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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > Haus of Tech Support > Power went out, windows 10 won't start
 
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Biscuitbeard
Feb 16, 2020
 Quick one - have you tried a Linux live CD/USB?

First thing to do is figure out whether any of the actual hardware got fried or if it's just Windows. So take Windows out of the equation and boot into portable Linux where you can run tests on the hard drive etc. I doubt your files are gone but the installation may be hopelessly borked.

You can get recovery-specific live images - I haven't had PC problems in a while but Hiren's one was always good.

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