Posted 27 February 2024 - 11:12 AM
Hello guys,
Brave Browser > Dell Optiplex 7050 >W10.
I turned on this PC , and inserted my USb documents folder.
I absent- mindedly hit Enter and realised my mistake when my Desktop did not appear.
Seems PC tried to Boot from the USB.
The PC is backed up to OneDrive.
Can you suggest best solution, please?
Thank you.
Posted 27 February 2024 - 11:18 AM
If you reboot, without the USB does your desktop appear?
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Posted 27 February 2024 - 11:49 AM
Hi.
I tried that.
No, Screen does not appear.
Posted 27 February 2024 - 12:01 PM
​Checked the cables? Did it work before? Anything you changed recently?
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Posted 27 February 2024 - 12:16 PM
This is most likely a coincidence caused by something else and this for two reasons, your document folder is not bootable so the PC would not attempt to boot from it + removing the USB device and restarting the PC the BIOS would go straight to where it normally finds a bootable OS, this suggests one of two things, the boot order had been changed or the boot drive has failed either physically or by the OS on it becoming corrupt.
Have you checked the BIOS to see ( A ) what the boot sequence is set as and ( B ) to see if the boot drive is listed in the BIOS at all.
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Posted 27 February 2024 - 01:11 PM
What was said above. On a Dell it's normally required to press F2 during bootup. Keep pressing it repeatedly as soon as you turn the PC on.
Posted 28 February 2024 - 07:37 AM
Hi.
Thank you.
It was a very wrong assumption on my part.
PC was working fine before.
It so happened that, at the moment I hit the Enter key an item fell onto the monitor cable.
So, I thought the USB caused the Blank Screen.
After reading your responses I checked, and found it was the Monitor cable, so I tightened that.
Problem solved.
Thank you.
Edited by Jaq3, 28 February 2024 - 07:38 AM.
Posted 29 February 2024 - 07:29 AM
Glad you got it sorted and thanks for letting us know 
It was a very wrong assumption on my part.PC was working fine before.It so happened that, at the moment I hit the Enter key an item fell onto the monitor cable.So, I thought the USB caused the Blank Screen.After reading your responses I checked, and found it was the Monitor cable, so I tightened that.Problem solved.Thank you.
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