Windows SOMETIMES Doesn't Complete Boot

Two Wolf Jirou · May 9, 2016

MB POST goes fine, bios asks if I want to press Del and I don't, then the "Starting Windows" screen comes up for just a moment. Then the system reboots. Typically on the second boot, if I tell it not to run startup repair and to just boot normally, then the computer boots just fine. Sometimes, however, it can sometimes take 3-4 tries. Once booted, the system runs flawlessly. One thing to note is that my SSD doesn't show up in BIOS anywhere, but it still finds it when it goes to boot. Other information I can provide... My bios version is 11 revisions old, from 2012. Would flashing to the newest version help this perhaps? Windows' startup repair doesn't do anything, and I didn't feel that doing the fixmbr business would help here, am I wrong? This problem isn't crippling but it does worry me that I may be doing permanent damage.

PC Details:
MB: Asus p8z77-v LE Plus
CPU: i7-3770k @3.50GHz
GPU: EVGA GTX 980Ti
RAM: Patriot Viper Intel Masters 1600MHz 2x8GB
SDD: 160GB something or other
HDD: 2TB Hitachi something something

Two Wolf Jirou · May 9, 2016

EDIT: This is not true. Problem has reappeared.

"Wow. I'd been dealing with this issue for a while and only just now decided to post about it. Moments later, I solved the problem hahahaha.

A while back, I had set my language for non-Unicode programs to Japanese in order to open some visual novels. This had the side effect of making the \ in filepaths show up as Yen signs. Reverting this setting back to English fixed the problem. I suppose I won't delete the thread just in case somebody else has this same bizarre issue."

Shaun o · May 9, 2016

If you have a new motherboard that supports uefi devices.
It is often why your booting hard drive is not detected in the bios of your motherboard.

To make sure all hardware devices are detected you must select the advanced option of your uefi bios.

You must then find in the bios the CSM mode options.

CSM stands for Compatibility Support Mode.

It is used so devices that use a legacy type of detection for hardware can be seen and detected by the bios, and also newer devices that use the Uefi standard of hardware detection.

Make sure CSM mode is enabled, and or set it to manual.
Set the hardware detection mode to: Legacy Op Rom \ Uefi . mode.

Other option may be to fully initialize Usb devices.
Or Usb ports of the motherboard ect.

In the boot section of the Uefi bios.

The first listing of selection for boot devices and the order to boot from are from 1 to 6 set the booting device or SSD drive with the working OS on it to number 1. This is the legacy boot device order list.

Scroll down the same page and you should see two more options for booting devices.
1. SSD Drive
2. Any other drive, or optical drive.

Set the device listing for 1 to the SSD drive.

The two entries are for Uefi boo table devices.

If set right it should resolve the problem of the boot able drive hanging on the first attempt to boot the OS drive.

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