This Version of System Recovery Options is not compatible.......

Kyle Young · Apr 19, 2015

So I had just installed my new "Samsung 850 EVO 120 GB SSD" in and everything was working fine; I installed my motherboard and GPU drivers with disks. Everything seemed to be okay, then I tried to change my HDD into a slave drive. I watched a video on it;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMo8krAJd5Q

At a certain part of the video I failed to search for a "New Simple Volume" option...
So instead of doing that I set up both my Drives (SSD and HDD) as partitions.
Then I did a "Share" between my drives on the control panel.
Ran a multiple of programs to test the speed of my SSD; I also ran CS:GO.
Things were going smoothly... during the time while I was running programs; there was a Windows Update notice which I attended to and downloaded.

Once I had confidence in everything is going to be okay. I restarted my computer so the Windows update could take effect. Afterwards everything went downhill!

Mobo booted up fine; then i get a black screen with texts:
Bootmgr is missing
Press ctrl+alt+delt to restart

which I did and the same things happens; so I went hunting for solutions:

Running Windows 7 and boot it up to start system recovery. Tried the system recovery, but then an error message popped up "System Recovery Options: This version of System Recovery Options is not compatible with the version of Windows you are trying to repair. Try using a recovery disc that is compatible with this version of Windows. I then disconnected 1 of the drives to test if it the same thing would happen; they both gave the same message; Blk screen w/ text & SRO: Error Message. I am on the verge of formatting both my drives and re-installing my Win 7 operatiing system; which I am trying to avoid doing.

PLEASE RESPOND QUICKLY
IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO?!

ArtPog · Apr 19, 2015

I know you're probably not going to like what I'm about to suggest, but here it goes...

You best save yourself a lot of grief & frustration and simply "start over".

Connect your new SSD to the motherboard's FIRST SATA port. Ensure no other drive is connected to the system and reinstall the Win 7 OS onto your new SSD. You didn't indicate anything about the system you're running but I'll assume for the moment it's a desktop PC.

After you've reinstalled the OS, work with the SSD to ensure that it functions properly in all respects.

Then you can connect your HDD to the system as a secondary drive (it is NOT a "slave" drive). The HDD should be connected to a SATA port following the port to which you connected your SSD.

That's all there is to this.

I've responded as quickly as I could.

Kyle Young · Apr 20, 2015

Alright so I did "Start Over" which is all that I needed to do for my SSD. Although I did find that plugging my SSD into the "1st SATA port" was not necessary.

Steps taken:

1. Turned off and unplugged Desktop
2. Opened Desktop and touched walls of case (Discharge any static electricity)
3. Unplugged all drives (In my case SSD and HDD)
4. Checked which Numbered SATA port was closest the "1st SATA port", because my graphics card blocks both SATA 1 and SATA 2 ports. (That flaw in a MSI Micro-ATX mobo!)
5. Plugged SSD "ONLY" to my 3rd SATA port and my External Optical Drive to USB 2.0 in the back of Desktop
6. Turned on Desktop and went into the BIOS
7. Inserted Win7 Disk and set the Priority Boot to my External Optical Drive
8. Clicked "Install"
9. Selected my SSD and clicked "Delete" (Which I am not sure what it removed exactly, but as far as I can tell it had reset my SSD's Partition), because I couldn't install my OS since it was set as or to a partition (Not sure).
10. Installed Win7 into my SSD
11. Shutdown
12. Plugged in my HDD
13. Booted and computer Identified my HDD as extra storage "without extra work"
14. Installed Drivers for GPU and MOBO
15. WAH-CHA it Works!

Thanks mate

ArtPog · Apr 20, 2015

Yes, you're absolutely right that it was unnecessary to connect the SSD to the motherboard's first SATA port but we always recommend this procedure since there's no downside to it and by doing so avoids potential conflicts in the future due to the installation of future drives and some other causes. Obviously the user must confirm that the BIOS/UEFI reflects a first boot to the desired drive.

We generally recommend that when a fresh-install of the OS is undertaken the ONLY drive that should be connected in the system is, of course, the drive that will be the recipient of the OS. No other storage drives, flash drives, USB-connected drives/devices should be connected. These are just precautionary measures but you may be surprised to learn that it saves a lot of grief for the user since it avoids the possibility (remote as it may be) of strange conflicts arising following the OS install that culminates with a dysfunctional drive that contains the OS. Believe me it happens time & time again in our experience.

Following the successful install of the OS the user should work with the bootable drive for a reasonable period of time to ensure it's perfectly functional before making any changes (modifications) to his/her other HDDs/SSDs.

Just out of curiosity...I take it you're working with a desktop PC. How come you're working with a USB-connected external optical drive? No available 5 1/4" external bay to house an optical drive? Or perhaps you need the portability?

Anyway, glad everything worked out. Good luck with the system.

Kyle Young · Apr 20, 2015

I have space in my case for Optical Drives; it is just I already had this External Optical Drive, and decided to test if I could install Win7 to my HDD when I first built my system; which worked fine... So I never bothered to buy an Optical Drive specifically for this computer.

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