In-place Repair Upgrade

(Keeping files and apps)

In-place repair upgrade using Windows ISO file is a good way to fix system errors. Here’s how you can perform it.

Steps

Download the Windows ISO, preferably from MSDL in the same Windows language, and architecture.
- To check the installed Windows architecture, open Powershell as admin and enter,
  Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem | Format-List OSArchitecture
  
  x64 means 64 Bit, x86 means 32 Bit
- To check the installed Windows Language, open Powershell as admin and enter,
  dism /english /online /get-intl | find /i "Default system UI language"
- Note: If you are running Enterprise or Enterprise LTSC edition then you will need to download those edition ISO files from here.
Double-click on the ISO file once it is downloaded.
If it opens in another program like 7-Zip, close it, right-click on the ISO, Open With > Windows Explorer
A new DVD drive will appear in Windows Explorer, which means the installation image has been mounted successfully.
Go into that DVD drive and run setup.exe, just continue until you reach the final confirmation screen.
Make sure it says “Keep all files and apps” on the final screen. Then you can continue the process and wait until it is done.

If you are not getting the option to keep files and apps, or the setup is showing any error, you can connect with us for help.