boot via recovery partition

I have an issue that I hope the experts on the board can help me solve. The short version is that I have a Win 10 Laptop that I wanted to use as a dual-boot Win10/Linux box. I used a Linux LiveUSB to attempt the install. Now I can not boot into, repair, or rescue the Win 10 partition. I am...

I have an Acer Aspire Switch 10 tablet/mini-laptop that came pre-loaded with Win8. I received the upgrade to Windows10 update months ago and finally removed it because it seemed my "reservation" languished forever. Now I'm sort of ready to upgrade, after 6 months or so of using WX on another...