While there were several headline-grabbing ransomware attacks during in 2017, another big threat started appearing at the same time that didn’t get the same coverage – illicit cryptomining.
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Get the HP Hardware diagnostics for your model. You should be able to get them (disk for sure) on a bootable USB key. Start with the USB Key and test all hardware including the hard drive.
Then if hardware passes, do a Windows 10 Repair Install and Keep Everything.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
Windows 10 is running, so click on the Download button (not Upgrade Button, select Save.
Create a USB Windows Installation key and then run Setup on the USB Key.
This will launch the Repair and proceed normally.