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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2026 7:04 pm
by izvy3
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.
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2026 8:24 pm
by ti8113627
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.
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2026 1:02 am
by n346k6oX
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.
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2026 8:00 pm
by AQ9l83n6aqDz
This. Did you try booting into safe mode from that same advanced options menu? Hope that helps.
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2026 12:40 pm
by zw2761516
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.
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2026 3:36 pm
by gpnj62122553
Can confirm. I had the same problem. For me, running startup repair from a USB installer finally got things moving again. Hope that helps.