Does your Sony Vaio computer stop showing up in the BIOS menu right after you take out the solid state drive?
Does your Sony Vaio computer stop showing up in the BIOS menu right after you take out the solid state drive?
I had an old hard drive that ran both Windows and Linux at the same time (Dual Boot). Everything worked well before. I got a new solid state drive (SSD) of 256GB, EVM brand, and attached it to my laptop using Product Link - https://evmzone.com/256gb-ssd-2-5-inch-sata.html . Then I installed Linux on the SSD. Before putting any files on the new disk, I turned off power, unplugged the AC adapter, and removed the old hard drive from the laptop. Inside the battery compartment or under a small screw cover (depending on your model), I pressed an "Assist" key to enter BIOS settings and changed the boot mode from MBR/GPT to UEFI. I did not change any other settings like CPU speed or memory timings, just wanted to switch how it starts up. Then I installed Ubuntu onto the new SSD.
For testing purposes, my friend made a Windows 10 x64 USB stick using Ventoy software (Product Link - https://www.sony-asia.com/electronics/su...ifications). He plugged it into his laptop and checked if it started up. It did start, but I'm not sure if the USB stick was set to MBR or GPT format or if Secure Boot was turned on. However, he used Ventoy to make a bootable image for Windows.
Once the computer booted from that USB drive, I suddenly unplugged everything and left it there while working. This is when all my problems started! Now I cannot even get into BIOS settings at all, even if I remove the SSD completely. There are no external devices connected to the laptop (only RAM stick, AC Adapter, and No battery). The screen doesn't even show the message "No operating system" on a white background anymore; instead, it just shows a blank black screen. My keyboard backlight is working, but after some time, they all turn off. Even the Num Lock and Caps Lock LED lights are still blinking as if they were on, which is strange because there is no power to them.
When I put my SSD back in, the computer boots up successfully from the SSD, and my OS (Ubuntu) works perfectly fine. The performance has improved just like I expected since I replaced the hard drive. But I cannot boot at all from the Windows USB stick anymore. I can only run Linux from the USB stick. If I put back my OLD Hard Drive (the one that had both Windows and Ubuntu), ONLY the Linux OS boots up, not Windows.
I removed the back cover of the laptop again and took out the CMOS battery cell inside the BIOS chip. I left it there overnight hoping the memory would reset so I could fix this, but nothing happened. The system is exactly as it was before. I am completely lost on how to solve this problem. Can anyone please help me? I will give you more details if needed.
Hey there, new member! For my buddy, I made a special copy of Windows 10 that runs on x64 computers and put it on a flash drive. I tried it out on my laptop to see if it started up properly. It actually did start, but I don't know if the USB was set up as MBR or GPT, or if secure boot turned on. But I made this disk using Ventoy software. Why didn't you just use Windows Media Creation Tools instead?
Hi! Thanks so much for that welcome message! A 32GB USB stick as a nice bonus would have been super cool 😛 I couldn't make anything with the Windows Media Creation Tool because I didn't have access to a PC. I'll try it, though what do you think it will help my computer start up in BIOS?