[SOLVED] Computer wiped itself??

[Bobby Billy 37362]

I was on my computer as usual, clicked on something on the desktop. Its icon disappeared. Clicked another icon and it disappeared also, saying that it no longer exists at that location. So I turned off my computer and now it won't boot up, only booting to my motherboard's BIOS screen.

Was my SSD wiped? I'm running Win10 with Malwarebytes pro and I don't go on malicious websites, so I doubt malware is to blame.

If it's of any use, a few weeks ago I replaced my PSU due to failure, which is the only hiccup I've had with the machine.

 

[Shektron]

I was on my computer as usual, clicked on something on the desktop. Its icon disappeared. Clicked another icon and it disappeared also, saying that it no longer exists at that location. So I turned off my computer and now it won't boot up, only booting to my motherboard's BIOS screen.

Was my SSD wiped? I'm running Win10 with Malwarebytes pro and I don't go on malicious websites, so I doubt malware is to blame.

If it's of any use, a few weeks ago I replaced my PSU due to failure.

How old is your hard drive? This might be a corrupted Windows install, or a dying hard drive. If your BIOS isn't showing your boot drive, it is most probably the latter.

 

[Bobby Billy 37362]

How old is your hard drive? This might be a corrupted Windows install, or a dying hard drive. If your BIOS isn't showing your boot drive, it is most probably the latter.

It still says that it's there. It's a Samsung 500GB SSD that's about a year old.

 

[Shektron]

It still says that it's there. It's a Samsung 500GB SSD that's about a year old.

Could be a corrupted Windows installation then. Try connecting your SSD to another system with a different boot drive, see if it is detected and shows all your data.

 

[Bobby Billy 37362]

Could be a corrupted Windows installation then. Try connecting your SSD to another system with a different boot drive, see if it is detected and shows all your data.

The OS just booted up again, and is running fine except that those 2 icons I clicked are still missing. When I now click on icons they aren't disappearing.

 

[CountMike]

The OS just booted up again, and is running fine except that those 2 icons I clicked are still missing. When I now click on icons they aren't disappearing.

Check for malware.

 

[Bobby Billy 37362]

Check for malware.

Ran Malwarebytes pro scan: nothing. Ran full BitDefender scan: also nothing.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

Clean install windows and if that doesn’t fix it and you have dying hardware

 

[RolandJS]

Or, try a repair install, if still nogo, then consider clean install -- after making sure you have data folders and files backed up on external media.