windows 10 Computer won't boot - USB doesn't repair it

By Guest ElleA3
December 5, 2024 in Operating Systems Help & Support

https://extremetechsupport.com/topic/1202291-computer-wont-boot-usb-doesnt-repair-it/

Recommended Posts

Guest ElleA3

Posted December 5, 2024

Our well used laptop is stuck on the manufacturer logo screen. The windows logo does not ever appear - it eventually comes up with a Windows Boot Manager dos style screen saying winresume.efi is missing.Last night I made installation media on a USB and booted from that. Automatic repair didn't work. Having tried chkdsk, fixboot etc nothing changed. I have now realised it is only looking at the USB. This is why various commands say there are 0 Windows installations.BIOS recognises the hard drive, but even Diskpart only finds the USB.I can't possibly get into taking out the hard drive and all of