Pegged my Windows 10 PC this afternoon

[Charles West]

Somehow I got some annoying malware installed on my Windows 10 PC. I tried to get into Safe Mode from Update and Settings, Recovery, Troubleshoot and ReStart but it wouldn't go into Safe Mode. Then, I got the brillant idea to change the boot in Msconfig and now, it doesn't even load the graphics driver so I have a black screen with no cursor. The best part is I can't find my recovery drive.

 

[Mike Ault]

Somehow I got some annoying malware installed on my Windows 10 PC. I tried to get into Safe Mode from Update and Settings, Recovery, Troubleshoot and ReStart but it wouldn't go into Safe Mode. Then, I got the brillant idea to change the boot in Msconfig and now, it doesn't even load the graphics driver so I have a black screen with no cursor. The best part is I can't find my recovery drive.

Go into to your CMOS settings (maybe press F2 repeatedly during boot) and set it to boot from an external USB drive. That way you will at least be able to tinker with it. Hopefully you have an old computer sitting around with a bootable operating system so you can create an emergency rescue disk with it to boot from. Or you could just fly me out there. I need to look your operation over anyway, I believe there is room for improvement.

 

[Mike Ault]

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[Charles West]

Go into to your CMOS settings (maybe press F2 repeatedly during boot) and set it to boot from an external USB drive. That way you will at least be able to tinker with it. Hopefully you have an old computer sitting around with a bootable operating system so you can create an emergency rescue disk with it to boot from. Or you could just fly me out there. I need to look your operation over anyway, I believe there is room for improvement.

I can't get to the CMOS because it isn't fully booting, it isn't even loading graphic drivers, the screen is dark, no cursor. I have my pro from Dover on speeddial, hopefully he shows up tomorrow. The PC is 12 years old, welcome to Windows 11. Wonderful.

 

[Mike Ault]

I can't get to the CMOS because it isn't fully booting, it isn't even loading graphic drivers, the screen is dark, no cursor. I have my pro from Dover on speeddial, hopefully he shows up tomorrow. The PC is 12 years old, welcome to Windows 11. Wonderful.

You should be able to get to the CMOS without ever touching the hard drive which you "pegged". The CMOS should function this evening the same as it did this morning. You just need to know how to get it into "CMOS setup mode" prior to it ever having the chance to try and go into boot mode. What is your computer make & model number and let's give it a try…

 

[Charles West]

You should be able to get to the CMOS without ever touching the hard drive which you "pegged". The CMOS should function this evening the same as it did this morning. You just need to know how to get it into "CMOS setup mode" prior to it ever having the chance to try and go into boot mode. What is your computer make & model number and let's give it a try…

It's a custom gaming rig.

 

[Charles West]

I will check out the concept.

 

[Mike Ault]

It's a custom gaming rig.

Do you ever remember getting into CMOS and changing things by pressing one of the function keys repeatedly at the beginning of the boot sequence? Sometimes it's F2, sometimes it's F3, other times it's F9. All you need to do is find which one that is and you should be able to see your display again. Then your in business. I recently bought a brand-new alienware from Best Buy because I needed something fast and it wouldn't boot out of the box until I did that and changed the boot sequence.

 

[Charles West]

I already tried getting into CMOS using the delete and F2 key which is the key for an ASUS motherboard. Nothing.

 

[Mike Ault]

I already tried getting into CMOS using the delete and F2 key which is the key for an ASUS motherboard. Nothing.

I believe you would have to hit the F2 key repeatedly just prior to the boot sequence. I've never seen a CMOS setup routine which was invoked using a "combination" of delete and function keys, not saying that you're wrong, just saying that would be unusual.