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This is normal as it is recovering all data that has ever been on the HDD

Check your hard drive

To add to the above comment (I forgot to mention this) you can access advanced startup menu by repeatedly pressing f8 when you boot the PC

If you can get into windows Press the Win + C keyboard combination to bring up the Charms Bar, then click on the Settings Charm. We need to head into the Modern Control Panel, so go ahead and click on the Change PC settings link. When the Control Panel opens, switch over to the “Update &...

Sounds like corruption. What you can always do enter advanced options by repeated pressing f8 when you power up the PC and using a restore point. If you go that rout and it does not work as planned look at the RAM and/or HDD as having a potential failure

If you did a custom install chances are you did get rid of the old OS if you did an upgrade it would have just replaced the os files instead of deleting and reinstalling. What you can always do (if your comfortable doing this) is: Press the windows key and R at the same time. When you see the...

It is essentially the same as hard resetting a phone the only difference is your personal stuff remains intact. Think of it as resetting ONLY windows nothing else

Well that is a bit of a sad outcome. I am sorry to read that. Best of luck with any new/existing PC and hopefully this does not reoccur

HDD has failed. I would replace and install on the new HDD.

Four beep codes indicates a Memory failure. In order to resolve it you can try to reseat the memory sticks. Also if there are 2 memory sticks in the system remove one and then check to isolate the bad memory stick. Please reply with the outcome.

If your booting into it you should see a section called HDD once in if your a western digital HDD select their diagnostic tool. Run a S.M.A.R.T test and then a Short DST check. After that if tests are positive run a long DST check. The long DST will take a long time to complete so be prepared to...

Yes and potentially yes. Those tools will tell you 100% if your HDD has kicked the bucket. Then if it has you would need to get a new HDD and install onto that one. If they report that the HDD is fine we can explore additional fixes.