- Jan 9, 2013
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So here's my problem, couple of days ago I turned my PC on and it gave me an error message.
"Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might have caused the issue hit enter to restart"
upon hitting enter nothing happened so i took out my boot drive and formatted (wiped clean not re installed windows) it using another computer, and it occurred to me that perhaps the keyboard driver wasn't present. I now have a keyboard that is plugged into ps/2 connector and it seems to be working...
When I boot now I have no option to go into bios. tried restarting a bunch of times with nothing happening when i press f8, del, tab, f2, f11..... nothing seems to work.
I now have a message on my screen saying NTLDR is missing press cntrl+Alt+Del
when i press those keys it just bring me right back to the same screen as the bios isn't present.
Upon going to MSI website and downloading the correct M-Flash boot file I cannot change the boot order to get it to boot from the usb (if that's what your supposed to do)
I am completely stuck with this and have no idea what to do so any information would be greatly appreciated.
if it helps I think this may have been caused by removing a usb stick as the machine was shutting down. Stupid move. I now know.
Would I need to take the boot drive (an m4 240gb SSD) out and put it in a caddy install windows again using another computer and then boot up and install the msi M-flash bios update file through windows?
completely unsure. Many thanks in advance to anyone who replies. Greatly appreciated.
"Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might have caused the issue hit enter to restart"
upon hitting enter nothing happened so i took out my boot drive and formatted (wiped clean not re installed windows) it using another computer, and it occurred to me that perhaps the keyboard driver wasn't present. I now have a keyboard that is plugged into ps/2 connector and it seems to be working...
When I boot now I have no option to go into bios. tried restarting a bunch of times with nothing happening when i press f8, del, tab, f2, f11..... nothing seems to work.
I now have a message on my screen saying NTLDR is missing press cntrl+Alt+Del
when i press those keys it just bring me right back to the same screen as the bios isn't present.
Upon going to MSI website and downloading the correct M-Flash boot file I cannot change the boot order to get it to boot from the usb (if that's what your supposed to do)
I am completely stuck with this and have no idea what to do so any information would be greatly appreciated.
if it helps I think this may have been caused by removing a usb stick as the machine was shutting down. Stupid move. I now know.
Would I need to take the boot drive (an m4 240gb SSD) out and put it in a caddy install windows again using another computer and then boot up and install the msi M-flash bios update file through windows?
completely unsure. Many thanks in advance to anyone who replies. Greatly appreciated.
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