It happened on Windows 7 and now it has happened to me on a fairly vanilla Windows 10 after an upgrade,
This is highly inconvenient! And the solution would be to start a Windows rescue from a dongle which almost certainly will ruin my dual Linux install.
I got a cryptic message that my hardware was disconnected and that I should use the old password....what password???!

Maybe that Windows update could not coexist as a dual boot or maybe the update simply sucked.
So not only is Windows 10 considerably slower on this computer than Manjaro Linux it is also way more unstable and error prone.
Remember we are talking about cutting edge (Arch based) Manjaro here and it is way more stable.
If you run a business that is expensive and if you run a private computer: lucky you! it is way easier to convert to Linux then,
Of course all your data can be rescued with a rescue DVD and be usable under Linux.
I think I will simply delete my Windows partition and use Linux on the entire computer.
Windows 10 ended up as a big disappointment.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3138820 ... drive.html
It might just be that my Windows password has been disconnected by the cloud In which case it should be easier to recover without destroying my Linux.
But right now I do not feel like complying to that kind of occupation therapy.....