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Can't go to boot device selection menu nor BIOS setup

Hello there,

I was using Manjaro and decided to give Artix a try.
I had 2 partitions already (root and swap), then I deleted the entire partition table with fdisk, created 3 partitions (root, boot and swap), selected the apropriate type and selected the bootable flag in the root partition. After writing the changes, a message saying "The changes will take effect in the next reboot" showed up.
When I was formatting the partitions with the correct filesystems (decided to stick with ext4 for my root and boot ones), an error message showed up saying something about "Device in use, can't format".
After a reboot to try again, I'm stuck in the initial screen. Whenever I select the F12 option (to go to my boot device selection menu) the screen freezes and don't actualy show me the menu. Same thing happens when I try to go to the BIOS setup.

What are my options in this case?

Re: Can't go to boot device selection menu nor BIOS setup

Reply #1 –
Laptops have usually a bios hard reset routine, search for your lenovo but should be holding power button for 30 seconds with power/battery unplugged.

Re: Can't go to boot device selection menu nor BIOS setup

Reply #2 –
You could try removing the drive and putting it in an external enclosure if you have one, then check it out with smartmontools and gparted from another working computer.
Another possibility is leave the drive in place but put in a bootable Artix iso and see if you can boot from that so you can investigate the hard drive from the iso.
If there was a hardware fault, check any indicator LED's on the machine, often they flash a code sequence which can be interpreted with the help of the manufacturers service details to indicate the nature of the problem.

Re: Can't go to boot device selection menu nor BIOS setup

Reply #3 –
Hello,
Quote from: kyomi – on
When I was formatting the partitions with the correct filesystems (decided to stick with ext4 for my root and boot ones), an error message showed up saying something about "Device in use, can't format".
For me, the /boot partition is in vfat format.
This partition is in my /etc/fstab :
UUID=B772-4C60           /boot/efi   vfat   defaults   0 2

Re: Can't go to boot device selection menu nor BIOS setup

Reply #4 –
Hello there, sorry for the delay. My HDD got corrupted and my BIOS too, I'm now using Artix with OpenRC!
Thank you for the suggestions :)