Eventually I got into refresh options by doing the escape at boot then f11 while trying to figure out the blinking issue. Got it back up and running.
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Solved No boot device found
- Thread starter Delease
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You got it settled then? I was thinking, if you had your SATA set us as IDE, it will not work for Windows 7-8.1, you have to have it set for AHCI. Inversely, if you are running XP, that setting MUST be set to IDE. Most Motherboards include a way to swap between IDE and AHCI. All except these new Acers and HP's which only have AHCI and no IDE setting, but they came with Windows 8.1.
Fine laptops, except for the fact that I can't get into the UEFI Settings through Advanced Start- Every PC or Laptop I've worked on in the last year that came with Windows 8 or 8.1 fails to launch the UEFI screen.
I had to force a failure to boot on the acer just so I could choose the advanced setup options when the error screen popped up, I did that by forcing the laptop off during boot, something I won't do again.
Normally, when you get the "No Boot Volume" error, especially on Windows 8, it's because in the BIOS you don't have UEFI/Windows Boot Loader selected as the boot device- If you are pointing "First Boot Drive" to the hard drive, well, sometimes that's not where the bootloader is located, especially if there are recovery partitions on the drive.
File this info in case it happens again, you can check it all in the BIOS settings.
Fine laptops, except for the fact that I can't get into the UEFI Settings through Advanced Start- Every PC or Laptop I've worked on in the last year that came with Windows 8 or 8.1 fails to launch the UEFI screen.
I had to force a failure to boot on the acer just so I could choose the advanced setup options when the error screen popped up, I did that by forcing the laptop off during boot, something I won't do again.
Normally, when you get the "No Boot Volume" error, especially on Windows 8, it's because in the BIOS you don't have UEFI/Windows Boot Loader selected as the boot device- If you are pointing "First Boot Drive" to the hard drive, well, sometimes that's not where the bootloader is located, especially if there are recovery partitions on the drive.
File this info in case it happens again, you can check it all in the BIOS settings.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 Pro with Media Center/Windows 7
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Asus M2N-MX SE Plus § DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2300 MHz (11.5 x 200) 4400+ § Corsair Value Select
- CPU
- AMD 4400+/4200+
- Motherboard
- Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
- Memory
- 2 GB/3GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
- Sound Card
- nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
- Screen Resolution
- "1842 x 1036"
- Hard Drives
- WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
WD My Book 1140 USB Device
- PSU
- Works 550w
- Case
- MSI "M-Box"
- Cooling
- Water Cooled
- Keyboard
- Dell Keyboard
- Mouse
- Microsoft Intellimouse
- Internet Speed
- Cable Medium Speed
- Browser
- Chrome/IE 10
- Antivirus
- Eset NOD32 6.x/Win Defend
- Other Info
- Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
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Glad to see you got it up and running, Delease! A+ for persistence, ability, patience, and a job well done. :thumb:
Great info, Jon (XweAponX). Good to know. :thumb:
I thought boot loader was part of the OS itself. No? On the HD/partition BIOS points to? Or is it now in UEFI itself or where it decides to put it? I found this illustration.
Protecting the pre-OS environment with UEFI - Building Windows 8 - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
I’m wondering what caused this in the first place. Corrupt boot loader or something corrupt/switched settings within the UEFI? Not familiar with UEFI, but trying to learn.
I found no program to find keys within UEFI for the keys are now encrypted. However, when the OS is installed it stores it in the Registry and attainable via a few programs. Here’s one Brink advises.
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/27129-product-key-find-windows-8-a.html
Great info, Jon (XweAponX). Good to know. :thumb:
I thought boot loader was part of the OS itself. No? On the HD/partition BIOS points to? Or is it now in UEFI itself or where it decides to put it? I found this illustration.
Protecting the pre-OS environment with UEFI - Building Windows 8 - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
I’m wondering what caused this in the first place. Corrupt boot loader or something corrupt/switched settings within the UEFI? Not familiar with UEFI, but trying to learn.
I found no program to find keys within UEFI for the keys are now encrypted. However, when the OS is installed it stores it in the Registry and attainable via a few programs. Here’s one Brink advises.
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/27129-product-key-find-windows-8-a.html
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- 8.1 Pro X64
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Acer T690
- CPU
- Intel Pentium D Dual Core
- Motherboard
- Acer/Intel E946GZ
- Memory
- 2GB (max upgrade)
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3000 - PCI Express x16
- Sound Card
- Integrated RealTek ALC888 high-definition audio with 7.1 channel audio support
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Acer AL1917W A LCD
- Screen Resolution
- 1440 X 900
- Hard Drives
- 350 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
Thumb drives
- PSU
- Standard 250 watt
- Case
- Desktop 7.2" (183mm) W x 17.5" (445mm) L x 14.5"
- Cooling
- Dual case fans + CPU fan
- Keyboard
- Acer Windows PS/2
- Mouse
- Wireless Microsoft Arc
- Internet Speed
- 54mbp/s
- Browser
- IE11
- Antivirus
- Defender
- Other Info
- Office Pro 2013 / Nokia Lumia 1520 Windows Phone 8.1DP GDR1