Laptop I wanted to clean up the hard drive?

I wanted to do a hard drive cleanup via cmds I watched a video suddenly something like that comes up (see picture)

Don't be angry with me, but something like that can come out when you do something in the cmd that you have no idea about. You will probably have to reinstall Windows!

Congratulations

You prove again: You shouldn't just "clean up" your system blindly after some YT videos, especially not if you don't know what you are doing

Google for the error code that is displayed to you
If you can't find a contribution from Heise or some other reputable source

That calls for a new installation. You deleted a file you needed to start, albeit not voluntarily.

Thanks for your answer, no no, you're right, but because of a windows update, my entire laptop was broke that was my only option.

Actually great, thanks for your answer, no no you're right, but because of a windows update my entire laptop broke that was my only option.

Thanks for your answer, you're right, but because of a windows update, my entire laptop was broke that was my only option.

What can you re-download it with windows?

What can you re-download it with windows?

What can you re-download it with windows?

No problem, yes that's bad, all the Windows updates always. I always wait a few days before installing it so any bugs can be fixed.

Use the MediaCreationTool on another PC / notebook at Microsoft and then have a USB stick (> = 8GB) prepared from it

Maybe you can use it to repair the win again, which would then have to be tried out

So I made a Windows 10 boot stick with the Media Creation Tool. If you have another Windows computer, download the tool from the Microsoft site and then you can use the tool to create a boot stick. The stick should be at least 8GB in size.

Thanks Michael, do you mean windows 8.1? MediaCreationTool?

You need another computer and an empty USB stick. Then you can download the Media Creatine Tool from mirosoft. With this you can easily install Windows 10 on the stick. Then you plug it into the defective computer and when you start it should come up a menu where it says Install Windows and click through there. Note, however, that all files, settings and programs will be deleted.

ACH you still have Win8.1 on it?

Nope, the MCT is for Win10

Win8.1 you have to load the ISO manually and then prepare a stick manually

I won't get windows 10 until you have fixed this problem, do you mean I should save windows 8.1 on the stick and then install it? If I got it wrong, please correct me😊

Thank god, actually it's something positive for me that it happened

No no, I mean I have windows 10, I don't want to install it again because windows 10 updates are completely lost they have broken my laptop, what would be your suggestion now should I go back to windows 10 or windows 8.1

Why 8gb? Can I run windows 8.1 on my laptop, would that be a problem?

In your case, somehow… Reinstalling is always really a lot of effort…

What kind of notebook do you have?

And you should also consider that there's no normal support for 8.1 and only until 1'23 the most critical security gaps are ironed out and certainly enough programs are no longer compatible with them

And Win10 installed correctly and not messed around with it, like deleting data arbitrarily via CMD, it is very stable

Ok then I'll get back to windows 10 thanks Michael for your help.

And as I said with the MCT, you will also get the current version 20H2 and then install all updates immediately afterwards and leave your fingers on CMD, that backfires

If you want to clean something, use the disk cleanup with the option "System data cleanup", then nothing can go wrong

One more question can be done differently without a USB stick, no, isn't it? Otherwise I'll have to buy one.

I don't know whether the installation routine still fits on a DVD. I don't think so anymore

USB stick is best because installation is also much faster than from DVD

So the stick is just the installation medium. For Windows 8.1 you'll need a different tool. For this you can z. B. Download Rufus. What you still need is a Windows 8.1 ISO file. You can find them on the Microsoft website, if much is not wrong. When you've created the stick, you plug it into your laptop and boot from the USB stick, so you'll probably have to change the boot order in the BIOS. And then Windows 8.1 is created from the USB stick.

Here I found something that explains it a little more precisely: https://www.thomas-krenn.com/de/wiki/Windows_UEFI_Boot-Stick_unter_Windows_erstellen

I hope that helps you, if not, get in touch again.

How much gb does the stick have to have? Minimum and maximum?

Thank you my friend, I will.

You need 8GB. With a 4, the tool goes on strike

Do you mean 4gb with 4, you mean 4gb doesn't work or, 8gb is perfect, so to speak, it is no longer needed is it? 😂

No problem.

You need an 8GB stick

It doesn't work with a 4GB stick because the amount of data is too large to fit on a 4GB stick

Ok I just picked one up now should I go to the microsoft site and download the medacreatetoll windows 10 onto the stick and then put it in the other laptop, yes?

https://www.microsoft.com/.../windows10

"Download the tool now", then start it and follow the instructions

Should I then simply put the file in the stick folder or should I do that beforehand?

Of course you have to start the tool, otherwise it will probably not be able to prepare the stick and copy the Win installation onto it

The tool only has a few MB

And if you then install Win…

I suppose you don't know the Win-Key, think about exactly which Win-Edition, i.e. Home or Pro, you installed before, then you have to select that. Win then gets the activation from the MS server

And one more thing to note: delete ALL partitions that have been created and then simply click on "next" at the bottom right. Win then create the partitions as needed

Thank you very much for your effort ❤

I have a problem when I stick the stick in and then boot to f12 and then select nothing loads, I've done it right, if not please correct me

Proper course of action, apparently

The problem could be an improperly prepared stick
Whereby problems only arise in the middle…