Usually when you start your PC, on the manufacturers logo screen repeatedly press the F2 or Del key to access BIOS, and please do not change any settings in there.
One of the drives in my pc has gone missing after i ran an app downloaded from the internet called Sheep-it render farm
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So I downloaded an app that was apparently safe to use, but after running it and then closing it one my drives with all my files on it disappeared.
And when i try to access one of the folders from file explorer that was from that drive that for some reason disappeared it comes up with this message.
I managed to fix the upload issue here is the image
Is there any way to fix this as i had 2 years worth of files on that drive and would really appreciate if i could receive some help, i would be very grateful.
Im afraid to restart the pc incase i lose the files, so i will just keep trying to find a solution for it until .
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Airbus A350 8,015 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2025-01-02T16:52:24+00:00 Hello,
To boot into your BIOS, you would usually press Esc, F1, F2, F8, F10, F11, or F12. You can also go to Command Prompt from inside Windows and type shutdown -r -t 0 -fw and then push enter. This way, you will boot straight to your BIOS.
Hope this helps.
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Anonymous
2025-01-02T16:45:31+00:00 How do i boot it into BIOS sorry
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DaveM121 935.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor2025-01-02T16:17:24+00:00 1
Boot your PC into BIOS, then in the list of drives in there, can you see both drives?
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Open Device Manager, then expand the Disk Drives section, please provide a screenshot of that window.
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Anonymous
2025-01-02T16:08:03+00:00 sorry that was me replying to myself, if i edit a previous message there is no 5 minute delay in sending the message for some reason?
Is it ok if I edit previous messages or would you prefer me to reply normally although its oddly taking quite a few minutes to send each one