I recently built a new PC and installed Windows 11 on my M.2 NVMe SSD. The Windows installer recognized the SSD and completed the installation. Additionally, my BIOS detects the SSD, but I'm facing a frustrating issue: it doesn't show up as a boot option. Instead, my PC just returns to the BIOS menu. I've already disabled CSM and enabled secure boot. I'm using a B650M Aorus Elite motherboard with a Fury Renegade 1TB Gen 4 SSD that I previously cleared from another PC where it functioned as a storage drive (not a boot drive). Is there anyone else who's experienced this problem or has any suggestions?
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It sounds like the issue might be related to how the SSD was set up initially. Just downloading Windows onto the SSD doesn’t make it bootable. You typically need to install Windows from a bootable USB drive instead. Make sure to follow the proper installation steps when setting it up. Let me know if you need guidance on this!
Yeah, I did create a bootable UEFI USB and installed Windows from it, but the SSD still doesn’t show as a boot option. Any other ideas?