Reboot and Select Proper Boot Device

WhatTheMac · 24 Jan 2016 at 09:42

Hello,

Ran into an issue out of the blue yesterday, I left my computer on overnight and when I came to it the next day it had the message 'Reboot and Select Proper Boot Device'. It has been working flawlessly for a few months (since I bought the parts from overclockers).

I have done a lot of googling and tried various solutions but I keep running into issues :

I have tried to run boot up repair but it encounters an error.
Tried resetting the PC but it says the disk is locked.
Tried reinstalling Windows but I'm unable to reformat the drive.
Tried this article but when I list the disks the ssd doesn't appear

Has the ssd failed? I'm not really sure what else to do other than buying a new ssd, and if I do this will my windows 10 OEM still work?

Any help would be hugely appreciated.

Thanks

APM · 24 Jan 2016 at 11:36

Use parted magic to unlock the drive.

Hang on,I'll see if i can find a link for you.

APM · 24 Jan 2016 at 11:45

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/677872-PartedMagic-Locked-my-HDDs

scroll down to the post that starts with,

Ok,so I was able to unlock my drives last night

by a guy named King107s.

I hope it's ok to post to an American forum on here,if not then I can copy and paste the details.

WhatTheMac · 24 Jan 2016 at 12:22

Hi APM,

Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately when I loaded up Parted Magic it doesn't see my ssd.

I have tried switching the sata ports, but still no luck.

Thanks

APM · 24 Jan 2016 at 12:45

Can you try the drive in a different machine?

Karateyid · 24 Jan 2016 at 13:13

Can you have a look in the bios when you boot to see if you can see the ssd in there?? While your in there check to see what mode the board uses ide/raid/ahci ?

APM · 24 Jan 2016 at 14:00

Sometimes just leaving power to a SSD but not connecting it to data can help it recover.

WhatTheMac · 24 Jan 2016 at 15:28

The BIOS sometimes shows the ssd, not always though... The boot options are all correct from what I can see (except when it doesn't see the ssd).

I have now tried it in a different machine with no luck, also tried plugging it in via a drive caddy but couldn't get access to it. Using diskpart I could see the drive but it didn't detect any partitions and any changes I tried to make flagged up errors.

Unfortunately I think it might be corrupt...

Thanks for the replies.

lsg1r · 24 Jan 2016 at 16:35

I was going to say have you tried a different cable not just a different port but your post about caddy suggests this wouldn't help anyways. I've had an issue with the drive being detected turn out to be a faulty sata cable

WhatTheMac · 24 Jan 2016 at 17:31

Hi lsg1r,

Yes the caddy had different cables so unfortunately it's not that, thanks for posting.

Do you think this sounds like a faulty/ corrupted drive? Is it best to go through OCUK or the manufacturer for replacement?

Thanks