I'm setting up my SSD for dual booting with CachyOS and followed a suggestion from someone on Discord to create a separate EFI partition to keep things organized. Unfortunately, I think I might have made a mistake during the partitioning process, so I canceled it. After that, I started experiencing lag when trying to launch the partitioner on the Linux ISO. I switched back to Windows to redo the process, but then I encountered a BSOD that usually means secure boot is off. Now, my keyboard and mouse don't wake up, and when I restarted, I got stuck in a boot loop and can't even access the BIOS! What can I do to resolve this?
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Do you have a picture of the error or recovery boot screen? That can help diagnose the issue further. Also, confirm if you're using a wireless mouse or keyboard; sometimes those can cause problems. If possible, give a standard USB keyboard a try to see if that helps you get into BIOS.
To troubleshoot the BSOD issue, you should look for dump files in Windows. If you can boot into Windows normally or even through Safe Mode, check the C:WindowsMinidump folder for any logs. If there are any, zip them up and upload them to a sharing site like catbox.moe or mediafire.com since some sites get blocked. If you don’t find any dump files, follow the guide I linked to set it up to create Small Memory Dumps, which can help in figuring this out!
Yes, I took a screenshot of the recovery boot screen. Should I share it here?