Can't boot into Windows Recovery Mode or Bios in Windows 11

Thanks for the reply Mostafa. Neither of these worked. There are no signs that the computer is booting into windows 11 except the password screen on my computer. There is a tiny circle spin for about half a second before the pin screen.

1. Trying to get my computer to start in recovery mode by rebooting 3x does not work.
2. I looked up the manufacturer code and actually tried f2, f10, f12, and del. None of these work. The only time to push anything would be for half a second during the circle spin before the pin screen.

Windows won't enter recovery mode, period. There is no logo screen at all. I tried all combinations of keypad characters and there is no time to push them before the pin screen that works.

Hello! My name is Mostafa; I will assist you today.

I’m sorry that you are experiencing this issue. If pressing the shift key and restart does not boot into the recovery environmenet, follow the steps below.

1. Hold down the power button for 10 seconds to turn off your device.
2. Press the power button again to turn on your device.
3. On the first sign that Windows has started (for example, some devices show the manufacturer’s logo when restarting) hold down the power button for 10 seconds to turn off your device.
4. Press the power button again to turn on your device.
5. When Windows restarts, hold down the power button for 10 seconds to turn off your device.

6Press the power button again to turn on your device.

7. Allow your device to restart into Automatic Repair, and select Advanced options to enter winRE.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/sta...

To boot into Bios, you do not need to boot into Recovery Environment first.

Boot the PC, and press the manufacturer’s key to open the menus. Common keys used: Esc, Delete, F1, F2, F10, F11, or F12. On tablets, common buttons are Volume Up or Volume Down (find more common keys and buttons). During startup, there’s often a screen that mentions the key. If there’s not one, or if the screen goes by too fast to see it, check your manufacturer’s site.

Please let me know if the above steps did not help. Thank you.

Hi Bryan Markwell1,

To easily boot to your uefi bios, open an elevated prompt & type:

shutdown /r /fw

This will reboot to the bios without the need to press the correct button in time of passing through the recovery environment.

With shift-restart not working, sounds like your recovery environment is removed or broken.

running

reagentc /info

in an elevated prompt will show you the status of the RE

Should look like this for healthy:

hope this helps,

What problems were you having with the computer before the current problem?

Was the drive tested?

1. Find two flash drives that you can format (> or = 8 GB).

If there is only one flash drive it can be repurposed after testing the drive.

2. Find a working Windows computer.
3. On the working Windows computer create tools that you can use on the problematic computer.
4. Create a bootable Sea Tools flash drive:

https://www.seagate.com/manuals/software/seatools-bootable/

https://www.seagate.com/content/dam/seagate/migrated-assets/old-support-files/seatools/USBbootSetup-SeaToolsBootable.zip

5. Create a bootable Windows 11 Media Creation Tool (MCT) (Windows 11 iso):

Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft Tutorial | Windows 11 Forum (elevenforum.com)

Download Windows 11 (microsoft.com)

6. Move the bootable Sea Tools flash drive to the applicable port on the problematic computer and boot to the flash drive
7. Run the Sea Tools bootable Long Generic test

a) If the Sea Tools Long Generic test displays fail then backup files and replace the disk drive

b) if the Sea Tools Long Generic test displays pass then continue with the steps below

8. Move the bootable Windows 11 MCT to the applicable port on the problematic computer and boot to the flash drive
9. Attempt a system restore starting with the oldest system restore point and keep repeating as necessary up to the most recent restore point
10. If system restore fails or if there are no system restore points then perform the steps below
11. Perform a custom or clean install

(A custom install installs a fresh version off Windows and backs up files to Windows.old)

(Important files are restored from Windows.old)

(A clean install requires a manual backup of important files)

(Both custom and clean install require the reinstallation of drivers and applications)

Custom Install Windows 11 Tutorial | Windows 11 Forum (elevenforum.com)

Clean Install Windows 11 Tutorial | Windows 11 Forum (elevenforum.com)

I'm sorry to hear that,

Go to Settings > System > Recovery > Advanced Startup and click on Restart now.

If that does not help, try to clear CMOS, and then the laptop should boot in BIOS settings.

There should be a hole back with a Battery sign to clear CMOS.

If none helps, it might be worth contacting your laptop support.