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I have a windows 10 pro machine that has Blue Screened IOInitialize fail. I have tried everything under the sun dism, bcdedit fixboot etc . you name it ..and nothing is working to get it to simply boot. I have no restore points and no reg backup .

Is there any way I can simply reinstall windows over the windows installation and keep all programs and files ? Remember I can not boot into windows so before you tell me to go to start and browse to setup .. remember I can't boot into safe mode or regular mode.

I am open to un-documented or unorthodox or even a standard way to do this .. (microsoft bill gates wanted his mother to be able to operate a computer after 40 years you would think this part would be easy ..)

How can I do this ?

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A Windows Repair Install will not work if Windows is not running. In your case, Windows is not running. This is by design.

If you are unable to get it to start (based on your post, it looks like NO), then you would need to recover your data (boot from a bootable Windows USB Key (Windows ISO made bootable with Rufus), and then reinstall Windows fresh from the Windows Installation Media.

Use the computer manufacturer’s hardware diagnostics app to test the drive before attempting to reinstall.

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You need to create a Windows installation USB and install Windows. You may get the ISO from Microsoft's Download Windows 10 page.

If the installation will find your existing Windows partition and identify it as containing Windows, then proceeding with it will have the same effect as a Windows In-place Upgrade. It will repair the boot and upgrade Windows to the latest version, while keeping all data, apps and most settings.

If your existing Windows installation is not found, then your disk has suffered a catastrophic error. Use a Linux Live USB to save as much of your data that is still recoverable, then check the status of the disk. In the worst case, you may need to replace the disk and start from scratch.

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