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If the OS drive isn’t the highest in the boot order, this could explain why it isn’t properly loading. The boot order, or boot priority, is the order in which your PC scans available storage options and decides which ones to prioritize. We’re going to start with the boot order. There are a few ways to diagnose storage issues. The OS is installed on a storage drive, so the failure to load that OS can be indicative of a problem with the drive. There are plenty of resources out there that can be used to address OS-related problems. If you're able to access the OS, but are still having problems, you’ll want to do some software troubleshooting. Note that if your computer isn’t turning on at all - meaning nothing happens when you hit your power button, or when you do, it turns on for a second and then turns off again - we’ve addressed that set of problems here. There are many potential causes for this problem, so we’ll be walking through some of the more common issues to try and get your system back up and running. In this guide, we’ll be covering steps to take if your computer is turning on and your display is working, but it’s not allowing you access to your operating system (OS) and is stuck on the BIOS screen.

This difficulty is compounded if you can’t access your operating system. Whether you’re putting a build together or your system suddenly stopped working, knowing where to start fixing a computer can be difficult. It can be frustrating when a PC doesn’t boot properly.
