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Stuck in Automatic Repair Bootloop and Recovery Options Won't Work
The Issue before the issue(this description is optional i guess): I tried installing a m.2 ssd on my new laptop and everything seemed to go fine during the cloning process. I soon realized the ssd wouldn't boot. Instead the internal hdd already in the laptop was being used as the boot device and the ssd was the c: drive. Everytime i tried to boot from the ssd, i would get a "no boot device found. press any key to restart the machine". So i tried the bootrec and diskpart commands and both drives ended up unbootable. After spending the whole day trying to boot these two without deleting anything, i created a windows recovery usb and was able to get the hdd to boot again but the ssd was removed as the primary drive and became the d: drive. This is when my issue arose
The Main Issue:So a windows update needed to be install and requested a restart. I had accidentally pressed shift when i pressed "update and restart". I got the usual "windows is starting" screen and the update was being uploaded. All seemed normal until the reboot went through and i got stuck in a automatic repair bootloop.
What I Tried: I attempted to use the command prompt once more to fix boot using bootrec. Didn't work because when i entered "bootrec /rebuildbcd" and selected the c: drive. Then i was given the "no system device was found". So i moved on to reinstalling windows from a windows recovery usb i created. It wouldn't let me install windows on any drive because "windows cannot be installed on a GPT partition". I tried restoring a system image but it says that it has run into an error. Restore points don't work because "system protection needed to be enabled". I finally tried to restore a factory image using the Dell SupportAssisst Recovery but it freezes on the "authenticating" pop-up.
I apologize for all the mess I have made and I appreciate any help. I just purchased this computer and i don't want to have to lose it
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