Windows 10: PC stuck in a POST loop that results in a frozen startup after BIOS update

Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B450M-A IIOS: Windows 10 ProInitial BIOS version: 4204First update: 4604Memory: Silicon Power 16GB 3200MHz 4x [actual stable speed was 3000MHz]CPU: Ryzen 5 5500GPU: ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB VRAMStorage: [seems not to POST sometimes when only the M.2 is loaded leading me to believe the OS is somehow installed across all 3 SSDs]Boot drive*: [M.2] Intel SSDPEKNU010TZSSD: APPLE SSD TS256CSSD: TEM T253X2512GHDD: WDC WD10JPVX-22JC3TOPlease help me look for some method I have not tried or something I should redo *properly*Have tried:rolling back BIOS version / reinstall

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BIOS stuck in a loop.

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Stuck in startup repair boot loop, C drive is in RAW

Okay. I'll try with disk genius. - - - Updated - - - Okay I tried this command with disk genius.

I got this result.

Then I tried this command.

and got this result.

I forgot to mention earlier. 1 hour back, when I checked my C drive it is back to normal. I was able to run chkdsk /f and /r These analyses were done after that. The issue hasn't got resolved yet and I'm still stuck on the startup repair loop. - - - Updated - - - Okay. So I eventually created an image of my C partition using Macrium Reflect PE environment. Everything went fine. For some unknown reason, the image was of approximately 100gb in size whereas my C partition was occupied upto almost 175 GB. Then I booted using the windows 10 USB and deleted all the partitions of the C drive during the installation menu that asks for the location of windows 10. Then I chose the newly formatted C partition to install windows. The installation went fine. I got to the desktop wallpaper screens and icons. Then I booted using Macrium and restored using the image file. After I restarted my laptop. I got this error.

After pressing enter, I got this.

Then I checked in the boot menu of my BIOS. To my surprise, my SSD was not listed in the boot menu. Don’t know why.

Then I booted using Win 10 USB, and ran sfc scannow. I also ran DISM, trying to restore the image from the official windows files present on the usb drive and got these results.

Upon checking the volume information, I got this.

I also tried to fix the bcd using the following commands. bcdboot c:\Windows /s Z: /f ALL The letter Z was assigned to the 100mb ESP partition on the D drive Now this 100mb partition is present on my D drive (SATA). The bcd fixing went well. I got the message ‘Boot files successfully created’ Unfortunately I didn’t click a photograph of the result. Now I booted again in windows and I am seeing this result.

After pressing enter, I got this.

Now I am stuck and absolutely clueless about my next step. Please advise.

 

Stuck in a bios loop

Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.

1

Please provide a photo of the Security tab settings and the Boot Priority list in your BIOS

2

What happened on your BC before you were stuck in the BIOS loop?