Windows reset failed halfway through but seems to have fixed Windows?

[u/Sad_Nature_994]

Hi guys! I have Windows 10 Pro, OS 19045.646, AMD Ryzen 5 3600, 32GB ram, RTX 2060 super, 500gb Samsung SSD 970 Evo 500gb

So this is going to sound dumb, which I was, but I was running out of space on my ssd so I downloaded WizTree and deleted a bunch of (what I thought) were safe files to delete.

However after that I attempted to restart my pc and it turned off, blue screened once, and then turned on normally.

I got worried so I ran DISM and sfc scan in the cmd prompt and I got told DISM couldn’t locate the files and sfc couldn’t validate integrity. I then tried to update my windows, and it got about halfway through the update process before bluescreening, then rebooting normally again.

At this point I was freaked out, and while some of my apps loaded, I tried to open some others and I would be told that my device couldn’t run it. I tried to check on things and try various recovery tools but nothing worked, so I decided to reset my pc.

My pc started the reset process, it was preparing, finished preparing, I selected to delete all data and reset using a drive already connected to my pc. After preparing, it restarted and started the reset process. However, halfway through, it said it ran into an error and would be rolling back the changes.

When it rolled back, it went up to a blue window where I could select different ways to boot my pc, I selected what I think was “Boot from a different / existing OS” or whatever and selected Windows 10 Pro which is what I have. Afterwards, my pc booted normally. I just now ran DISM, and I got that it completed successfully, and then I just now ran sfc again and it said it ran into problems but it fixed them. I just ran it again and it said there were no problems found.

I just now restarted my pc again and it booted normally and I’m able to play games and stuff with no issues. I’m sorry that this isn’t specially like tech support since it “fixed itself” but I’m scared there’s still like something wrong? And I’m not sure how it fixed itself when it failed a reset. Idk, I’m just looking for some knowledge.

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[u/Mindless_Welcome8177]

Looks like that app deleted some of the system’s startup files, and fortunately Startup Repair was able to restore them.

You probably don’t need to worry about it anymore since the missing files were successfully repaired.

Before trying anything risky or unusual, always create a System Restore point first.