Windows 10: Computer won't see primary HDD after hard restart. Why?

Discus and support Computer won't see primary HDD after hard restart. Why? in Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance to solve the problem; A few times recently after my computer shut downs improperly from either a power loss or from a hard restart from freezing, it will start up with a... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance' started by keliason, Jan 16, 2021.

  1. KELIASON
    keliason Win User

    Computer won't see primary HDD after hard restart. Why?


    A few times recently after my computer shut downs improperly from either a power loss or from a hard restart from freezing, it will start up with a black screen that says:
    "Remove disks or other media. Press any key to restart."
    If I click any key, it'll say:
    "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key."
    If I click any key, it'll just go back to the first message.

    I think this is because it is not seeing my primary HDD Drive C. I go into bios and it only lists my secondary storage drive Drive E as well as the DVD drive. It's like it doesn't even see my primary HDD.

    Any thoughts on what might be going on?
    After fiddling around and not changing anything, it'll work after awhile. Not sure if there was anything I did besides giving it a chance to try a handful of times.

    Any reason after a shut off, it wouldn't see my primarry HDD?
    My computer is an ASUS running Windows 10.

    :)
     
    keliason, Jan 16, 2021
    #1
  2. LITTLE CAT
    little cat Win User
    little cat, Jan 16, 2021
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  3. KEM MON
    Kem Mon Win User
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    Hi Johan,

    It is possible that your
    HDD was unreadable
    causing the error message to appear. We recommend that you perform these troubleshooting steps and check if there are any changes:


    • Shutdown
      your
      PC.

    • Unhooked
      the
      HDD
      and
      turn on
      your
      PC.

    • Reconnect
      your
      HDD
      and
      restart
      your
      PC.

    If the issue persists, we suggest that you contact your
    laptop/computer's manufacturer
    for further assistance.

    Update us on how it goes.

    Regards.
     
    Kem Mon, Jan 16, 2021
    #3
  4. JOHANKAAN
    Johankaan Win User

    Computer won't see primary HDD after hard restart. Why?

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    Johankaan, Jan 16, 2021
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