Windows 10: Corrupted hardware or corrupted OS

Ok last week my PC ran into several major problems that left me restarting it till it reinstalled itself.

It seemed to be fine, all the problems seemed to be gone, however they're more or less back and I'm thinking it's the hardware.

-In the context menu, whenever the mouse touches 'Scan item with windows defender', the menu and then all instances of explorer crashes then restarts
-Starting a windows defender scan doesn't do anything, it's just stuck at starting scan even after a whole night
-Restarting doesn't do anything, it's just stuck at the restarting screen even after a whole night
-Any form of recovery drive doesn't work, it just loads a blank screen with a movable mouse
-Can't install half the things, says 'Installer is no longer responding' or there's just no progression or something.
-Malwarebytes doesn't do anything, I double click it or right click it at the system tray but, nothing happens
-CCleaner gets stuck at certain files, I had to use CMD to delete the $Recycle.bin to empty it
-sfc /scannow doesn't report any problems

Might update it later when more of them surface

:)

 

atapi.sys missing or corrupted, and OS can't load

Hi Riley,

We'd like to clarify, have you already tried performing a repair upgrade using the Windows 10 ISO file? If you haven't, you can visit this
article and look for

Andre Da Costa's post. You may follow the suggestions provided and see if it makes any difference.

Let us know if that worked out for you.

 

atapi.sys missing or corrupted, and OS can't load

The other day I was downloading games on steam. I come back the next day with the error message that follows.

"Your PC/Device needs to be repaired

The operating system couldn't be loaded because a critical system driver is missing or contains errors.

File: \WINDOWS\System32\drivers\atapi.sys

Error code: 0xc000000f"

I have downloaded an ISO and put it on a DVD and attempted to use it to boot, with no luck. When I tried again, the disk didn't work at all. The automated repair isn't working, and all of the other fixes I have seen require the computer to be able to boot.
Please help.

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You probably don't like my suggestion.
Backup files you want to keep.
Do a Clean Install. Start fresh.

Use this Tech Bench link to download the iso.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/soft...load/techbench

Clean Install
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...n-install.html