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This system was purchased just over 1 yr ago. Out of nowhere failed on boot with error 0xc0000221:
"file\Windows\system32\driver\volmgr.sys"
System did not have HP recovery mgr installed at purchase (post 2018 manufacture)
Using various bootable Win RE USB, attempted several methods to rebuild mbr, bcd, etc. no success.
Tried latest Hirens PE and "Lazesoft" utilities - no change. same error. Afterwards, same error came up at boot on black screen vs through Windows bootmgr.
Used a rescue USB from another HP system to backup data files.
Questions:
- If a bootable USB of latest Windows Home (64bit) is created and loaded, will the installed OEM license (in BiOS) be preserved and activate it ?
- If loaded from the previous step, will an option be presented to "Keep data files" ?
- Assuming 1 & 2 above are TRUE, will the load simply overwrite/restore the original installation and NOT install a second instance of Win10 (thus leaving a "Win 10.old on the disk) ?
- Separately, ordering HP W10 recovery Media for this system. if that were used instead for the above steps, would results be the same ?
