Typing this on thumbs sorry for lack of details.
Partner kicked power plug out while cleaning and the whole computer shit itself. Doesn't boot into windows at all. Shows mobo thing but I can't access boot order or bios stuff at all. Computer eventually gets mad and tells me to use a recovery cd. That ofc doesn't work (which specifically could be issue with my DVD drive, it has been wonky burning things lately). Recovery USB looks mad glitchy and when I try recovery it just gets mad that I didn't select a windows installation. I can see all my drives if I try to install windows from it.
All this is out of my wheelhouse and I really don't want to take it in anywhere. What should I check next?
If it is telling you to insert a recovery CD, that means the motherboard/UEFI is fine. That message comes from the Windows bootloader. @silent_water@hexbear.net's got the right advice. Boot an alternate OS from a USB, recover whatever files you can, then reinstall Windows.
The installers for Fedora / Ubuntu are also fully functional desktop operating systems. You can close the install wizard, open Firefox, mess with a file browser, etc.
https://www.linuxliveusb.com/
Is this what you're talking about? What do I do with it?
you write a linux liveusb to a flashdrive, then boot into that instead of windows. you'll need a working computer to do it - there might be a way to do it from a phone if you can connect the flashdrive. once you've booted into it, you'll get a complete desktop environment that won't be totally familiar but should be close enough that you can figure things out. you'll need to look up instructions for the distro you picked on how to mount the windows drive and the drive you want to use for backup, then copy your stuff off. afterwards, reboot into a windows installer and reinstall windows.
