Windows goes to automatic repair after changing cases

[fleshhound88]

Following a change of cases my computer cannot boot into Windows.
I've made no hardware changes aside from the case, and some new fans being installed.
A few things that may be of help:
My boot partition is on an SSD
If I set my SATA configuration to AHCI it becomes stuck at the ASUS splash screen, it MUST be set to IDE
Windows goes straight to the automatic repair screen upon booting
I was prompted to run set-up for a new CPU after booting for the first time

 

[Colif]

win 10 be default isn't off when you turn it off, its asleep. It saves a copy of the kernel + any working drivers into ram and puts sleep into hybred hibernate. This makes start up quicker.

Downside is if you unplug PC, it loses all that data and can corrupt the boot files. That might explain why you getting auto repair. Another choice is you put ssd into a different slot on motherboard and its not 1st in boot order (how many drives in PC?)

How old is motherboard as its unusual to still find IDE. Was it always like this - the sticking thing, I mean. As running ssd on ide is slow

 

[cuddlystalkers]

There's three drives, but the issue persists even when I remove the other two, I can't remember if the hang occurred prior to this is has been a long time since I changed cases. I've already changed the boot order to prioritize the ssd

 

[Colif]

What motherboard is it? Do you know if hdd formatted as MBR or GPT?

its possible the boot partition for ssd is on another hdd so will need all 3 plugged in to figure it out

On another PC, download the Windows 10 media creation tool and use it to make a win 10 installer on USB - just a boot drive, handy to fix errors

change boot order so USB is first, ssd second
boot from installer
on screen after languages, choose repair this pc, not install.
choose troubleshoot
choose advanced
choose command prompt
follow this: https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-rebuild-the-bcd-in-windows-2624508

that should fix the boot order in bios and let PC boot again.

why are you using 2 users on forums?

 

[cuddlystalkers]

What motherboard is it? Do you know if hdd formatted as MBR or GPT?

its possible the boot partition for ssd is on another hdd so will need all 3 plugged in to figure it out

On another PC, download the Windows 10 media creation tool and use it to make a win 10 installer on USB - just a boot drive, handy to fix errors

change boot order so USB is first, hdd second
boot from installer
on screen after languages, choose repair this pc, not install.
choose troubleshoot
choose advanced
choose command prompt
follow this: https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-rebuild-the-bcd-in-windows-2624508

that should fix the boot order in bios and let PC boot again.

After I took all other hard drives out and moved my SATA cable back to slot one Iset it back to AHCI and let it sit for around half an hour and eventually it booted to the OS, thankfully it hasn't had any issues since. Thank you for your help.

 

[Colif]

glad it was easy to fix. I sent you a pm