Windows 10: Power outage corrupted hard drive. Can't repair or reinstall Windows 11

Discus and support Power outage corrupted hard drive. Can't repair or reinstall Windows 11 in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; This is my sister in law's Dell Latitude E7440 laptop which had been running Win 11. After a power outage / surge it would only boot to a black screen... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by RLamp, Jan 19, 2023.

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    Power outage corrupted hard drive. Can't repair or reinstall Windows 11


    This is my sister in law's Dell Latitude E7440 laptop which had been running Win 11. After a power outage / surge it would only boot to a black screen with a blinking cursor. I tried booting from an external DVD with Win 10 [I think I had to change the BIOS to legacy boot from UEFI to get this to see the external DVD] and was able to get to a restore point. After an apparent successful restore the computer was showing a Windows 11 screen. I was able to open a window or two, but it was late so I shut it down for the night. The next day it wouldn't boot although it got into multiple Windo

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