winload.efi file corrupted or missing

2026-10-16T00:42:55.19+00:00

My laptop won't let me factory reset. When I try from my settings, it just tells me "reset didnt work". I've tried many things from forcing a reset by holding shift and restart, to running commands. I've looked on a bunch of forums and nothing will help. When trying to force a reset, I got a screen that said that the winload.efi file is missing or damaged. I performed a scan through the command prompt, but no files were corrupted. It mentioned to press F1 to get to the recovery environment so that I can repair my files, but pressing F1 just brings me back to the same screen. I don't have a usb device either.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup
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