Hi everyone! I'm having a real struggle with my PC after updating my motherboard's BIOS. I updated from an older version to a newer one, and everything seemed fine until I rebooted. I landed back in the BIOS, confirmed the new version, and reset to default settings by pressing F5. But now, every time I try to boot into Windows, it either freezes at the locks screen or gives me an error saying, "a required device isn't connected or can't be accessed." After that, it just hangs on the loading screen. I attempted to repair through the USB creation tool, but no luck so far. I would really appreciate any tips on how to fix this without having to reset my computer! Here are my specs:
- H610m-r d4
- Intel i3 12100
- Kingston 8GB 2666MHz RAM
- Adata SATA SSD
- Toshiba HDD
Older BIOS version: 3202; Updated version: 3810.
1 Answer
First off, check if your SATA mode is still set correctly. It should be the same as it was before your bios reset, usually AHCI. If that’s good, try opening the command prompt from the recovery options on your installation media and running the command `bootrec /fixboot`. This will scan the Windows installations and rebuild any missing or damaged boot sector data.
I tried forcefully entering recovery mode, but it threw up the same error. Is the repair option in the media creation tool the same as recovery mode?