Can't boot into windows.

[SpeedyTheTurtle]

System Specs

Windows 11 Pro

Motherboards Asus Crosshair 6 hero

CPU 5700X (I had a 1700X until about 6 months ago and its been running fine for almost all of that time)

Memory 16 gigs Gskill DDR4 3200

Video card Radion VII

Power Supply Seasonic 850 Prime Titanium

 

Storage:

Boot disk:

    960 EVO 500 gig (nothing i want to save is kept here)

Secondary devices:

     Samsung 850 500 gig (has most of my un-replaceable files, photos and videos, though most are backed up online)

     WD Red 4TB (nothing important here night now)

     Crucial 2TB SSD (has my game files)

 

 My computer was working fine yesterday I was playing some V Rising and then went to bed. I came back this morning and my computer had crashed and I could not see anything on the monitor. I restarted and it booted into the motherboard BIOS. I tried restarting it several times with the same results I then checked my boot order and It looked good so I tried forcing it to boot to the boot drive then I came back to the BIOS again. I checked that nothing was overclocked not even XMP or anything like that (some components were overclocked at one point) and everything was set to default.  I then tried reinstalling windows on my boot disk the installation starts fine but then after it need to reboot it just boots back to start installing from the beginning if I leave the installation USB drive in or the BIOS if i pull it out. I tried several times but get the same result. I then tried installing it on my WD RED but the same thing happened. I then updated my MB BIOS to BIOS 8702 and tried again and got the same thing.

 

One other weird thing is that occasionally my MB BIOS will act like its holding down a arrow key but it does not always do that and a restart fixes it for a while at least.

I am at a loss now any ideas on what to try?

I hope this wasn't too long but I figure more information is better.

 

 

 

[Sawa Takahashi]

This could be many things so it is important to identify which component is not playing nice within your computer.

Before jumping to troubleshooting, it may be a good idea to attempt to clear the CMOS memory. Unplug your computer, remove the coin cell battery and press the power button a few times (or follow the instructions). If the computer is still jumping into the BIOS, it is time to try more troubleshooting.

 

First thing, I'd remove all the drives except the boot drive. That's the only one that is important right now. If you have other peripherals like a printer, a webcam, a gamepad or anything plugged in, it is time to remove them.

Boot on your windows USB installer. When you are asked where to do the install, use manual partitioning and delete everything on your boot drive. Then you install in the unallocated space.

If your computer reboots while installing, it should boot on the boot drive, not the USB installer. At worst, pull the USB installer before the computer reboots so it won't have a choice.

If you are still unable to install Windows, try removing your boot drive and use another drive as boot drive for testing purposes. The WD HDD can be used since it has nothing important on it.

If you still can't perform a complete windows install, there is something wrong. Try to reseat your RAM sticks, reseat your GPU, check all cables and connectors, reseat your CPU, etc.

 

If nothing works, I fear you may have to test all your components into another computer (one by one) in hopes of finding the defective one.

 

Good luck !

 

[SpeedyTheTurtle]

21 hours ago, Sawa Takahashi said:

 

First thing, I'd remove all the drives except the boot drive.

 

 

Well that did it. It seems weird that that fixed it but it did. Thank you for the help!

[Sawa Takahashi]

2 hours ago, SpeedyTheTurtle said:

Well that did it. It seems weird that that fixed it but it did. Thank you for the help!

Nice !

You can add drives one by one and see which one(s) were malfunctioning ?

Anyway, good job