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Hello! Welcome to the PC world—this could be a pretty straightforward fix for you. Every time I try to start or restart my computer, it automatically jumps into BIOS. My drive looks fine since I can manually boot into BIOS, but it’s really frustrating that I have to do that every time. I’m not sure why the boot order is set this way, even though I believe it’s correct. I have an ASUS B550 TUF gaming motherboard with an AMD CPU. I’ve included some photos of my BIOS to help anyone figure this out. Thanks!
Remove the CMOS battery briefly, then reinsert it. After completing this, restart the computer and it should launch directly into Windows. Additional details available.
I’m trying to understand that your installation was done for an older BIOS-based setup, but your system is configured for UEFI. When the UEFI switches to its Legacy mode (with CSM enabled or set to Legacy/Disabled), it mimics the old BIOS environment. This means it can only recognize drives formatted with MBR. On the other hand, a UEFI-based system (CSM off and UEFI active) only works with GPT-formatted drives. So I suspect the boot process starts correctly, but the OS fails to load, then reverts back to UEFI. If you choose a non-UEFI drive now, it should prompt you to boot in Legacy mode before starting... That’s my interpretation.
This typically indicates a problem with starting the operating system correctly; it often points to issues with your BIOS configuration or the Windows bootloader. Consider switching to Legacy/CSM mode and, if unsuccessful, attempt to fix your bootloader. (You should be able to do this via the Windows 10 installation disk.) This is what’s happening, indeed. It can occur during an early bootloader error or more frequently when it fails to recognize the system.