nsane.forums Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Unable to boot all of sudden, after some troubleshooting I settled on the idea that it wasn't a hardware problem. With a long history of dual booting different versions of Windows over the years, find.Windows 8 received a decent amount of enhancements on the desktop side that I tend to appreciate versus running Windows 7, even if that means I get Metro standing in the middle here and there occasionally. One such area of improvement is notification management and how it handles updates and system restarts. Running the final version of the OS for a few months now, it’s been a painless affair until this past weekend.I shut down my desktop PC with the purpose of connecting new hardware and on the way out I was prompted to “update and shutdown”. Sure, why not. I went on to install a secondary SSD for maintenance purposes and apparently that was enough for my system to refuse booting right after. I tried to backtrack to no avail."Reboot and select proper boot device" I bet you have no love for the message, neither do I.Because I had disconnected a few devices, it took me a while to narrow things down to my boot SSD, and for a second I even thought the SSD had gone forever kaput. After booting with a different drive and noting I could read all my data on the drive in question, I took a deep breath and started to troubleshoot the boot record. Once you settle on the idea that it’s not a hardware problem and you are unable to boot up, your best bet is to try to fix the MBR (Master Boot Record).With a long history of dual booting different versions of Windows over the years, finding a corrupt MBR, boot sector, or Boot Configuration Data (BCD) is nothing new, but it took me longer than usual to come to a solution. Here are a few things you can try and hopefully get back to full speed in no time.First of all, you will need a bootable disc or pen drive. Here’s a quick guide to accomplish that if you don’t already have one handy.Article continued at source link below...View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuthut Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 ...and the dumbing down of America continues....Lets see. I installed a new HD. I can't boot up now... BIOS probably things my new non-SSD drive is my primary drive and there is no boot log for it.. hmmmm...Why not, first, unplug new HD and see if my PC boots back up again?????Instead, I will write a blog about how I can't do elementary troubleshooting and blame everything except the root cause of why it wouldn't boot in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreativeThinking Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Hix, Em đang dùng Win7Ultimate nên chưa bít thế nào! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcid10 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 that's what I would have done first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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