Mohamed Abd El Alim

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Mohamed Abd El Alim

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August 21st, 2021 02:00

hard drive doesn't appear in boot sequence

i cannot boot from hard drive i cannot find it in fast boot menu or in bios it's not appear in boot sequence 

i reset tho bios to factroy reset 

i changed the bios version to anthor version 

i format the hard drive from gpt to mbr 

but all this Attempts Failed to boot 

so how can i boot or add hard drive to the boot menu 

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  • Brad L (retired)

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    Posted August 4th, 2023 14:00

    Helpful Video:

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  • redxps630

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    Posted August 21st, 2021 13:00

    If you format the hdd, uefi bios would not find the EFI partition containing Windows boot manager, therefore it would not show hdd in boot list.  UEFI boot list can only show uefi bootable devices such as usb mass storage containing Windows 10 installation media, Windows 10 installation dvd (if you disable secure boot otherwise dvd would not show because it thinks the dvd is a foreign insecure device), or hdd that already has Windows boot manager installed before via uefi mode.  What you can do now is plug in a bootable usb that has Windows 10 installation media, find it on uefi boot list, which should show as UEFI: USB mass storage device, boot from that usb, do a custom clean install on hdd which involves deleting all old partitions and create new partition,format,enter.  In this procedure because you are in uefi environment, Windows installation  automatically chooses gpt partition when you click “new” to create new partition after manually deleting all old partitions.

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  • JOcean

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    Posted August 21st, 2021 09:00

    If you reset the BIOS and changed it to another version (I assume RAID to UEFI) and you formatted the HDD, then how did you install Windows 10? 

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  • Mohamed Abd El Alim

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    Posted August 21st, 2021 23:00

    the installation didn't complete just the first installation steps and once it restart it's go back to boot from usb not hdd

  • Mohamed Abd El Alim

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    Posted August 22nd, 2021 01:00

    UEFI: USB mass storage device

    This option don't appear 

    I think some one  delete this option and hdd from bios i need away to add them again 

     

  • redxps630

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    Posted August 22nd, 2021 12:00

    Reset bios to default settings, apply/save, exit bios, and usb key must be physically plugged in pc before powering up, otherwise it does not show up in UEFI bios.

  • bradthetechnut

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    Posted August 22nd, 2021 18:00

    Thanks redxps630.  I do this in android.  Photos don't show while signed in.  Makes sense, doesn't it?

    Is the OP's BIOS in RAID / Autodetect AHCI mode?

  • bradthetechnut

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    Posted August 22nd, 2021 18:00

    What model Optiplex do you have?  By changing BIOS versions, do you mean you went from Legacy to UEFI, or vice-versa; or downloaded a newer version of BIOS?

  • redxps630

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    Posted August 22nd, 2021 18:00

    OP has optiplex 7060 (see screenshot).

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    Posted August 22nd, 2021 20:00

    np. OP did not upload screenshot of s SATA operation of bios.  it is unclear whether 7060 bios is UEFI only or with legacy option rom.  system setup says UEFI only.  I would guess no legacy option since this is a relatively recent model.