Why Do I Always Have to Press F1 to Continue the Boot Process
It would be most helpful, if you would give us the exact message you see on the screen when it asks you to press F1.
Lacking that information, I would guess, the time and date on your system is wrong. Confirm
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If your computer keeps asking you to press the F1 key to start Windows, it may be asking you to press the " F1 " key because it is having a hardware problem which should be checked, or you may need to adjust the settings in BIOS. ... Go to your BIOS and load default settings. Also check the date and time in BIOS
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Everything in the BIOS seems to be on the default setting and the date/time are right. Here's pictures of both the page asking for the F1 and the BIOS page:
Hope you can make some sense out of that first pge, I can't!!
DJ Hernandez
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Everything in the BIOS seems to be on the default setting and the date/time are right. Here's pictures of both the page asking for the F1 and the BIOS page:
Hope you can make some sense out of that first pge, I can't!!
DJ Hernandez
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The BIOS is reporting the S.M.A.R.T. status of the HDD is BAD and it wants you to see that message so you can do something about it.
From Wikipedia we can learn more about S.M.A.R.T.:
S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology; often written asSMART) is a monitoring system included in computer hard disk drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs),[1] and eMMC drives. Its primary function is to detect and report various indicators of drive reliability with the intent of anticipating imminent hardware failures.
When S.M.A.R.T. data indicates a possible imminent drive failure, software running on the host system may notify the user so preventive action can be taken to prevent data loss, and the failing drive can be replaced and data integrity maintained.
When a drive has a S.M.A.R.T. error there (I'm pretty sure) is not way to fix it. The drive has fundamentally failed or it is going to fail in a catastrophic manner but who knows when that will be. Consider doing something about it before that happens.
In your BIOS there should be a way (perhaps under some Advanced, HDD, SATA Configuration or somewhere like that) to disable the S.M.A.R.T. checking which should allow you to get past the F1 to Resume message.
You may be able to use the system for a long time before the catastrophic failure occurs but you should plan on replacing the drive before that happens.
It looks like your HDD is a ST31000524NS 1TB Seagate and you can search and find the same things for about $35USD:
https://www.newegg.com/seagate-constellation-es-st31000524ns-1tb/p/N82E16822148590
When I had a suspicious HDD and wanted to replace it I used the free version of Marcrium Reflect to make an image of the afflicted drive onto an external USB attached drive, replaced the suspicious drive with an exact replacement, booted on the Macrium Recovery media and restored the image to the new HDD. It took longer for me to go out and buy the new HDD than it did to replace it and I was running again in about 30 minutes.
If you are curious about what part of the S.M.A.R.T. tests/checks are failing here are some programs you can use to get some reports and more details but you won't be able to "fix" the problem.
https://www.lifewire.com/free-hard-drive-testing-programs-2626183
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Source: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/why-do-i-always-have-to-press-f1-to-start-my/74ce4256-b650-4373-b15b-11fea9c62614
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