Boot Device

Forum discussion tagged with Boot Device.
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    Question Reboot and Select Proper Boot Device or insert....

    Hi, I have two hard drives one is used with my operating system and the other for storage C: and F: drives, respectively. Everything worked fine for the longest time until recently. Now whenever I boot up I get the following error: Reboot and Select proper Boot Device or insert... In the BIOS...
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    Question BIOS/POST/Boot device LED shenanigans

    If anyone has some unique insights on my conundrum, it would be appreciated. I took a PC tower that had been in storage for about a year. Gathered a good amount of dust. Cleaned it out and turned it on. Here's what's happening: I turn it on, everything seems to start fine. It's going through...
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    Question Internal SSD won't show as boot device unless shut down fully

    I've been dealing with this issue for a while now, where my Spectrix internal SSD doesn't show as a boot device. Whenever I restart my computer, it will boot back up saying no boot device was found. I will go into the BIOS and look for it, but the device will simply not be there. What I have to...
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    [SOLVED] Gigabyte B560M DS3H - inaccessible boot device

    My PC was running just fine. I was using a Samsung 870 evo SSD as my system drive. Then I turned off my PC and connected a WD HDD for storage facility. When I turned on the PC, it shows me 'inaccessible boot device' error. I have checked BIOS. It shows both the SSD and the HDD there - only SSD...
  5. iano_22

    Question reboot and select proper boot device

    I can access windows from pressing f12 (boot options) but it wont save and I cant find the boot option in bios its only giving me 2 options when I should have 3. My windows boot option has no label in boot options(f12) and doesn't show up in bios (del). Can someone help please :)
  6. xslabs.sai

    [SOLVED] Need to transfer the boot drive from 120gb SSD to 512gb SSD, only have 1 m.2 slot. How do I go about migrating the whole OS?

    Basically I have 120gb SSD installed in my m.2 slot, and I want to migrate my whole OS and boot drive to a new 512gb SSD. I do have another disk to transfer the contents. How do I transfer all my data along with boot drive to my new SSD without creating partitions and such? Any help is...
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    Question Windows Not Found/No Boot Device

    Hello All, My PC was working fine for the past year. Last night Chrome would not open when I clicked on it. Thought nothing of it and went to bed. Woke up this morning and tried again. Nothing. Restarted and my computer opened to a Windows recovery screen. Restarted, and same thing. Several...
  8. Miplagio

    Question Computer stuck in ASUS Setup Utility after fixing c:

    Hello world, My pc (ASUS, Windows 10) blocked so I turned it off manually. When I turned it on it was in black screen with the message: fixing c stage 1 5 % ( 248589 of 427520 ) total 2 % eta 103.59.00. It took half an hour, and then it turned off. (Apparently, it hadn't finished stage 2 and...
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    [SOLVED] Gigabyte X570 Auros Master won't boot after BIOS update. Boot device not found.

    tldr: Pc won't boot after BIOS update from F5 to F7b. "Error boot device not found", but I can't select the proper boot device in Bios. Mobo display shows "AE" code. Tried BIOS version F6, but that doesn't work either. Version F5 works, but apparently still tries to boot from all available...
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    [SOLVED] Transferring data to SSD from former Hdd boot device?

    Hello, So I just finished my first build and got an SSD to install Win10 on it. Now I was wondering how I could transfer most of my data from my HDD that still has windows 10 installed to my SSD? I was thinking about simply unplugging the HDD and then installing Win10 on my SSD and once it's...
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    [SOLVED] Can this motherboard/m.2stick be used as os/boot device?

    I've been under a rock when it comes to any kind of ssd storage, and from what I've read, some motherboards may be incompatible with using m.2 as boot/os drive? These are the 2 parts I have picked out for a hopeful upcoming build: mobo-...
  12. ViBro.Official

    Question ASUS Laptop asks for Boot Device Every time!

    Recently I am facing this issue. Whenever I turn my laptop on it asks for boot device even though only Windows 10 is installed. I tried resetting the bios, reinstalling Windows completely. Even I downgraded my bios and upgraded my bios again still it appears & along with that I am facing issues...
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    PC won't power on

    So I have been having issues with my new build and I need help. I built a pc with a new AMD 1950x threadripper and the ASUS rog zenith extreme MOBO, also has a gtx 1080ti and 32gb of ddr4 memory. Psu is a corsair rm850x. My problem is that it turned on long enough for me to install windows 10...
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    [SOLVED] FaceTime not activating after changing logic board

    I have recently changed logic board on my mac pro because of spilling water on keyboard and frying the board. Everything is like it used to only faceTime is causing problems. When i try to log in, only thing it says to me is "An error occured during activation. Try again.". It worked once when I...
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    Bugdet pc case with good airflow

    My specs (besides the ones im going to buy): I5 4460 3.2 Ghz quad core Asrock h81m 1tb seagate hdd 6gb ram I will buy a gtx 1070. The problem is my pc is a prebuilt one, so the case and especially the psu are incredibly bad, as the psu has no 8-pin or even 6-pin cables, so im gonna buy a new...
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    GTX 1050 On original Power Supply 300 W

    My Pc Hardware is Core i5 3330 3.0GHz Ram 8 GB ddr3 GT 620 1GB and original power supply Dell X9GWG 300 W https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Original-Power-Supply-X9GWG-For-Dell_60242707498.html . I want to upgrade my gpu to GTX 1050..is it will work with my power supply?? This is my pc...
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    Looking for assistance in possible upgrades

    So I have this PC that I got about two years ago, I am happy with it and it hasn't given me any troubles at all. However, I am looking at potential upgrades. The first most important part is the case, I haven't taken apart this specific case because on how much is involved (I have never taken...
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    to buy Laptop for Auto Cad

    Hi, I am looking to buy Laptop for Auto cad use and general use. Which is the best and cheapest ? I Iam in London-UK. Thanks
  19. Ventura NZ

    Random folders appearing in D: drive

    Okay for the past few months I've been getting these random folders with random letters/numbers appearing in my D: drive, I have no clue what they are but they keep building up if I don't delete them. When I do delete them a few will pop up the next day and so on until I get rid of them again...
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    Need advice on upgrading my pc?

    I want to upgrade my CPU, GPU, motherboard and PSU. The following components are what i have now: -Gigabyte 78lmt usb3 motherboard-Want to spend £0-£120. -Radeon R7 200 series GPU-Want to spend £0-£250. -Corsair CX750 PSU-Want to spend £0-£110 -AMD FX(tm)-4350 4.20GHz CPU-Want to spend £0-£180...
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    Single-slot GTX 750?

    Hello, Are there any single slot GeForce GTX 750/Ti boards available at retail? The picture on NVIDIA website is a single slot, dual-slot cards can't fit in my PC case. Or what is the best single slot card available right now? Thanks