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I have a laptop running Windows 10. I updated Windows 10 last night. I start up my laptop today and it’s stuck on this loop where it’s on this screen that says “Restoring your previous version of Windows” I have no idea how to fix this. Please help.
Original Title: Windows 10 Stuck on “Restoring your precious version of Windows” loop
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Not sure if I just got lucky but I was able to resolve this by holding f7 for about 30 seconds. I had restarted 3 times with it stuck in the loop going nowhere. F7 then it started to load for a bit...took a few minutes then finally got to the sign in screen. This is with a hp envy 360 POS. Good luck
Guys the solution that worked for me is force powering it off then i press the power button a let go and as soon as the small light bulb indicator turns on i keep pressing the F8 key untill i get the normal laptop logo boot up screen it will boot up normally and then you will get the sign in screen and it will be black after sign in but then you will get your usual desktop screen.
PS. Never updating again.
Hello,
My Dell Inspiron 15 3000 Series laptop is stuck in a boot loop. I cannot access the login screen.
I have tried to do a hard reset but it just goes back to the 'Recovering your previous version of windows' loop.
I encountered this when I had an update, the update installed perfectly but it made my games and laptop lag.
When I tried to go back to the previous version it took a long time so I held down the power button until it turned off.
When I tried to turn it on it got stuck in a loop and it has been like that for two weeks or so.
Please help me on how to fix this.
My laptop won't even boot to the main screen. It says.. Restoring your previous version of windows.. ..This is a new laptop. I'm stuck
Are you an actual moron? The original poster specifically said they were unable to get past a screen on initial boot, which means they DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE OS.
CAN YOU EVEN READ?
