Question I cannot get PC to boot, or enter Safe Mode ?

[i6pwr]

To get to the videos directory...
Type...
cd c:\users\(your account name)\videos
*** No brackets on (your account name) e.g Jack
Click ENTER
Then you will be in the video directory of your account.
c:\users\(your account name)\videos

Going back to this since the 3 start method brought me.back to the same screen that shows

"Automatic Repair"

Your PC did not start up correctly.

I currently have the C prompt in command prompt.

It shows:

C:\>

Maybe I'm missing a step, or a space, but I type:

cd c:\users\my account name\videos

lower-case cd, space,c:\users\my account name as it reads\videos

I get:

"The system cannot find the path specified"

I tried my username with spaces, no spaces, caps, lowercase, you name it.

I just want to be sure the spacing and letter case is correct

The text above the box shows:

Administrator: X:\windows\system32\cmd.exe

Could the system 32 be the issue?

 

[KingLoki]

What do you get if you type...

dir
at C:\>

 

[i6pwr]

What do you get if you type...

dir
at C:\>

Same as before...

Volume in drive C is System Reserved
Volume serial number is...(edited to add this)
Directory of C:\

0 Recovery.txt
1 file(s) 0 bytes
0 Dir(s) 20,500,480 bytes free

 

[KingLoki]

Do you have a second computer?

 

[i6pwr]

Thinking outside the box this would be another way to crack into the "C" drive and remove that video file you think is the issue.

Pull the drive and use the caddy off Amazon and hook up to another PC dump the bad file than return the SSD to original PC.

https://www.amazon.com/MAIWO-M-2-NVMe-2-5-SATA/dp/B0CCCHRW5Z/ref=sr_1_8?crid=2J3G5FH8AQOIS&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.JpIEkSIylft-_ZvzLWouroIyEFuAkToOiid4rmOSaijSpE-DDLkjyFyM_O5cofkCYHWR7lY7r_PHjB1X5uEE_o7NYiLAyCeFEtC1VunKCIC17iKo1QPkeKj8IzTKyrwyRTaRdjOUzFGvdwmMvGWSyOrSRhcN9YSMGaDH4UztATsmdf0p83xmxbWYJYokTMDX5Bl22HUYwNv7qN2-27Zv4h0DyCbKG5mJWJKFONi776ZlJXqfym8PvFAp8V8L1yyVE-zpkY9HiWZt9R4gcYMnPi36XHsBKL-hjYLUApFolaPZv8vSRHEiO5PiEYIKTYcbVUBqa7HVEl939kNppaG6evNLfWJoZPFP-1_2hhLvbNw.aRz9-jwqL2cAjc1K3ZshqE8q9j8gRUYRNZ78LY7Ois4&dib_tag=se&keywords=m.2+and+regular+ssd+cloning+caddy&qid=1736199640&s=electronics&sprefix=m.2+and+regular+ssd+cloaning+caddy,electronics,126&sr=1-8&th=1

I do have a M.2 drive enclosure that's USB-C if needed. Hoping to avoid that since the drive is kinda buried behind the GPU also with a support brace. Not a huge deal but might come to that.

 

[i6pwr]

Do you have a second computer?

Yes

 

[KingLoki]

Would be the so-called easy option. Plug it in an an external and delete the file then put it all back

 

[i6pwr]

Would be the so-called easy option. Plug it in an an external and delete the file then put it all back

I removed the drive and connected via Sabrent M.2 enclosure (EC-NVME)

I was able to briefly see the contents, the videos showed an error and as it appeared to be populating with the green bar slowly moving to the right, it stopped loading and now I have an error.

In dIsk management, It shows as:
Disk 1
Unknown
Not Initialized

If I try to initialize, it reads:

The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error

I guess that could be the enclosure or the drive.

So going back to my previous help on a backup drive I tried the DMDE software and it shows the disk, but when I try to open I get the error..

"The disk is not accessible (see Help)"

So maybe we are close, but not sure how to access the files.

Sidenote, I really wish Tom's Hardware allowed for small picture uploads instead of a hosting site.

 

[stonecarver]

I really wish Tom's Hardware allowed for small picture uploads instead of a hosting site.

On imgur.com no account is needed you just drag and drop the picture to there site. Than post link here. Just keep your background stuff out of picture and no one knows who you are.