Due to a faulty regedit/registry, SSD won't go past startup screen.

liewec

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Deleted some registry files on windows, SSD. No longer Goes past start-up screen(The one that says press DEL to bios, press TAB for CCL TAB). Cannot enter bios. If I press del, it will say "entering bios" but nothing happens.

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks
 
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If your BIOS boot order is correct, this secondary drive should have zero impact on the startup process.

Or, you can buy a USB SATA dock, ad connect it after the system is already booted up.
Then simply delete all the existing partitions on it.
It was a few years ago so I don't remember clearly but I think I was removing traces of postgreSQL but deleted something else. When I went to restart after I messed up regedit, the pc didn't recognize that SSD as a storage device anymore. Installed windows on another drive I had and went put the "broken" one in a shelf. Got around to fixing it now...

My first thought also was that regedit shouldn't affect it like this but what I wrote is the story of as far as I remember it.

I don't need any files from it or anything.. just to have it working would be nice.
 


So this is just a secondary drive?
Should have zero to do with anything BIOS related.
 


If your BIOS boot order is correct, this secondary drive should have zero impact on the startup process.

Or, you can buy a USB SATA dock, ad connect it after the system is already booted up.
Then simply delete all the existing partitions on it.
 
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