I confirmed via the Linux tools it is a physical damage on the disk. I ran a tool called badblocks. It is designed to look not at the file system integrity, but sector integrity. It found about 15...

Where would I get the free Windows 10 recovery media that you two speak of? If that will fix the issue, enough for me to just have to get drivers, and purchase a new HDD, I'm all for it.

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Asus told me of one other option on the phone. I could have the Asus recovery stick shipped to a friend in the US and then they'd ship it to me. I have two friends in Ohio and a friend in Oregon....

Just finished Live Chat with Asus and I asked how I could recover my system. I was told that I could purchase recover media from them. I go to the link the support person provided, and the company...

I am typing this message on my phone because I have determined it is the hard drive. I can't even load safe mode anymore.

EDIT: For obvious reasons, I can't use my computer right now to purchase...

Thanks for the reply

Apparently, it's too late to go back to a previous build. So what must have happened is my system must have updated over 10 days ago, but I only restarted it 3 days ago..... I...

I have updated Windows 10 to the most recent version in the past 72 hours and have encountered the problem of not being able to get my system to boot in anything but safe mode or safe mode with...