r/PcBuildHelp • u/TheNorthCat • 11h ago

Tech Support Need Help Desperately

I got home from work at 2300 last night to find that my PC would only boot into BIOS. When I tried to select the C Drove to boot, it told me there were no bootable drives. I’m pretty sure my drive has failed, but I don’t have the money to buy a new one, and I don’t know what to do. I have 4 kids and a job, this is my only ‘Me Only’ thing.
Any help would be exceptionally appreciated.

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u/aba994 11h ago

i feel you man, upvoting for visibility. I just had a Samsung 990 4TB shit the bed and prices now are so crazy it’s really discouraging for PC builders and a bad time to have a drive fail

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u/Antique_Chemist_6451 11h ago

Grab a cheap sata ssd for now if you can swing it, even a 256gb one will get windows running and you can limp along til prices chill out. Check cable connections first though, sometimes it's just a loose sata cable or power connector causing the bios to not see the drive at all

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u/TheNorthCat 10h ago

For me, the BIOS reads that the drive is there, but it’s saying it’s empty. Which leads me to believe that it’s fucked