Coby Kyros MID9742 Won't boot past "android" screen

[esnilloh]

My friend gave me this tablet because he couldn't get it to work, and now I'm trying to fix it. I'm pretty sure he tried to root/install google apps on it, but not exactly sure what he did and did not do.
I started by trying to just reset the firmware by booting into recovery and choosing a factory install. It was not able to do it because of an error reading the cache files. There was also an option to reset the cache files, but this threw the same error. Because of this, I also cannot install from an SD card. Along with this, USB debugging had not been enabled, so I can't use ADB to sideload a new bootloader or firmware onto it.

Thanks in advance!

 

[gooseman1947]

I have a coby mid8065 that won't go past the COBY screen. Essentially, it won't boot, so I can't root it. square Frisbee.