Windows 8 install stuck in reboot cycle
Good day! A friend of mine got locked out of a second hand pc she bought due to not having the password so I used the Ctrl+Left Click+Restart method to open the recovery menu/troubleshoot menu and proceeded to reset windows. The installation went fine, until it showed an error about being restarted unexpectedly, although the pc was on the whole time. I managed to fix this error (cmd>regedit method) and windows installed a further 46% before failing yet again. Now the pc is on a constant rebooting cycle. Towards the end of the cycle the installation briefly shows (for about 3 seconds), and appears stuck on 64% before rebooting again. This cycle takes around 4min and seems there is no way to exit. I can't access BIOS, cmd, or any other options. We no longer have a recovery disk. If you know a work around it would be greatly appreciated and we dont worry about losing all the previous owners data as long as we could salvage the pc without replacing the hard drive or taking it in for repair. Thanks in advance.
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