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ssd wont boot

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  1. Kbaru

    Question My secondary SSD shows on BIOS but it prevents my main SSD from booting, corrupts my main SSD if plugged while the PC is on

    My secondary SSD shows on BIOS but it prevents my main SSD from booting, corrupts my main SSD if plugged while the PC is on. The SSD also prevents Windows Installation Media from starting. I got this faulty Lexar SATA3 SSD 512gb for cheap. I think it's still repairable since BIOS can still...
  2. A

    [SOLVED] NVMe is recognized but won't boot

    I have a NVMe WD Blue SN500 and WD Blue 1TB HDD, my hdd started failing about a week ago so I wanted to boot only nvme (i have windows on it of course),i plugged off hdd, bios is recognizing nvme but it said "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert..." I now bought the exact same hdd, of...
  3. J

    Question Black screen and windows not loading

    About a year ago I bought a new SSD and have been putting off reinstalling windows, well I finally got around to it and wanted to do a fresh start. I am using a USB with the Windows Creation Tool on it. When I completely finish the installation of windows where the setup asks to "Restart in 10...