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  "path": "/threads/unable-to-enter-bios-after-windows-11-install.2635043/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-01T15:49:10.000Z",
  "site": "https://forums.anandtech.com",
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  "textContent": "Primary SSD on the ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4 died a few days ago. Was using Windows 11 (upgraded from Windows 10). I removed the dead SSD and moved the secondary Samsung SSD into the primary M.2 slot, and then booted Linux from a USB drive, and it worked well.\n\nLast night I used a friend's Windows pc to create a Windows 11 install USB drive, started the system and used the F11 key to access the BIOS to change the boot order to look first at the USB drive. Then performed the Windows 11 install.\n2 problems:\n\n\n  1. cannot Activate Windows 11 (I think that my digital product key was lost when the SSD died}\n  2. _NEW PROBLEM I am now unable to use the F11 key to access the BIOS. When I attempt this, the pc ignores the F11 key, also the DEL key, and just boots straight into Windows 11._\n\nI need to access the BIOS in order to install a version of Linux, so please help and advise about how to get to the ASRock BIOS. Is there a trick to this, or has Windows taken over and will not...\n\nRead more",
  "title": "Unable to enter BIOS after Windows 11 install"
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