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[PeteFaia]

Are you booting from Disk or USB ?

The prohibitory symbol usually relates to a problem with the USB controller or SATA Controller respectively.

Thank you so much!!!!!!
SATA controller was set as IDE and need to be ASHI!!!
All working as should

 

[P1LGRIM]

SATA controller was set as IDE and need to be ASHI!!!

like I said back in Post #7 ?

 

[PeteFaia]

like I said back in Post #7 ?

Yes indeed, but as a newbie I only realised it could be the type of SATA controller when it was pointed out in a very specific way.
Thank you so much for your help.
You guys absolutely rock!!!

 

[P1LGRIM]

You're welcome.
Glad we got it back up and running.

 

[PeteFaia]

When the BIOS is reset everything returns to default settings (not even optimised defaults).
For example : The Serial ports will be enabled when they should be disabled.
A small thing like that can prevent the OS from loading.

IIRC With the Z77 DS3H the disks default to IDE when they should be set to SATA / AHCI.

You had my solution here for sure!

All sorted and feeling very grateful to you and to this wonderful forum