Has anyone else had the upgrade to Windows 11 fail and completely break their Wi?

1ug4ch · Post by **1ug4ch** » Sun Jan 11, 2026 7:07 pm

Another option is to use the Windows 10 installation media to try a repair install, which might fix the boot issue without wiping your data.

Ue1Ginb2R · Post by **Ue1Ginb2R** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 3:57 am

Yeah, You could also try booting from that same media and using the command prompt to run a system file check with "sfc /scannow" on your drive.

784idz · Post by **784idz** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 6:15 pm

Agreed. And if that doesn't work, you might also try the "chkdsk /f" command from that same prompt to check for disk errors.

6opatK6o · Post by **6opatK6o** » Mon Jan 12, 2026 8:02 pm

+1 Yeah, that's solid advice. Also, before you run chkdsk, try a simple "sfc /scannow" first—it's quicker and sometimes fixes the underlying issue.

WLUeKyV · Post by **WLUeKyV** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 1:16 am

This. I had the same problem. I ended up using a USB drive on another computer to get my important files off before doing a clean install. Let me know if that works.

3SEyU52RgFVM · Post by **3SEyU52RgFVM** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 1:18 am

You could also try booting from a Windows 10 USB and using the repair tools from there.

6vfwXXldrz83 · Post by **6vfwXXldrz83** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 1:36 am

Another option is to use the USB to access the command prompt and try running the bootrec commands to fix the startup. Good luck!

289tx · Post by **289tx** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 4:41 pm

Can confirm. Before you try that, can you boot from the USB and see if you can access your files from the recovery environment?

88a27276O · Post by **88a27276O** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 7:18 pm

I had the same problem. I had to use a bootable USB drive to pull my files off before doing a clean install.

3114mp · Post by **3114mp** » Fri Jan 16, 2026 3:26 pm

Agreed. Yeah, that error code is a pain. Did you try using the Windows 10 installation media to run a repair from the USB?