So, my computer f*cked up out of nowhere. I'm running Windows 10. Walked into the room to find a blue screen had popped up, saying that it was collecting data to restart because the OS crashed or quit working. When it re-booted, the HDD wouldn't boot at all. Ran all of the diagnostics that I could and it sounds like the OS was trying to update itself and errored out somehow, then committed suicide. Luckily, I have some live Linux distros so that I can at least get online. Here is what was diagnosed:
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SMART Check: Passed
Short DST: Passed
Long DST: Failed
Failure ID: U0C05T-00098V-WPQF0K-61BG03 [Note: Zeros may be O's?]
Product ID: D2S42US#ABA
Error Code: 0x000000f
ErrorCode: 0xc00000e9
A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed.
The operating system couldn't be loaded because the system registry file is missing or contains errors.
File:\Windows\system32\config\system
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I am dreading having to wipe and re-install. But that may be a best case scenario. May need a new HDD. Any ideas?