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Windows 7 Re-install went horribly wrong
Hello!
I've got a bit of an issue on my hand.
Windows was being re-installed on my laptop from the partition. Unfortunately, the laptop shut off for unknown reasons - it was on charge and had a full battery, flipped open, and uninterrupted but it still shut off. Since then, I've not been able to get it to do much else but to start Windows, only for it to then tell me that apparently it was switched off during installation and asking me to reboot. Which accomplishes nothing but the same message all over again. So, as it would seem, it's not possible for me anymore to actually install the OS off the laptop itself.
Now the real issue is that it doesn't seem to install from discs or usb drives anymore either. Half of the time it will not open up the file at all from a disc or usb, although I did get it to boot Zorin OS off a disc once. Or well, almost; It showed that the kernel image was possibly damaged which is a known problem for certain Ubuntu ISO's, apparently.
I would hate to throw away a perfectly fine laptop (hardware wise) just because I can't figure out how to run a working OS on it and I'm really hoping to find a solution. Preferably I'd like to keep using Windows, especially since I've paid for it. If not, I'd be quite content using a Linux OS too of course.
Thank you very much for reading. :)
If more information is needed please let me know, as I'm nigh computer illiterate and wasn't too sure what information I should provide and what information I should leave out.