Laptop doesn’t start up

[Kailash331]

Hi everyone. I am currently using an HP pavilion dv6 laptop. 

My laptop was working until the day before yesterday (25 June 2021). I typically leave it switched on and plugged to a charger as the laptop stays on my desk. 

For most of yesterday (26 June) I did not use my laptop and did not even open it up. When I came home last night and opened up the laptop, it was working but I could hear a strange clicking sound coming from the laptop. Not wanting to cause any issues, I closed the laptop and left for a while. When I got back, I opened the laptop and it showed the blue screen that said “recovery error”, something about winload.exe error. 

Not having the energy to fix the problem then, I shut down my laptop. Today when I switch on my laptop, it says “press Esc for startup menu”. If I press the escape key, it says “Esc… Pause startup”. I tried shutting it down and repeatedly pressing escape when I switched it on. Didn’t work. I shut it down, switched it on and then repeatedly pressed F10 key. It said “F10… BIOS setup options” but doesn’t go any further. I also removed the battery, held the power on button to discharge, left it for ten minutes, put in the battery and switched it on. It still doesn’t work. Please help!!!

[Kailash331]

Update:

after leaving my laptop switched on for a while, it’s gone back to the recovery blue screen. 

“the application or OS couldn’t be loaded because a required file is missing or contains errors”. 

any tips on how I can fix this without losing my data?