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IridiumIO / CompactGUI

Transparently compress active games and programs using Windows 10/11 APIs
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Windows corrupt #464

Open zappthed opened 1 month ago

zappthed commented 1 month ago

I have used compactGUI for my Windows folder inside C: and after restart it prompts me for diagnosing my pc. Proceeding repair does not work.

RinMaru commented 1 month ago

I have used compactGUI for my Windows folder inside C: and after restart it prompts me for diagnosing my pc. Proceeding repair does not work.

NEVER EVER mess with Windows C folder! Windows can only safely compress some files in it through compact OS camand. Otherwise unless you have a recovery image you have just bricked your desktop.

zappthed commented 1 month ago

I have used compactGUI for my Windows folder inside C: and after restart it prompts me for diagnosing my pc. Proceeding repair does not work.

NEVER EVER mess with Windows C folder! Windows can only safely compress some files in it through compact OS camand. Otherwise unless you have a recovery image you have just bricked your desktop.

That's true, and I also bricked my Windows and had to reinstall as I can't get it to repair itself.

RinMaru commented 1 month ago

That's true, and I also bricked my Windows and had to reinstall as I can't get it to repair itself.

Id like to say you could probably repair windows if you really good at command-line but i wouldn't know where to start even then. Just leave Windows C alone. I remember corrupting my windows XP by ntfs compressing the entire drive.

Reproved751 commented 1 week ago

if youve got a spare usb you can put the windows image on it and then use that to access the recovery menu and do a restore (assuming that it doesnt freak out)