Question PC/Device needs to be repaired

Kusky

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So I was trying to reinstall windows and I placed a windows installation file on a USB. I unplugged all my drives but 1 and tried to install, but each time it failed around 50%. Eventually I gave up and decided to try recover from a restore point which I made before trying reinstall. I enabled my other drives again which is when I got “Your PC/device needs to be repaired” I only got this when enabling the other drives again. What is weird though, is that it tells me to use a recovery tool such as on a USB. Which I already have plugged in, but it isn’t picking up. And even more weird it picks it up again once I disable the drives again. But I need it specifically with those drives enabled. I honestly feel like my pc is bricked, with no other computer to try redownload the installation files on the USB again incase it was a corruption to do with the USB. What can I do?
 
Do clean install.
Have only single drive connected.
Clean target drive before installing windows. All data gets wiped, so make backups, if necessary.
Use diskpart clean method for cleaning the disk.

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https://www.tomshardware.com/news/how-to-do-clean-installation-windows-10,36160.html