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Windows 10 Pro Error 0xc000021a - can't boot in safe mode

Hi, yesterday I was using my PC when all of a sudden it froze and I foolishly turned off the electricity.

Once I turned it on, the blue screen and "error 0xc000021a" appeared. I tried everything, even (in prompt command) Dism, sfc/ scannow, chk disk /f /r, dism/online/cleanup-image/restorehealth, dism /image:E:\ /cleanup-image /revertpendingactions .

After this error occurred, Windows tried to fix it automatically which it then failed and transferred me to the Recovery Environment.

I found out that the windows folder is in Unit E (I don't know why). I tried to reset it, but at 29% it annuls all the changes. It can't even restore the old version or boot in safe mode and neither in online network mode.

I even tried to reinstall windows using a USB, but it didn't work (I properly switched the boot priority order before).

The main issue is that I have no restore points and I absolutely can't lose the data.

What can I do?

I understand that there are several threads with this and I have searched as many as I could find but couldn't find anything that helped (I am Italian, I've tried to translate the better I could)

Thank you in advanced

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One way would be to replace the old drive with a new one, install Windows on it. After the OS is configured and up to date, connect the old drive and copy the data to the new drive.

Normally, Windows installs on the hard drive and sets it as C:, but I have seen it assign another drive letter. You can fix that by opening Disk Manager, it will let you see the drives and partitions. Disk Manager can help change the assigned drive to a different letter.

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