“I’ve had lots of I’m not angry at you, but…’ conversations with frustrated Windows users”.

Predictably, the built-in Windows recovery system had also died, so a bootable Windows 10 USB (via the Creation Tool found at pcpro. link/349tool) was required for a manual installation procedure. "I've had lots of I'm not angry at you, but…' conversations with frustrated Windows users" Windows 8 introduced "Refresh your PC" to reset an OS without data loss and, years later, the matured self-healing technology within Windows is as dependable as a cat's promise to stay off the furniture. [Extracted from the article]