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Stuck at sign-in circular loading animation after reboot
I upgraded to windows 10 from 8.1 through Microsoft's updater.
I used Windows 10 for web browsing and then after my use, I shut the computer down.
After my first reboot, OS crashed several times and sent me to the recovery page.
Steps I took:
1. Reset system (keep files)
-> Failed
2. Restore
-> Failed
System reboots with a black screen and a mouse pointer.
Few minutes later, I see a blue screen with a circular loading animation icon.
I gave it few hours before force shutdown (I also left the system running overnight. No progress).
Every single recovery option did not work, and I could not find any solutions online.
What I do have:
Linux Mint (as dual boot).
Can access Windows 10 drive from Mint.
It seems like the only solution I see is to clean install Windows 10 after backing up my files... but I want to know if there is a solution without having to wipe my drive.