Before the Problem
A disc you can create in Windows 10/11 to launch Windows RE.
What is system repair disc
The process of starting up a computer and loading an operating system.
What is booting
A recovery technique that replaces the entire contents of a hard drive with whatever operating system state and personal data are saved in the system image used for the recovery.
What is reimage
A lean operating system installed on the Windows 10/11 setup media and on the Windows volume that can be used to troubleshoot problems when Windows refuses to start.
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE or WinRE)
A restart of the computer by turning off the power or pressing the Reset button. Also called a cold boot.
What is hard boot
A Windows 10/11 bootable USB flash drive that can be used to recover the system when startup fails; the drive can be created using the Recovery applet in Control Panel. The drive can hold an OEM recovery partition copied from the hard drive.
What is recovery drive
To restart a computer without turning off the power; for example, in Windows 10/11, press Win1X, point to Shut down or Sign out, and click Restart. Also called warm boot.
What is soft boot
A nondestructive installation of Windows over an existing Windows installation in which personal files, apps, and Windows settings are kept; the process can repair the existing installation. Also called a repair upgrade or in-place upgrade.
What is repair installation
A Windows command used to repair a dualboot system.
What is bootsect
A restart of the computer by turning off the power or pressing the Reset button. Also called a hard boot.
What is cold boot
One of two programs that manage the loading of Windows 10/11. The program file (winload.exe or winload.efi) is stored in C:\Windows\System32, and it loads and starts essential Windows processes.
What is Windows Boot Loader
To restart a computer without turning off the power; for example, in Windows 10/11, press Win1X, point to Shut down or Sign out, and click Restart. Also called soft boot.
What is warm boot
The Windows command that initializes Windows PE and enables networking. Also see Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE).
wpeinit
A Windows command used to manually edit the BCD.
What is bcdedit
The process of uninstalling a recent Windows update.
What is roll back updates