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mwrona
Oct 31, 2023Copper Contributor
Windows 11 won't boot after I suspended Bitlocker and reset the BIOS to default settings
I have an ASUS M16 laptop equipped with two SSD drives. The first is a Lexar MN620 2TB where Windows 11 is installed, and the second is a Samsung Pro 980 with Ubuntu.Recently, I took the following ac...
mwrona
Nov 01, 2023Copper Contributor
PROBLEM SOLVED
After digging deeper into my UEFI BIOS settings, I found an option called VMD (Volume Management Device). VMD is designed for RAID configurations with NVMe SSDs, but I wasn't using any RAID setup. I decided to disable VMD, and to my surprise, upon rebooting, the system recognized my SSDs, and Windows booted up normally!
For anyone facing SSD detection or boot issues, especially if you've made changes in your BIOS, consider checking if you have the VMD option enabled in your BIOS. Disabling it might just do the trick.
After digging deeper into my UEFI BIOS settings, I found an option called VMD (Volume Management Device). VMD is designed for RAID configurations with NVMe SSDs, but I wasn't using any RAID setup. I decided to disable VMD, and to my surprise, upon rebooting, the system recognized my SSDs, and Windows booted up normally!
For anyone facing SSD detection or boot issues, especially if you've made changes in your BIOS, consider checking if you have the VMD option enabled in your BIOS. Disabling it might just do the trick.