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My main SSD drive just died stone dead and I had to replace it and reinstall Windows 10. The problem is that I have a habit of saving a lot of files on my desktop. I know it's not wise to do this (as evidenced by the fact that I just lost them all) but the reason I do it is that it helps me...

My cheapo creative Sobwoofer & two satellite speakers blew up after a good three years of use so I looked into replacing them but it seems everything I find under the £100 range only plugs into the headphone jack. I tried some £28 logitech ones that were L&R speakers only and they were total...

My cheapo creative Sobwoofer & two satellite speakers blew up after a good three years of use so I looked into replacing them but it seems everything I find under the £100 range only plugs into the headphone jack. I tried some £28 logitech ones that were L&R speakers only and they were total...

Just been on the phone with Microsoft tech support and although the lady on the line said I would need to buy Windows 10 as the upgrade from Win 7 to Win 10 isn't repeated if you need to format and reinstall I found that hard to believe and after looking at my purchase history in my Microsoft...

There is a 'clear Cmos' button on the back of the computer. I just created a linux usb using Rufus and Linux Mint with my laptop. Then I set boot on my PC in Bios to usb and it loaded the linux mint desktop from the USB. I can see my SSD and also my External USB hard drive. when I click on the...

I had my computer built in early 2015 and bought Windows 7 because I hated Win 8. When Windows 10 came out in July 2015 I took advantage of the free upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 that Microsoft offered. Now I need to format my hard drive and reinstall windows. When I do that I will be...

I have two external usb hard drives. I will see if I can install windows on one of them and direct the computer to boot from it in the bios. asus_usa. Thanks for dropping in. I haven't added any new components since I had my friend build the computer about three years ago. It's been...

beman39. The problem of being stuck booting to the bios happened before I changed the Cmos battery. I changed the battery to see if that was the issue.

Sometimes it goes straight to bios and sometimes I get this screen and have to press F1

When it goes to bios it goes to the 'Extreme tweaker' tab rather than the main. If I click on 'main' it shows this. I checked the boot also and confirmed that it is still set to boot to the SSD.

There is no message. Just this screen then I press F1 and it goes to bios. Sometimes it just goes automatically to the bios.

I would be grateful for some advice on the following: 1.) I've had my desktop for three years. Originally I had Windows 7 but upgraded to Windows 10. A few days ago it crashed a few times and once it booted to the bios but when I exited the bios it loaded Windows. Since yesterday though it...