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Partner kicked power plug out while cleaning and the whole computer shit itself. Doesn't boot into windows at all. Shows mobo thing but I can't access boot order or bios stuff at all. Computer eventually gets mad and tells me to use a recovery cd. That ofc doesn't work (which specifically could be issue with my DVD drive, it has been wonky burning things lately). Recovery USB looks mad glitchy and when I try recovery it just gets mad that I didn't select a windows installation. I can see all my drives if I try to install windows from it.

All this is out of my wheelhouse and I really don't want to take it in anywhere. What should I check next?

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[–] PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

If it is telling you to insert a recovery CD, that means the motherboard/UEFI is fine. That message comes from the Windows bootloader. @silent_water@hexbear.net's got the right advice. Boot an alternate OS from a USB, recover whatever files you can, then reinstall Windows.

The installers for Fedora / Ubuntu are also fully functional desktop operating systems. You can close the install wizard, open Firefox, mess with a file browser, etc.