Question Pc won't boot/stuck at msi logo

[bnewred]

Motherboard: MSI B550

CPU: Ryzen 7 5700X

GPU: Geforce GTX 4060

Ram: 16G HyperX

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Alright starting from the beginning - my pc started failing a few weeks ago. Wouldn't boot sometimes, would just sit at a black screen forever, so I replaced a few things and used this opportunity to upgrade as well. I thought the motherboard was going out so I replaced that, got a new gpu, cpu, and psu. Still having the problem with the new build so it looks like my SSD with my OS is failing. I removed that one, as well as a 1T SSD that mostly pictures and other important files. I left one in to reinstall windows on. With only that one in my pc, it boots up fast and fine - I installed windows 10, updated it, turned it off and on several times with no problems.

Now I want my 1T SSD that has very important files on it - so I turn everything off, plug it in, and now I can no longer boot to windows. I can get to the BIOS just fine, but if I don't enter the bios as soon as the message pops up for it, the screen just shows the MSI logo and nothing happens and I can no longer enter BIOS or anything else. It will sit at the MSI logo for an hour and more. I removed the 1T SSD - and the problem persists. I can no longer boot to windows, and trying to boot with the windows 10 usb doesn't work either.

Pressing the power button immediately turns the pc off - I don't have to hold it down.

I have unplugged and replugged everything. Google searches aren't helping, please help.

**Update - I changed the boot order to the windows 10 usb and can now reinstall the os (again) - So now my question is.. How do I get my 1T SSD attached to this pc without this happening again?

 

[Ralston18]

Not sure that I am following the sequence of events:

There were at least three drives at the beginning:

1) The SSD with the believed failing OS
2) The 1TB drive with the pictures and important files on it
3) The "third" drive that was the target drive for the Windows reinstall.

And when you did the Windows reinstall both 1) and 2) drives were disconnected and physically removed from the system - correct?

What was the original boot order and what is now the boot order?

 

[bnewred]

Not sure that I am following the sequence of events:

There were at least three drives at the beginning:

1) The SSD with the believed failing OS
2) The 1TB drive with the pictures and important files on it
3) The "third" drive that was the target drive for the Windows reinstall.

And when you did the Windows reinstall both 1) and 2) drives were disconnected and physically removed from the system - correct?

What was the original boot order and what is now the boot order?

Yes, when installing windows, only one SSD was in the system. Boot order now has that SSD first.

 

[Ralston18]

PSU: make, model, wattage, age, condition (original to build, new, refurbished, used)?

Disk drive(s): make, model, capacity, how full?

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Check BIOS:

There may be some configuration setting that will have the system display each action as it occurs during boot up.

Verbose mode. It may be referred to or referenced in some other manner. Check the Motherboard's User Guide/Manual and/or any applicable BIOS documentation.

The setting is often disabled to reduce boot time.

If you can find that option or some similar setting then enable it so you can watch what is happening and especially what happens when the MSI logo sits and spins.