Reboot and select proper boot device

debitcardmayhem

Not good , will look for more info if there is any on which partitions it needs, I would guess it probably needs a recovery partition, possibly an efi partition and the windows system one.

debitcardmayhem

DoaM said:

As above, not wishing to stick my oar in, but .... what if you select disk 2 then list partition? What do you get?

What size is your HDD in this machine? (Looking at the info suggests you have a single HDD that is stated as 40GB, which is about 36GB in reality - which would tie in [close enough] with the numbers shown in the screenshots. The 29GB volume should probably be the main OS and the <4GB volume is the recovery).

It's a seagate 3tb https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/77233681/#Comment_77233681

debitcardmayhem

Deleted_User I just looked at your 1st screen shot and the system looks like it has EFI boot on it I will be back in a while to see what we need

debitcardmayhem

OK here we go

start back at DISKPART please

SELECT DISK 0

CONVERT GPT

CREATE PARTITION EFI OFFSET=1024 SIZE=100

SELECT DISK 0

CREATE PARTITION MSR SIZE=16

SELECT DISK 0

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

EXIT

then try the reset again 🤞

[Deleted User]

I got as far as gpt?

debitcardmayhem

Oh bother or as I should say !%$& it looks like the disk is probably goosed , but try from

CREATE PARTITION EFI OFFSET=1024 SIZE=100

if that works carry on if not let me know

[Deleted User]

Guess that’s a no 

[Deleted User]

Is it worth taking it to a pc repair shop or best to save my money and buy a new pc?

Also, do you think this was a virus or it just gave up?

debitcardmayhem

Looks like the disk is gone then you could buy a new disk online , but are you sure to cannot access  another pc/laptop or a relative/friend who could create a USB for you, I know with lockdown it may be difficult

[Deleted User]

If I ask someone for a usb. What exactly is it I need to ask for?