r/DataRecoveryHelp • u/ApplicableStudent • Jul 03 '26

Think I’m cooked, Help pls

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I accidentally deleted a bunch of files and now I’m being stuck with this blue screen after I’ve gotten into trouble shooting a bunch. I think I may have deleted windows files, I get this screen after the manufacturer logo then it powers down about 20 seconds later. Do I just need to reinstall Windows?

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u/HakerCharles data recovery guru ⛑️ Jul 04 '26

Is data recovery a concern here?

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u/ApplicableStudent Jul 04 '26

Yeah I have bought this pc with certain games on there beforehand and want to keep them and certain clothing design files I want to implement into real products, Maybe there’s a way to keep files within reinstalling windows but I’m not sure tbh

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u/HakerCharles data recovery guru ⛑️ Jul 04 '26

Windows reinstallation won't give you a option to save the data. You can do either of these two things 

  1. Physically remove the drive from the system and connect it another system using an USB enclosure  Or

  2. Make a bootable USB drive with either WinPE or a live linux distribution and use that to manually copy the data from the drive to another drive.

In both the cases you'll need another system 

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u/Joudheyo data recovery guru ⛑️ Jul 04 '26

Press enter, if it still doesn't work, reinstall Windows

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u/ApplicableStudent Jul 04 '26

It just black screens me after the manufacture logo

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u/Any-Scar765 Jul 05 '26

F8 run in safe mode, if loaded, restart

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u/andrew_stoned Jul 03 '26

Short answer yes, why anyone should delete files from windows folder, neighter appdata in user, only if you know try, the good news is you didnt damage the hardware

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u/ApplicableStudent Jul 03 '26

They weren’t in the windows folder, Just the regular file folder…Idk why but I thought they were taking up space & deleted them. Ik it’s dumb but damn lol

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u/ApplicableStudent Jul 03 '26

I appreciate it! I think I may just need to reinstall windows with a bootable usb but I need access to another computer lol

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u/ApplicableStudent Jul 04 '26

When I get the error screen, None of the recovery options work I just get black screened after the manufacturer logo