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I have a 2018 Lenovo ideapad. It was working fine up until a few weeks ago when I downloaded the FXSound EQ and Sound Enhancer. Ever since then my laptop has been acting fucked up. The OS is lagging - It takes 30-60sec to open a file, it's slow to connect to wifi (takes around 10mins) and now today it won't boot at all. I started it up and it was saying "Preparing Automatic Repair" - I looked up troubleshooting instructions online and followed them, but my laptop kept going in a loop - same thing kept happening 3 times. NOW my laptop screen is black and it's loud - like it's trying to repair something. It's been like this for over 30mins and I'm getting really pissed off. WTF do I do? Do I let it keep trying to boot or should I shut it off and restart it? I don't have a boot CD (or even a CD/DVD drive on the computer) and I'm out of options.

Edit: After over an hour it finally told me what's wrong, it's either missing

EDIT 2: It's the next day and I don't even want to touch my laptop because it's gonna make me really angry My patience for technical problems declines every year.

I have a 2018 Lenovo ideapad. It was working fine up until a few weeks ago when I downloaded the FXSound EQ and Sound Enhancer. Ever since then my laptop has been acting fucked up. The OS is lagging - It takes 30-60sec to open a file, it's slow to connect to wifi (takes around 10mins) and now today it won't boot at all. I started it up and it was saying "Preparing Automatic Repair" - I looked up troubleshooting instructions online and followed them, but my laptop kept going in a loop - same thing kept happening 3 times. NOW my laptop screen is black and it's loud - like it's trying to repair something. It's been like this for over 30mins and I'm getting really pissed off. WTF do I do? Do I let it keep trying to boot or should I shut it off and restart it? I don't have a boot CD (or even a CD/DVD drive on the computer) and I'm out of options. Edit: After over an hour it finally told me what's wrong, it's either missing [A Kernel is missing or contains errors](https://pic8.co/sh/ZAgpkd.jpg) EDIT 2: It's the next day and I don't even want to touch my laptop because it's gonna make me really angry My patience for technical problems declines every year.

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I produce music and just can't wipe everything clean. I have thousands of dollars worth of DAWs, plug-ins and samples - Native Instruments, Ableton, FL Studio, Reaper, Acid, about 80gb of samples and over 100 unfinished demos. I only use it for music production, DJing, photoshop and the internet.

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Can I be rude and ask why you would have all that on a piece of shit lenovo?

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TBH I haven't had any serious problems with it for almost 4 years - I've owned Toshibas, HP & an Asus in the past and always had issues with them (Toshibas are the worst) and Lenovo was the best performing mid-priced laptop I could afford at the time.

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And you...didn't back these files up?

You can likely repair the operating system via a USB stick containing the Windows installation media since rhe error is explicitly regarding the operating system (kernel) being corrupt. Either bribe your nearest IT friend with a bottle of scotch or hit up the nearest PC repair shop.

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I have an external 1TB hard drive with backups of all my important DAWs and programs. Half of my samples are on 2 thumb drives. I haven't backed up anything within the past few months though.

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This is the source of your frustration.

You don't just have a PC problem, you have a bad business, financial decision problem too. Separate the two issues, prioritize accordingly, and compartmentalize.

i.e. If your existing data / investment is the greater priority, then time and the PC are secondary. Stop fucking with the machine because you risk loosing data. Obtain a backup / get a new SDD even if you have to pay someone and then attempt to repair the machine so you don't risk loosing data.