Okay - possibly progressing.

First, for whatever reason, I could not make a bootable USB. Had to make a DVD. Probably the tool (Windows USB DVD ISO whatever).

Some good news, under the Kyhi...

Thanks for your insights. I'll give the recovery tools a try.

Paul

Unfortunately, I do not know what updates were being performed on my system, I just let it do its magic overnight and the next day was greeted with an "Automatic Repair" screen. The update...

No, not really. It is a bit intermittent, but not 100%.

I have multiple computers with the Win10 (64 bit) update. On two of the computers, if I enter the lock screen by using the Start-L keyboard shortcut, I can exit the lock screen (and enter the log on...