I received a message saying: An operating system wasn't found, please unplug anything without one.
I received a message saying: An operating system wasn't found, please unplug anything without one.
Hey, as the title says, I got this message: "an operating system wasnt found. Try disconnecting any device that dont contain an operating system." I was using my PC normally, just browsing chatGPT. I wanted to do a calculation and noticed when pulling up the calculator, the program almost wouldn't start, and then everything else got really slow. I force shut down the PC, and when trying to start it up that message came back. I don't really know what to do, and I am pretty good with my hands. I am reading for multiple exams, so I am often at my laptop and ready to check in here and take some action! It's windows 10 with a ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO (WI-FI) Motherboard - 2x NVMe Samssung m2
Here are the full specs, including the power supply make and model (or part number). Also, how old the PSU is, and was it bought new or used/refurbished? Either the OS got corrupted, or the drive is dead. Just boot up to BIOS and check if the OS drive shows up and lists as one of your boot options (it should be first).
Just a side note: When a program is running it lives in RAM (except possibly if swap/virtual memory is used). Even if the disk were to die the program actually in RAM will usually work just fine until disk access is needed. Having the calculator fail could be a disk failure. Not finding the o/s on boot tends to back up that idea. What @Aeacus mentions about going into the BIOS is a pretty valuable suggestion because the BIOS can see disks as a whole, and not just files on a filesystem inside of a partition. If the disk does show up, then it might still be failing, but you stand a chance. If the BIOS itself for example had corrupted (maybe the button battery is low), then it might be as simple as setting the BIOS up again. While power is on the BIOS won't corrupt just from a battery dying, but when power goes off it might.
1. If your BIOS is messed up, your computer won't finish checking itself (POST), and you will never see any error messages or pictures about it. 2. A dead CMOS battery doesn't actually damage the BIOS. It just means that when your PC isn't plugged in, the settings you saved won't stay there until power comes back on. Your computer can still work fine without a CMOS battery inside. But this might annoy you because all those custom settings get wiped clean to their default state, and it makes the clock stop counting (which is not a big problem now since Windows gets its time from the internet after it boots up).
I bought a power supply that is about four or five years old, and I'm using an Intel Core i9-9900K CPU on a motherboard named ROG Maximus XI Hero wi-fi. The memory sticks are Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 C16 BK DC, with 16GB of RAM, while the graphics card is GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2060 OC with 6GB GDDR6 and a storage drive is a Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD M.2 in an M.2 2280 slot holding 1TB. I have another Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD M.2 in a 500Gb slot, but the power supply (PSDU) is a corsair cx750. My operating system is Windows 10 Home. The BIOS seems to see both M.2 drives, and I'm pretty sure (probably ninety-five percent) that Windows was installed on the five-hundred-gigabyte drive instead of the one terabyte drive. When I start up my computer, Boot Option Priority #1 points to the five-hundred-gigabyte drive. Even if I try to force a boot from the other drive using the "Boot override" feature, nothing changes. Also, under Boot Option Priorities, there isn't an option to select the one terabyte drive as the first choice; only the five-hundred-gigabyte drive (or the disabled one) is listed. I'm also wondering what the settings should be for CSM if we talk about both UEFI and Legacy modes.
You have access to another computer, you can download a bootable USB stick using this link: https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details...4_bit.html This tool has many utilities to check disks and the system and even fix some problems.