My PC boots into BIOS with Windows 11

Hello,

What is the model of this ASUS PC? How old is it? Has it been dropped?

-- If it boots straight into the BIOS, perhaps there are no other possibilities left... or they are broken...?
-- so check the BIOS in the "Boot Device" column to see what is the first boot device..?

... it must be the hard drive... HDD or SSD depending on the type of PC..
If that is the case, it means the HDD or SSD is not working... Or no longer works.

- Has Windows 11 ever run on this PC..??

-- Attaching a clear, legible photo of this BIOS screen could help us assist you.

Hello, and thank you

This PC is an Asus tower S500MC-OG6405012W purchased on 11/27/2002 with Windows 11 originally. It hasn't moved from the desk since.

It has a hard drive of which I don't know whether it's an HDD or an SSD

I will check tomorrow by turning it on to see in Boot Device.

On the Asus site..https://www.asus.com/fr/displays-desktops/tower-pcs/asus-desktop/asus-s500mc/techspec/

The model ASUS S500MC-0G6405012W is listed with a date of May 12, 2022 on the site Comparez Malin.... and not 2002

This PC shipped with Windows 10 Home, so Windows 11 has been implemented since.. guess... since when does it run with Windows 11..?

Message from Asus: the upgrade to Windows 11 will be available for eligible devices between the end of 2021 and 2022. Availability will vary by device. Some features require specific hardware (see aka.ms/windows11-spec).

Hello,

OK, very well for the photos. The config seems fine.

At POST 6, we recognize the NVMe drive (so SSD) and it is well chosen to boot Windows 11 via the "Boot manager"

At POST 8, you could press F10 to exit the BIOS and boot into Windows...

From that moment, explain what happens..? and what is displayed..?

It seems that Windows does not start properly... or not at all..

Do you have another functioning Windows PC?

Typo, it's indeed a 2022 purchase. The friend probably migrated to 11 during the PC setup. I don’t remember anymore.

Since I started having this issue, I do indeed press F10 and click OK to exit, and Windows 11 opens normally.

The hard drive has only 15 GB out of 475 GB of available space. Is that the problem, or did a Windows update fail to install properly?

OK, so Windows 11 isn’t too sick, nor the disk..

-- Indeed, if you only have 15 GB left, that could be the cause or contribute to it... There isn’t enough free space for updates... or some of your software that needs room for intermediate calculations...

--- Adding RAM would be quite beneficial for its work...!

-- There must be something (???) that is saving to the disk and filling it up little by little... Which leads you to this situation today... e.g. backups piling up... or you save everything you find..?

Do you have any idea about what you keep on your disk..??
It could also be photos or videos... Cleaning up seems vital for what comes next.

With your permission, I could briefly look at what is “Suspect” on your disk

Are there other disks on this PC..?

Install the utility "TreeSize Free" on your PC to inventory the contents.

https://www.presse-citron.net/telecharger/utilitaire/disque_dur_cdrom_dvd/treesize.html

Gimp during corrections of photos by rotations, perspectives, becomes very sluggish to display the changes on screen. It used to be much more responsive.

I had problems with PowerPoint, which did not take into account the display times of certain slides even when pushing them, plus or minus,

quite strongly.

There is only one drive on the PC.

I considered installing a 1 TB drive.

check if your disk isn’t too full

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At the bottom of "TreeSize", I read that free space is 150GB... This is not the same as 15GB... However, we don’t know how it’s distributed..?

-- We can see that the first three folders already take up a lot of space... There’s probably some tidying up to do inside them...

-- The folder "DisqueDur" (85GB). What is it..? and the "User" (112GB) folder - it should contain all the files from your work...?

I suggest sorting out the grain from this disk... by using a chkdsk utility in "Console or Terminal" mode available in Windows...

-. Command line usage (CMD)

This method is more powerful and allows adding options for a deeper analysis.

Steps:

1. Open Command Prompt as administrator :

   • Press Win + X and select Terminal (Admin) or Command Prompt (Admin).

2. Run CHKDSK with desired options

   • Automatic check and repair :

     cmd

     chkdsk C: /f /r

     If the drive is in use, Windows will prompt to schedule the check on the next reboot.

   • Deep check (bad sectors) :

     It can take longer.

     • After the check, CHKDSK prints a report in the CMD window. Here are common codes:
       • 0 : No errors found.
       • 1 : Errors corrected.
       • 2 : Cleaning required (unneeded files removed).
       • 3 : Uncorrectable errors (manual intervention needed)

. When to use CHKDSK ?

• Slow or crashing disk : Check file errors.
• Error message at startup : For example, "Disk not initialized" or "Corrupted file".
• After a system crash : To verify the integrity of the file system.
• Before a major Windows update : To avoid conflicts.

7. Alternatives to CHKDSK ..also to be done.

• SFC (System File Checker) : Checks the integrity of protected system files.

  cmd

  sfc /scannow

Read carefully or print the result after execution

The SSD is labeled 512GB... But the C: drive is seen as 334GB...

So 178GB are missing... where did they go..?

I’m willing to accept hidden partitions for system use like the EFI and Recovery, but usually it doesn’t exceed 2GB... There are 176 missing...?

-- A screenshot of the Disk Management would be welcome to try to understand.

Obviously, this disk isn’t very large to begin with... but now it’s getting tight..!

Here is the procedure:

-. Command line usage (CMD)

This method is more powerful and allows adding options for a deeper analysis.

Steps :

1. Open Command Prompt as administrator :

   • Press Win + X and choose Terminal (Admin) or Command Prompt (Admin).

2. Launch "Disk Management" not to be confused with Device Manager

3. a layout of partitions on the disk will appear... Take a screenshot of this part of the screen and paste it here on the forum.

4. There is a TRICK under there

The PC at open this morning ran chkdsk C: /f /r and I didn’t get any result!

Hello,

To access the disk management in normal mode, right-click the Windows flag in the bottom-left corner and Disk Management, give us its screenshot!

thanks to everyone

I can’t send the screenshots, it keeps spinning and I can’t stop it, not even with the X.

For CrystalDiskInfo: I have 97% in blue.

Disk Management

Disk 0 Basic: 476.92 GB OSC 475.53 GB 964 and 200 MB Recovery partition

Disk 1 Basic: 32 MB Bitdefender virtual disk

Your file might be too large... especially if you use a photo... with millions of pixels..?

It’s better to take a "Screenshot" and only select part of the screen: the disk management area, that reduces the number of pixels.

That’s the "Screenshot Tool" a Windows utility, for example like this.

I see you’re using a "Virtual Disk"... Maybe that’s why there isn’t enough space on the real disk..? What’s this Virtual Disk used for..?

We can't attach a file that is too large. I usually use screenshots and just the dimensions I need.

I don't know what this virtual disk is.

All my work files are on the file named "Hard Drive"; the files from my old PC were placed there when it started up.

I saw that my files take up less than 80 GB, so yes I wonder too why this difference with the disk usage, the programs don't take up all that space! I don't see where there could be a duplicate. I deleted temporary files.

I don't know if it's related but it took a long time to transfer 3 batches of 12 photos at 4 MB each via WeTransfer. Even sending it in 3 parts, it lagged! Same with trying via SwissTransfer!

I checked with Free to see if there were connection problems because there had been an outage in the afternoon. No incident indicated on the line. Is it related?