and immediately saw the difference, now booting in 6 seconds again. I appreciate the information you shared in your video. I also subscribed to your channel, keep up the great work.

It really works! I had an issue where I could not type anything on windows 10 programs like settings, search bar, etc. It took me about 1 hour to complete all the steps on this video. Everything is fixed and all my files and apps are still there. Great work!!

Bro u just saved my ass from tomorrow's presentation .....now my laptop working smoothly

thank you & keep up the great job!

My windows 10 is up to date , should i still download that tool from website ?? My probpem is that my pc cant login to my main account , it always get connected to a temporaray account . should i follow this procedure ?? PLS HELP!!!!!!

Thank you so much! I appreciate your clarity.

Loved it. Solved my problems. Thanks for sharing!

You sound just like the "Headspace" guy I love your voice so much omg

I'm a computer repair shop and I can assure you I didn't dislike this. We the one that has tech repair shop rely greatly on these kind of channels.

I hope you did say that you can only do this with a version of Windows that's above your current build of Windows

Thank You ! Happy New Year 2022 This video saved My System / Files & Applications ! I took over 4hrs. to complete the Install and was a blessing to have My Windows Update issue resolved. It's nice to be able to relax again .

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can I ask something? will this method reset all my drivers back to when I first bought it? because currently im having drivers issues where I accidently installed incorrect one and I don't know which one are the previous one.

@Britec09 Thanks for this video. Would you also suggest this method for a PC which runs very slowly. I converted to SSD a few years ago and upgraded the RAM, which made a huge difference until recently, so I was thinking to reinstall Windows, but not sure if that's going to help. Thanks.

Brilliant video and information; Regarding all that you covered in the video Britec you know your stuff a pro you are. It's all very much appreciated Thank you so much.👌💯👍

this works. the microsoft download menu is different now. You have to install the Installer first to get you going, then install is pretty much as described. It took me about 3 hours to reinstall.

I know this is a year old but does anyone know if instead of reinstalling, that i can install it on my ssd instead

thank u so much britec09, i was thinking this may not work because of the current year (2022) and may corrupt my PC, still it works for all the years, your a legend britec09,deserved like and a sub :)

Thanks!!! This helped the issue of my keyboard not working and Windows not recognizing new USB connections because of failed updates! Was getting desperate and almost took it in to get help at a shop.

Ty. This is what I bloody needed.

Guys, Look at my luck: Yesterday I got the windows 10 ( 1909 ) update and I forgot that I had lots of videos ( data ) and I just went in to do the update, When I started the update I remebered that I was goint to lose the 78 videos I had in it, I was so sad and like hopeless, so I just went to the bed of how sad I was. Today, I woke up and I saw that my pc was turn off, it runned out of battery and once I charged my pc and turned him on, the PC had just stopped the update and returned to the old form, Im not lying, The pc just saved my ass, I though he would continue the update, after the charge, but no thankfully, It just gave me another oportunity and I had to the update again. Anyways, Thanks for the video, after the massive luck I got, I still needed to see how I could save my data, and this video helped me alot, It worked, and all went fine. " Today, was a good day " :)

Starting smoothly but once PC reaches "Making sure you are ready to install" everything stops. "Please wait" takes hours and hours and doesn't go any further. Any advice?

U are a life saver!!! Started this journey after cloning my boot drive (with jay's two cents help) to go from a 2.5 inch ssd to an m.2 nvme ssd, because my mobo only has 2 sata conectors active if u have 2 x m.2 nvme ssd installed in it and I needed them for 2 x HDDs. And since it's spring cleaning and my windows had annoying bugs I searched for this solution. I avoided sooooooo many hours of work reinstalling an enormous amount of programs. Thank you!

Thank you and god bless you, my PC has everything back and working now do I have to keep the windows 10 creation on my desktop?

Thank you so much, you are a life saver (by that i mean time saver)

Thank you so much. It helps me alot. No data have been lost. You are a life saver 🤩

After many attempts to rectify my problem on my laptop this did it at last. Thank you so much.

it saying ( you cant keep windows setting ,personal files and app because your current version of windows might be installed in a unsupported directory) now what to do

dunno if this is normal but it's been like 40 minutes and ive been stuck on making sure you're ready to install and just says please wait ._.

Thank you so much. So many videos were telling of ways to fix corrupt files but none worked. This worked like a charm. Lots of love and greetings from Pakistan friend

Thanks Brian.. Just when I needed it!

Can this method be used to get out of the insider program and back to the anniversary build? Thanks

thnk u it worked microsoft corrupeted my files bcz of its stupid updates

Brilliant! Had an issue with the PC only booting after a restert and this has fixed it

Thank you very much, I almost was going to just reinstall everything and do a fresh start again but this worked really well

Thank you so much for this guide. I saw a reddit post that this method might fix my valorant low fps issue and it did. Before doing this fix, my 5900x + 3080 was running at 100-150fps with some drops to 90's and low gpu/cpu usage but after repairing my windows it doesn't drop 300fps anymore.

I've been trying to reinstall windows because I have the blue screen system service exception error and everytime i try to load the windows 10 app it just blue screens me

THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYTHING WORKED OUT

Why someone dislike this . This very helpful for me my computer missing system file and Microsoft store app not working

I luv u so much... U r my god, majesty... U help everytime when my system goes wrong. Really u deserves a 1 billion subscribers...

My Edition is Windows 10 Enterprise can't repair with this tool :/ Thank for information ;)

You are awesome. Very short and useful video. Thanks so much

Thank you very much, today I was able to use this approach to fix scary symptoms on my Windows 10 PC that made me strongly suspect that they were caused by malware. I hadn't been able to fix them before using many other approaches. And I'm so glad I was able to keep all the programs and data.

Great video... I wish I had watched this video 10 days ago 😀

What if I can't get to desktop? Can it be in safe mode? Can it be reinstalled from an upgrade from win7?

There is another account/profile on my Windows 10 that I can't switch to (there's no option to on the login/lock screen) but all the data is still in File Explorer and the profile shows up on Settings. Will all the data on that account I can't switch to be kept if I selected the "keep everything" option? Also, does this fix any corrupt files and other problems in Windows 10?

I tried all your suggestions in a previous video after Windows update wouldn’t. I went through the lot and got nowhere. I followed your advice on this video and used latest version of Windows 10. Success all fixed and no lost files. Thank you so much

Will this speed up my pc just like a fresh install?

This actually saved me from hours of data mining I LOVE YOU

OMG I WAS JUST ABOUT TO WIPE ALL MY APPS AND EVERYTHING BUT I GAVE IT ONE MORE SHOT AND SAW THIS THANK YOU SO MUCH

This procedure worked great for me. Thanks!!!

You just earned a subscriber

will this work if I have a pirated windows and want to roll back all of those changes so I can have updates and working features?

"Windows 10 installation failed" it started installing and then I received this message. I have 20 GB available on the drive. Is there any solution? My Windows won't update, start menu search doesn't work, as well as, settings not working. Anyone have a solution or an idea?

absolutely wonderful, after all of the suggestion on how to fix my action not launching finally something that really worked and someone who knows what they are talking about. It fixed my problem when nothing else really worked. Wow, wished more people knew of a solution like this. Thanks, Thanks., Thanks

You're a genius, thank you!!! I've tried just about everything, and this was the first thing that worked!!!

Unfortunately my PC crashes before I can do anything on the video. Nonetheless I’ll still drop a Iike as you have helped so many people :)

With this method, should we need to reinstall device drivers, i.e., for graphic cards, audio, etc.?

Useful information. Thank you.

This is exactly what I needed but I cannot access the desktop and you are saying that this would only work if you have access to the GUI desktop. I have tried restore points, fix startup problems to no avail. Can you do what you are showing in the above video but at the prompt. I do have access to the prompt and I have a USB bootable with windows 10. The objective is to not lose the applications or the files. What Microsoft is proposing by keeping files but not the apps is a bit off the wall and unrealistic. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

When it restarts after installing it does automatic repair and won’t boot into windows

It won't select the USB. The computer has an all black screen that says, preparing automatic repair. But, it stays that way now for over 8 hours.

does this work similar to formatting my pc?

I have activated versions of windows home. So, suppose i have upgrade my pc then will it ask me for a product key

Brilliant,,,worked perfectly, sorted out all my problems.

Did exactly what I needed it to do. Fixed some corrupted Windows 10 files that were hindering my start button from opening and restored the ability to put the computer to sleep. Thanks for the help!

When I click upgrade I get BSOD two times saying paged in nonpaged area and it restarts saying something like second_boot failed

All my compliments and love to you man!! I had 100% active disk time causing freezes and tried every solution i could find until i just did simple reinstall of windows (costed me 5 hours) and it repaired my messed up drive. THANKS A TON!!

Mine gets stuck after “getting a few things ready” after a few minutes it says to try it again. I think I have a one of a kind issue, is there any way to email you?

Thanks Britec..Im in trouble for two weeks already..Now my laptop is working so good..😊🍻

Thanks for the tutorial good sir!