On Jul 16, 12:22*pm, John Smith wrote:
Use an external keyboard.
Get an inexpensive USB keyboard somewhere, plug it and Bob's your uncle!
If your computer is too old to have a USB connector, it may have an PS-2
(no, PS-2 does not mean PLAY STATION 2, kiddies) you can plug any older
keyboard into that connector.

Apparently the damage extends to the adjacent C-drive, since it fails
POST.

-R.S.Hoover