I accidentally turn off my computer with the power button. That resulted in corruption of "BIOS start". The motherboard has legacy BIOS.

Thanks Samuel and George Den 2019-10-07 kl. 19:50, skrev Samuel Sieb: > On 10/7/19 9:42 AM, Jon Ingason wrote: >> I accidentally turn off my computer with the power button. That resulted >> in corruption of "BIOS start". The motherboard has legacy BIOS. > > Can you explain what's happening? Unless you were in the middle of > updating grub, it's unlikely that you've corrupted any of the actual > boot process. But maybe the filesystem needs checking. Den 2019-10-07 kl. 19:59, skrev George N. White III: > On Mon, 7 Oct 2019 at 13:43, Jon Ingason <jon.ingason(a)telia.com > <mailto:jon.ingason@telia.com>> wrote: > > Hi, > I accidentally turn off my computer with the power button. That resulted > in corruption of "BIOS start". The motherboard has legacy BIOS. > > > For most systems, BIOS settings are stored in battery backed memory and > will not be affected by a power failure until the battery dies. There > are, > however, some systems that have "power fail" actions that may update > the BIOS settings so the system responds differently after an intentional > shutdown versus a power failure. > > If the battery dies, the BIOS should revert to "default" settings, which > might > mean UEFI boot. You should enter the BIOS configuration utility (which > usually requires pressing a vendor-specific key when booting) and check the > boot settings. If the system is several years old or has been without > power > for long periods you should check the battery (generally a small "coin" cell > on the motherboard). > > I found the problem. The things are the computer has to hard drives and the boot order of the hard drives where switched in the BIOS. I fix it in the BIOS and could boot normally.