Hello Friends Just today in one laptop with Windows 10 Home installed I started the machine as usual but for a first time in its all life it loads the BIOS directly instead. Therefore is not possible boot Windows 10. What to do? I am assuming it is about EOF but is possible load the OS in peace? …

I suspect its nothing to do with the end of support for windows 10 just that time to die. Can you check the date and time in the bios is correct if not that would suggest a cmos battery problem Do you have a usb with linux on that you could boot to and then see if you can mount and then disk check…

Had this once with my old computer (Acer Aspire XC-780). One of its disks would all of a sudden not be noticed anymore. Then, after a couple of reboots, it was all of a sudden there again. I have thrown the computer away (malfunctioned), but I thought it was a cable issue. Perhaps this is a cable i…

Thanks for the replies Paul Can you check the date and time in the bios is correct if not that would suggest a cmos battery problem If my memory does not fail me the date and time is ok Do you have a usb with linux on that you could boot to and then see if you can mount and then disk check th…

[image] Manuel_Jordan: Should the BIOS be reset to initial manufacturer Generally no, its not often they are updated and should not make a difference will not solve your issue which i suspect is hard drive related and the Master boot record

Thanks Paul Understood. In other network I have practically the same indication but is suggested to disable the enable fast boot option. I remember it is enabled. I am going to research about that feature

[image] Manuel_Jordan: disable the enable fast boot option. With an ssd that may help, but if it was working before with the switch set unlikely to be that I am not a fan of ssd feel failure it built in ! Ready for comments on that point

If you disable fast boot option , it may look at more devices (eg hotplug disks) during boot, and therefore boot slower. See here [image] My Alpine install to a hotplug disk needs OpROM enabled? Other Distributions I wanted to do a hard disk install of Alpine.…

As usual thanks for the replies The disable fast boot didn’t work but I have the following advance At the BIOS for the “Boot” Menu exists the following: Boot Boot Configuration Fast Boot [Enabled] Launch CSM [Disabled] Boot option Priorities <Empty here …

Without making any changes does it boot from an inserted usb key ? Do. You have a usb without ventoy and just a standard linux version on to try, i experiance occasionally ventoy will not boot but other direct versions will

Thanks for the reply Paul Without making any changes does it boot from an inserted usb key ? No, it does not boot Do. You have a usb without ventoy and just a standard linux version on to try, i experiance occasionally ventoy will not boot but other direct versions will Yes, I have other pen…

Windows 10 Home does not boot anymore - block with EOL?

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nevj (Neville Jackson) 18 October 2025 16:53 8

If you disable fast boot option , it may look at more devices (eg hotplug disks) during boot, and therefore boot slower.
See here

I do not think it would be involved in your problem, but no harm in trying.