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Not actually bricked, I assume -- your laptop has not been "turned into a brick", just had the OS corrupted, right? You could presumably wipe and reinstall Wind
by phyzome 3y ago
Not actually bricked, I assume -- your laptop has not been "turned into a brick", just had the OS corrupted, right? You could presumably wipe and reinstall Windows to fix it.
(Not saying that doesn't suck, just arguing with the terminology.)
- halfjoking 3y agoYou’re right formatting the drive would work. But reinstall Windows crashes, USB recovery drive only helps copy files from command line, system restore points all crash. “OS corruption” sounds like it can be repaired while keeping files, but this is worse than that.
- JuanPosadas 3y ago> OS corruption” sounds like it can be repaired while keeping files If it corrupts your OS and it corrupts your files, that sucks, but it's not bricking unless it's impossible to install a working operating system.
- agumonkey 3y agoSo as a last resort you'd have to boot a live image (windows or linux) to extract docs and configs in order to reinstall from zero ?