Hey all, been lurking here for a while.
So my sister uses the ROG (120GB SSD, 1TB HDD) for freelance work, but I'm the designated repair man. The laptop (huuuge!) doesn't want to boot to Windows. She says she used it normally a few days ago, shut it down, then this. Thinks some updates may have been installed, but not sure which ones and what kind.
I tried booting up from a Win10 CD and, here are some notes
1. X: = command line sees the Windows partition (I assume this is the SSD)
2. C: = Primary partition where her files are at. She says in Windows, this is really D:, and not C:
3.
😧 = CD drive
I've tried
-fixing boot partition, but no matter what the CLI wont see the Windows installation (no of installations found: 0)
-tried restoring (both options) but it says this drive is locked
-gone into BIOS (currently 206) where I've disabled Secure boot, disabled Wake on Lid open, enabled CSM
-FN+F7 to toggle screen off and on
-running a
command to check and turns out its running Legacy BIOS mode, instead of UEFI
-no joy
SATA section says configuration is RAID (no AHCI option). However both drives (SSD and HDD) are showing as non-raid disks.
I'm familiar with fixing bad boot partitions, but hybrids like this (SSD and HDD) are new to me. I was going to update the bios to version 213 (read about 303 causing a boot loop) hoping that AHCI would fix the issue, but I thought I'd check in in here first. I've been back-reading a lot but could've missed something.
Many thanks!