Having major boot issues after trying to upgrade from Windows 10 to 11?

izvy3 · Post by **izvy3** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 7:04 pm

Yeah, that BIOS trick worked for me too. Just a heads up, you might need to also disable any "VMD Controller" setting in there if you still get stuck.

ti8113627 · Post by **ti8113627** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 8:24 pm

Agreed. I had the same problem. I had to boot from a USB installer and run the startup repair a couple times before it finally took.

n346k6oX · Post by **n346k6oX** » Wed Jan 14, 2026 1:02 am

Can confirm. This happened to me, and startup repair didn't work. I ended up having to go back to a restore point from the advanced options.

AQ9l83n6aqDz · Post by **AQ9l83n6aqDz** » Thu Jan 15, 2026 8:00 pm

This. Did you try booting into safe mode from that same advanced options menu? Hope that helps.

zw2761516 · Post by **zw2761516** » Fri Jan 16, 2026 12:40 pm

Agreed. Yeah, safe mode's a good next step. If that doesn't work, you might need to use the installation media to run a startup repair.

gpnj62122553 · Post by **gpnj62122553** » Sun Feb 08, 2026 3:36 pm

Can confirm. I had the same problem. For me, running startup repair from a USB installer finally got things moving again. Hope that helps.