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sata issue
A new Windows update on my desktop took over 2 hours. The machine then transitioned into a "perpetual reboot". In other words, it continued rebooting itself but never to the point of reaching the login screen. I stopped the cycle by depressing the f12 key during the rebooting. An error message appeared and displayed 2 SATA errors. I then powered off the machine and rebooted using a recovery file on a thumb drive. Unfortunately, the system will not self-repair using the recovery files and will not boot completely with the recovery files.
Any idea what this could be and how do I fix it? I am assuming that the Windows update was corrupted. Can Windows be re-installed externally? I can't boot the machine so I have no way to work from within the computer and operating system. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Steve