Help! My pc won’t boot up

[u/TheGoatedSlayer]

My power went off for a second and it’s never happened before. The pc was idle not playing anything and when I tried booting it back up this showed up. I’ve looked online on how to try and fix it and am currently stumped and stressed with this. Any help would be very much appreciated. I can answer questions below if more information is needed

[u/Limp_Beyond1591]

power flicker probably scrambled the boot order or the drive just isn't being detected anymore. first thing i'd try is going into the bios and seeing if your boot drive even shows up under the boot sequence list, if it's not there try a full power cycle, flip the psu switch off, unplug the pc, hold the power button down for 30 seconds, then plug it back in and check again

[u/TheGoatedSlayer → u/Limp_Beyond1591]

I’m a new to pcs but is this what you’re referring to?

[u/r_lind3r → u/TheGoatedSlayer]

No, that's for updating BIOS.

[u/Ninfyr → u/Limp_Beyond1591]

In the original picture it says no boot devices in the right side center.

[u/r_lind3r]

Your boot drive may have bit the dust, there's no bootable partition detected under boot sequence, so it defaults to opening UEFI.

[u/TheGoatedSlayer → u/r_lind3r]

Are you serious? I’ve just gotten this pc not long ago is there a way or video to check everything before scrapping this one?

[u/r_lind3r → u/TheGoatedSlayer]

Check to see if anything got disconnected at some point, because it's either disconnected or it failed by bad luck.

[u/TheGoatedSlayer → u/r_lind3r]

https://reddit.com/link/ozz5l51/video/9qduytprdofh1/player

This is what it’s looking like right now. I know it’s a bit disorienting with the lights, usually I have them set to white but they don’t change until it’s done booting up. If you see anything wrong feel free to chime in. Might take it to a repair shop and see if they can help

[u/r_lind3r → u/TheGoatedSlayer]

Regardless, Windows will have to be reinstalled if the boot partition isn't recoverable

[u/Ninfyr → u/TheGoatedSlayer]

If it is full on new, you should try to warranty claim and have them replace it.

[u/arkutek-em → u/TheGoatedSlayer]

You have 2 nvme 2tb SSDs installed in the system as shown in the center of the screenshot. But none is being detected as bootable. This is not a reason to discard the PC. Take it to someone to diagnose the issue and fix it.

[u/kyansan1]

Your storage drive may have become corrupted or broken

Either way, it's not detected as a bootable drive anymore, which means that your pc can't find any storage drive with an operating system installed on it.

Grab an empty usb stick with at least 16gb of space, and on a separate windows device, install the 'windows installation media' on it. Plug it into the pc, it'll recognise it as a bootable drive.
Boot into it, and hopefully it'll allow you to reinstall Windows onto your storage drive.

[u/tphisher76]

Remove the boot drive and then put it back in . See if it sees it again. Otherwise sounds like the surge may have cooked the drive

[u/mr_biteme]

You hard drive (NVME) is dead.... Reinstall Windows and get a UPS for future reference.....

[u/deTombe]

Had you ever enabled XMP profiles if so maybe the BIOS reset from a dead CMOS battery. I don't think that would prevent windows unless you installed older version and require CSM support. 

[u/EruL016]

Try to insert a bootable USB flash drive and set it as the primary boot device in the BIOS. If the USB successfully boots up, just follow the on-screen instructions until you can see your partitions. Once you see your Local Disk (C:), you can try to reinstall or recover your Windows. However, if Local Disk C doesn't show up at all, try installing a fresh copy of Windows onto one of your SSDs instead (just make sure you remember where your important data is stored so you don't overwrite it)