[bgill]

I’ve had a long talk with myself and decided the expense wouldn’t be worth it.

But thanks for the time.

[LibertyWoman]

I don't know if you've found your answer or not but here's my suggestion just in case.

If you have a smart phone, go to youtube and type in the message that is on your PC. There are many computer savvy people on yt and some have provided step by step instructions on what to do to fix different issues.

A few months back there was a power surge at my house and even though I have a power strip, my desktop would not come back online. There was a message on the screen (can't remember what it was now) and the rest of the screen was black. Anyway, I typed in the message on yt and about 5 videos came up on how to fix it. I was up and running in about 10 minutes after following one of the videos.

[Wuli]

Just as an additional side note:

Long ago I moved all my own data & info, of any kind whatsoever, including Email, to a USB connected remote hard drive. I also changed where it was my programs expect to get or put the data/info of mine, so that everything goes to the remote hard drive. The system can crash, and even get “unrecoverable”, and I can just plug my remote hard drive into a new PC. I do that all time when I travel, taking the remote hard drive with a laptop I use mostly when traveling.

Just a some thoughts for you.

Oh! I have a 2nd USB connected hard drive that is used to have a backup both an image of my remote hard drive, and the main hard drive on the PC. The backup of the main hard drive is done only as often as software is added or updated, and the data/info USB connected remote hard drive is backed up every nite I use the PC.

[Bob434]

Don’t give up yet, type in the ‘endless loop system repair’ into search engine, I’m sure there is a fix In there provided the HD isn’t failing

[Bob434]

Oh, and when you get it back up and running, download Macrium Reflect, and make a backup, store it on another drive, and restore fro that drive if anything like this happens again. You will need to buy an external HD, but they are really cheap and well worth the $$

[daniel1212]

"I’ve had a long talk with myself and decided the expense wouldn’t be worth it. But thanks for the time."

How much can you afford? Refurbished used computers can be a bargain. But again, clone OS to a SSD.