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Windows won't start/Startup repair won't work
I've been having issues for awhile, but it normally snaps out of it or repair works, but this time...
The other day, I restarted my computer and now it goes straight to Startup Repair and then tells me autorepair can't help. I burnt the repair disc that Microsoft put out (and everyone says to use) and Startup Repair still doesn't work. I'm out of rollbacks to go back to. I tried the command prompt commands chkdsk (/r and /f), I tried the boot.exe/mrb (is that right? I'm not looking at the codes) ones, and the one that shows all the partitions, which are all healthy. I cannot get to Safe Mode, let alone the desktop or anything that lets me use the Windows key. I saw a lot of fixes where they were saying 'go to desktop', 'open start menu', 'click this', 'open that'--- that doesn't help me; I cannot log in at all. I'm also running on no battery. It went bad and haven't gotten a new one yet, and I did come across something that said that the battery could cause issues. What else can I do before resetting Windows (again) or taking it in to Staples?
Stats [if needed]:
Dell computer
Had since 2012
Ran off 7 until the free upgrade