Booting into bios

qsx · 30 Oct 2023 at 16:12

Everytime i tried to boot, it boots me into bios and i cant start up windows, I've got an ssd inside with windows in it, updated my bios, turned off fast boot but nothing helped

Asus prime b350 plus
Ryzen 7 3700x
Rtx 3070
12 gb of ram

Tetras · 30 Oct 2023 at 16:20

Is this a new PC with a fresh install of Windows, or an existing PC with an old install of Windows?

When you say "it boots me into BIOS", does your SSD exist in the BIOS?

If this is an old install, it might be because the SSD is using a legacy mode, whereas your motherboard is trying to boot from UEFI. If so, enable CSM.

darkblade · 30 Oct 2023 at 16:20

A couple of things we need to start on this.
1) Was this a working system, and now has the symptoms above?
2) Is there anything displayed on the screen before entering the BIOS, such as a warning or error?

qsx · 30 Oct 2023 at 16:28

Tetras said:
Is this a new PC with a fresh install of Windows, or an existing PC with an old install of Windows?

When you say "it boots me into BIOS", does your SSD exist in the BIOS?

If this is an old install, it might be because the SSD is using a legacy mode, whereas your motherboard is trying to boot from UEFI. If so, enable CSM.

When i enable CSM it no longer see my ssd, and yes it's old one and exist only without CSM

qsx · 30 Oct 2023 at 16:29

darkblade said:
A couple of things we need to start on this.
1) Was this a working system, and now has the symptoms above?
2) Is there anything displayed on the screen before entering the BIOS, such as a warning or error?

1) it's my old pc and i took a windows ssd from my new pc
2)No, it's just asus logo and then it's entering bios

darkblade · 30 Oct 2023 at 22:46

qsx said:
1) it's my old pc and i took a windows ssd from my new pc

I would try removing the SSD and try booting from a bootable USB drive such as a Windows Installation, to see if that works.
If it does work, then try adding the SSD back in and see if it will still boot to the USB drive.

freddie64 · 31 Oct 2023 at 05:21

While in bios, see if the SSD is in Boot Priority List.

If it is, it should say something like Windows Boot Manager.

Think you would get a error message if it was this though.