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January 26th, 2026 16:59
Aurora R11, No Bootable Device
My PC has been restarting itself after getting a blue screen off and on over the last year. Now I can only access the bios. I pulled the SSD and put it back, and reset some of the plugs, reseated the GPU. In the 2.2 ver bios which is terrible, I saw the Windows Boot in the boot sequence. I deleted it trying to re add it, but then it would not show up again. I made an ISO with Windows 10 but the SSD drive would not show on the boot sequence. I got a new SSD and that shows up on the Main bios page, I realize my original SSD did not show up there so maybe it went bad. But when I go to the boot sequence I can't add the drive, nor can I boot to the USB which has Win 10 iso on there. You reinstall Win. 10 with that iso file right?
So I think the SSD original went bad, but I can't resintall Win 10 with the USB as the Bios gives me the message "Warning: No Media Device".
redxps630
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January 26th, 2026 22:58
Re: can I boot to the USB which has Win 10 iso
that is a misunderstanding of what a bootable usb is. If you only copy the .iso file onto a usb, that usb is definitely not bootable. You need to use MS media creational tool to make a UEFI bootable usb.
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redxps630
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January 26th, 2026 18:59
Plug in the bootable USB, Press F12 after power on and choose UEFI>USB device. Proceed to clean Windows 10 install on either old or new ssd. There is no reason to suspect old ssd is bad at this point unless it does not show up at all during advanced option of Windows 10 install.
Try not delete or modify boot device list in bios in order to boot from a device you want. I think that is old school legacy bios technique.
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GALIENW
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January 26th, 2026 19:13
@redxps630 Thanks for the response. But my BIOS doesn't have f12. If I f2 into the bios, it is set to UEFI and I can't change that, it's grayed out. Boot on USB is enabled. If I save and restart it just loops and restarts the computer over and over never booting to the USB drive.
redxps630
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January 26th, 2026 22:54
Your usb is not prepared correctly (see reason in next reply). If you made a Windows 11 installation media bootable usb using MS media creation tool.exe, your pc would detect and show that usb on the F12 screen.
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bradthetechnut
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January 27th, 2026 05:30
Try replacing the size 2032 motherboard battery. A bad battery affects BIOS and therefore PC operation. Issues depend on individual PC.
Then reset BIOS. With the PC plugged in and turned off, hold the power button in for 30 seconds.
See if it will boot from your old SSD. If not, then reload Win10 on either SSD.
GALIENW
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January 27th, 2026 17:08
@redxps630 Thank you so much> Got Win 10 finally installed.
I did also earlier replace the cmos battery.