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It crashed, then I made it worse (Legacy->UEFI) on bad advice.
Hello all,
So, I updated to Win 10 three weeks ago. All was fine until my system froze yesterday evening. I did a hard reboot, but after the initial Win 10 loading screen I got a blue loading screen that blinked endlessly like it was having a seizure. After multiple unsuccessful reboots and an inability to find "safe mode" I looked online with another machine. There I found some posts that seemed similar in nature to my problems. Stupidly, perhaps, I followed the advice given. First I entered boot options (F12) and changed from Legacy to UEFI. Then, per the advice, I restarted the PC twice to initialize Windows Recovery Mode (or whatever it's called). From there I chose to do a system restore. That failed saying that the file was deleted at some point (no other restore points were available). I rebooted again to try safe mode, but I got a message that my hard drives were being checked for errors and repaired. When done, the system started normally, for about 1 minute. After that it began an endless cycle of automatic refreshing. I've also lost function of the start button, all folders close with each "refresh," the Win 10 settings seems to have reverted in look and functionality to Win 7, etc.
At this point I found TenForums. Currently I've run sfc/scannow twice (with system shutdown after each and "fast startup" disabled, per advice I found here). The sfc scan reveals several issues that it cannot repair (I'll try to attach the log file here).
At this point I'm worried I've made a terrible mistake switching from Legacy to UEFI (while being the computer illiterate buffoon that I seem to be) without doing it properly. I also need to get functionality of my PC back, stop the endless refreshing, make sure everything is fine. Basically I need help. I would greatly appreciate any given.
Thank you.