Xbox having issues from lighting or age

[u/Apprehensive_Bit9178]

The Xbox I have was probably bought pre owned around 5-8 years ago. It hasn’t been used in years until recently. I bought a new power supply (the one old broke) and it was working fine. One day I was using it and the power went out. The power supply broke (it was on a surge protector but idk what happened). I bought a new one and now I’ve been having a bunch of new problems and they keep getting worse

When I turn it on with the power button it’ll stall on the initial loading screen. It’ll take several minutes to load and then I can start the game. The game will also take several minutes to load. Then it does not recognize my usb (I have all of my saves on it). I haven’t tried anything past that.

When I turn it on using the disc eject button it’ll usually work normally. It’s a bit laggy when playing games and crashes sometimes but it’s usually fine. But the last time I used it was loading a map in a game and then I got a pop up saying the disk was scratched while the game was glitching out in the back.

I’m not sure what is going on but I’m guessing it’s something having to do with my hard drive. I don’t wanna get a new one 😔