Solved PC Crash and now refuses to read USB Recovery Drive


Kashegan

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Accessed my PC this morning and it froze before crashing with the BSD and a kernal Missing error message. Now it refuses to reboot (continual circling dots) and won't respond to a USB recovery drive. What do I do next, please?

PS Unable to access any logs etc, sure you'll understand.
 

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won't respond to a USB recovery drive
Explain what you are doing to get it try and access the recovery USB?

What sort of recovery USB i.e. how was it created?
 

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Switch off power, switch on power with USB connected. USB not being read? Tried an old Windows 10 DVD recovery disk, still not reponding. USB recovery disc was created from within Windows system. System Disc is 500GB SSD,
 

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Windows 11Intel i7 3.2MHz24GbNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
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Windows 11
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
ASUS
CPU
Intel i7 3.2MHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. B360M DS3H (U3E1)
Memory
24Gb
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Sound Card
Sound Blaster Audigy Fx
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BenQ GC2870
Screen Resolution
1920x1080@60Hz
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447GB KINGSTON SA1000M8480G
1863GB Seagate ST2000DX002-2DV164
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Water
Antivirus
Norton 360
Also, USB is not included in Boot Priority Options, only SSD and DVD drive.
 

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ASUS
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Intel i7 3.2MHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. B360M DS3H (U3E1)
Memory
24Gb
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Sound Card
Sound Blaster Audigy Fx
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BenQ GC2870
Screen Resolution
1920x1080@60Hz
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447GB KINGSTON SA1000M8480G
1863GB Seagate ST2000DX002-2DV164
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Water
Antivirus
Norton 360

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See if you can boot your computer with Windows 11 USB flash drive created by Media Creation Tool, make sure to set USB as first boot device from BIOS.

 

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Switch off power, switch on power with USB connected. USB not being read? Tried an old Windows 10 DVD recovery disk, still not reponding. USB recovery disc was created from within Windows system. System Disc is 500GB SSD,
You need to set or access the BIOS boot options. If you don't, then the system will just automatically try the existing internal drive, first up

Boot menu key(s) for ASUS desktop is either F8 or Esc
 

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    512GB KIOXIA NVMe
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@Kashegan

On Gigabyte motherboards, the F12 key will bring up the "Boot Menu".
The DEL key will take you into the BIOS.


The "Boot Menu" should look something like this...

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Not sure what I've done. but PC is now booting to Windows. (I unplugged the internal HDD, removed it to check visualy for damge. replaced it and it was OK) However, I have now suffered several BSD, always when copying files to a backup disc, and each time I received a System service Exception message. The PC boots back to exactly where it was previously - but with email accounts deleted, browser preferences removed etc. Backing up all the data wil take days at this rate. Hopefully I will soon be in a position to reformat the master disc and reinstall. eliminating the errors.
Thanks for all your help guys.
 

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Windows 11Intel i7 3.2MHz24GbNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
OS
Windows 11
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
ASUS
CPU
Intel i7 3.2MHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. B360M DS3H (U3E1)
Memory
24Gb
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Sound Card
Sound Blaster Audigy Fx
Monitor(s) Displays
BenQ GC2870
Screen Resolution
1920x1080@60Hz
Hard Drives
447GB KINGSTON SA1000M8480G
1863GB Seagate ST2000DX002-2DV164
Cooling
Water
Antivirus
Norton 360
Not sure what I've done. but PC is now booting to Windows. (I unplugged the internal HDD, removed it to check visualy for damge. replaced it and it was OK) However, I have now suffered several BSD, always when copying files to a backup disc, and each time I received a System service Exception message. The PC boots back to exactly where it was previously - but with email accounts deleted, browser preferences removed etc. Backing up all the data wil take days at this rate. Hopefully I will soon be in a position to reformat the master disc and reinstall. eliminating the errors.
Thanks for all your help guys.
If you have access to another windows computer download Linux Lite and on a separate one create a Microsoft Media Installation tool. Burn them to two different flash drives, boot to 'Boot Menu', select the USB (flash drive) as primary and load Linux Lite. It runs on RAM not on your HD, the point is you will be able to access all your personal files and more rapidly transfer them (if they haven't been corrupted) to an external drive.
Buy an SSD to replace the failing HDD, insert your Installation tool, boot from the flash drive and reinstall Windows.
 
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  • At a glance

    Windows 11AMD Ryzen 7 270016 GB DDR4 SDRAMAMF Radeon XFX RX 570
    OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Home build
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    Motherboard
    ASUS Prime X470-Pro
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4 SDRAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMF Radeon XFX RX 570
    Monitor(s) Displays
    27" ASUS
    Hard Drives
    NVMe m.2 1 TB
    2.5" SSD 500GB
    PSU
    EVGA 750W
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    Asus VP278
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    250GB SSD

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