Server 2011 won't boot - unknown cause

I was told to ask question here;
Hi, I have looked at other threads but can't seem to solve my issue.
So I have Server 2011 installed and really took care of my system. I was installing updates, on any power loss I ran chkdsk every time, installed proper drivers and it was really running well, though it's a consumer based pc (Some ASUS Desktop PC).
Last thing I did was install the Cannon MP160 driver so I could use scanning feature of the printer. Default windows driver has no TWAIN driver built in. The cannon website does not offer 2008 R2 driver, but instead only Windows 7 driver.
I am pretty certain that I rebooted after install which I generally always do.
However, there was a power loss.
So I turn on the pc, ASUS logo goes away, there is a dark screen and pc reboots itself. Then from ASUS logo (POST that is) it goes to 1.repair my pc, 2. boot normal. I tried F8 with safe mode, same thing, computer just reboots. I tried
bootlogging and can't seem to find bootlog.txt with command prompt.
So I tried this from command prompt;
chkdsk d: (windows installation) /r - no problem
rebuild bcd - can't find windows installation
there is another command where it makes sure the drive is bootable volume, so it does something to volume registry entry, The process goes through three edits and 2nd edit says the access is denied. I think command ends in NT60 /All
Then I tried Microsoft bootable ISO to uninstall 2 patches that could cause system to not boot - no success.
So last thing I tried was to use Windows 7 boot cd, which will give an option to repair possible boot problems. Can't resolve them - that's what the message says.
Now, I am thinking well I really don't need Server running, I could just reinstall windows 7 and use that, since I really just use it as storage, but it would be nice to get the system back up and running the way it was.
Well, I am open to any suggestions, maybe an in-place installation should be done, if possible?
Thanks,

Hi UDX,
Please refer to HCI3’s suggestion and check if it can help you. Any update, please feel free to let us
know.
Would you please let me confirm the operation system is SBS 2011 Essentials (or Standard)? Based on your
description, I understand that you have tried many methods. However, still can’t perform safe mode. Running chkdsk command, rebuilding BCD and other ways, all are not helpful. It seems that issue was occurred on operation system, not driver. As you say, you
may need to in-place upgrade.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu

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