My PC is stuck on a black screen with an infinitely loading cursor

[Microsoft Windows]

I've been looking online for ages, none of the solutions have worked. I can't get to task manager, I can't even FIND safe mode, hard reset did nothing, even trying to use a hard drive for a manual boot didnt work. The most I've gotten is a blue screen saying something along the lines of "recovery failed" with an option to reset the pc that didn't even work and I haven't been able to recreate whatever I did to get that screen in the first place. I'm desperate and I have no idea what to do that wouldn't involve losing everything I have on the pc

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