how to make bootable rescue disk

My Windows 10 home won't boot. My rescue and repair disks don't seem to work (probably too old). I booted from a Windows 10 disk and told it to repair, but that failed. Using the command prompt from the Windows 10 disk, I was able to at least send my important files to a USB drive. I then saw a posting that mentioned that Paragon rescue kit free edition might be able to fix my problem. However, the download for that says it is now part of hard disk manager. I downloaded that, but it is an installation file. I need to burn a bootable dvd or usb drive in order to rescue the system. How do I accomplish this?

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by bradawk

My Windows 10 home won't boot.

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did this happen after the update or somehow your actions?
What error messages do you receive when try to boot Windows?

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Originally Posted by bradawk

I booted from a Windows 10 disk and told it to repair, but that failed.

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Have you tried using Bootrec in the command prompt?
bootrec /FixMBR /FixBoot /RebuildBCD
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...startup-issues

No, no error messages. I would just have a screen with the blue window and ring of dots. Then a screen with just the ring of dots. Eventually just a black screen. I let it run like that for hours and no change. I was able to get to a command prompt when using a rescue USB key or a Windows 10 install dvd. From there, I was able to open notepad, start to open a file, and from the explorer window was able to send my most critical files to a USB key. I could not get anything else to work. So, eventually had to reset it. It is now back to Windows 8. Working on updating it now.

Thanks for the reply! :)

How do I close this thread?

do you have a 2nd machine? if so, oy can install eht PHDM 16, and create a recovery disk, and as long as the two machines are the same, you can use that recovery disk from machine #2, to use on Machine #1, to restore an image, etc... (I beleve this i show it works, worth a try)