PC won’t boot, USB won’t work, repair won’t work.

Question

I Bought a PC and the existing Microsoft account was password protected so I restored it. during the system restore it got shut off. It won’t boot anymore, I created a bootable USB and loaded windows from that, I can get to the repair option but it says it’s unable to repair, I have tried a restore but it doesn’t recognize an OS to restore from. I have tried to redownload windows as well. If I choose to upgrade the system it says it can’t upgrade it, if I choose custom install all of the drives are not formatted correctly for EUFI or windows to be used. I have tried to put a different drive in that works just fine on my other PC and it still won’t boot. I feel like I’ve tried everything being as I can’t access the PC at all to re format the drives.

Answer 1

Please try the following:

1. Disable Driver Signature Enforcement: Sometimes, driver conflicts can cause boot issues. To do this, boot from your USB drive, go to Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Startup Settings, and select "Disable driver signature enforcement.

Run Startup Repair: Boot from your USB drive, go to Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Startup Repair, and see if it can fix the issue.

Use Command Prompt: Boot from your USB drive, go to Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Command Prompt, and run the following commands one at a time:

sfc /scannow

  `chkdsk c: /f /r`
  
     `bootrec /fixmbr`
     
        `bootrec /fixboot`
        
           `bootrec /scanos`
           
              `bootrec /rebuildbcd`
              

1. Check Disk for Errors: Boot from your USB drive, go to Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Command Prompt, and run chkdsk c: /f /r. This will check the disk for errors and attempt to fix them
2. Clean Install: If none of the above steps work, you might need to perform a clean install of Windows. Boot from your USB drive, choose "Custom Install," and make sure to format the drive correctly for UEFI