nospam wrote:

maybe the tools you used didn't work well. the better tools not only
find the names, but also the file/folder hierarchy, and can reconstruct
as much as it can.

The whole saga is over and done with since Microsoft can't recover the
operating system they, themselves, bricked, and where two different
Microsoft Retail store employees told me this is very common, where they
get a system bricked by the Windows 10 update at least once a day.

Interestingly, the Microsoft retail store in the middle of Silicon Valley
is directly across the aisle from the Apple Sto
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...il_store_1.jpg

The Microsoft store is almost a direct copy of the Apple model, as far as I
can tell, only about twice the size.
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...il_store_5.jpg

But, in both cases, I've never had any success bringing anything to either
the Microsoft or Apple "genius" employees, who seem to know far less than
you guys do (because they always fail - and I only bring the hard problems
to them because that's when I failed too).
http://wetakepic.com/images/2018/02/...il_store_1.jpg

PS: The Microsoft Store feeds you though, while the Apple store does not.