SSD not recognized as 'proper boot device'

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KaempeLaeske

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Hello,

I recently upgraded my system, including the addition of a new Samsung 950 PRO M.2 256 GB SSD. At first I just cloned my previous install of Windows 7 from my harddive over to the SSD, which worked and allowed me to boot on it, but I wanted to reinstall Windows because it was filled with bugs and needed a timeout. So what I did was reinstall Windows 7 on my harddrive and then clone the drive once more but now my PC will not boot on the SSD. Whenever I select it in the BIOS' boot menu, I am greated with a black screen telling me something along the lines of 'Please insert proper boot device and restart your computer'.

I have the driver for the SSD installed, it's in my list of installed programs, and it also shows up in both BIOS and in the list of drives. I've tried reinstalling the driver.

One odd thing that I have noticed is that the NVme Configuration tab in the BIOS is blank.

I hope someone is able to help me out here

Thanks for reading,

 
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I actually don't know. What I did was I used a old Windows 7 CD, converted my harddrive to MBR(as I was not able to install on it beforehand) and then installed Windows 7 on it to clone it to my SSD.

Is there a way for me to check if I've installed Windows in either UEFI or Legacy mode? And what difference does it make? Excuse my ignorance.

 
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KaempeLaeske

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I did some research and I used Diskpart to check if the drives were listed as GPT(which apparently means that the drive is installed in UEFI mode) and both my harddrive and SSD are listed as such.

This is the article that I'm referring to:
https://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/Installing_Windows_in_UEFI-mode
 
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KaempeLaeske

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Oh, I see. I did update Windows 7 to Service Pack 1 x64 after installing. However, I don't recall if I tried cloning Windows after the installation of SP1. Do you think that would work? Or do I have to reinstall Windows entirely from a newer source?

 
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I really don't think this is an issue somehow involving UEFI preventing your SSD to properly function.

If you're dissatisfied with the present Win 7 OS installed on that SSD (which I take it has no problem booting without any difficulty at the present time), why not simply fresh install the OS onto that drive, assuming that's your primary objective?

What is the purpose of first installing the OS onto the HDD and then cloning the contents of that disk to the SSD? BTW, are the "bugs" you mention that are presently on the SSD were originally on the HDD and thus cloned over to the SSD?

Also, what exactly do you mean when you indicate the present SSD configuration needs a "timeout"?

Sorry, I didn't realize (as I should) that your Samsung SSD is not presently booting. (My only excuse is that it's Sunday morning and I guess I'm not fully awake).

Be that as it may...I'm not convinced this is a "UEFI problem" and am still wondering why you can't simply fresh install the OS onto that SSD (ensure that the HDD is disconnected at the time of the install) and see what that leads to.
 
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KaempeLaeske

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Haha, don't worry about it! When I was installing Windows 7 with the disc I did not have the option to chose the SSD, nor my HDD for that before I went ahead and converted it to MBR. That's why I ended up cloning the new Windows over to the SSD. On my original system, booting on a windows bootable USB somehow always let to the "missing drivers" error upon trying to install it. I checked my BIOS settings, but I could not find the cause. The USB worked on other PCs. So instead I cloned the OS I had on my HDD over, but as I said it was terribly buggy. Explorer barely worked(deleted files would still show up, paths kept going missing, dragging a lot etc.), my disc driver could not detect anything and my PC would drag horribly when shutting down. Reinstalling fixed all this, but I only had a old Windows 7 disc at the time and I could only install it on the HDD(I don't recall if SSD actually showed up or not), so I decided to clone it once more.

I suppose I can try and disconnect the HDD, then see if I'm able to install with the WIN 7 SP1 bootable USB that I've made, and then see if I can install on the SSD.

Thanks!
 
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KaempeLaeske

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Well, I've tried creating a bootable USB using the Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool and it keeps encountering an error with bootsect. I've tried downloading and adding the program to same folder as the tool but the error still shows up. I suspect I may have messed up my USB drive by formatting it incorrectly using Diskpart. I will be borrowing one from my friend and will because of this be inactive for a couple of days until I've recieved it and tried to install with it.

Thanks,
 
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KaempeLaeske

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I suppose I can but I was told that the Windows Disc that I have does not support UEFI, which I would need to get my SSD working(If I understand all of this correctly). I just tried creating a new bootable USB from a fresh drive but now the Download Tool is not able to even begin the process without telling me to "check my iso. file or usb device". If not that error, it tells me the drive is in use by another program, even after a restart.

I guess I have no choice in the matter so I'll try with the disc.

Thanks,
 
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ArtPog

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Well you were told wrong. The Windows 7 installation DVD is designed to install the OS. It has nothing to do with "supporting UEFI" or not supporting that interface. Furthermore, I don't think the problem you're experiencing has anything to do with the UEFI interface.
 
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KaempeLaeske

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So I tried booting on the Windows 7 CD without the HDD hooked up, and it gave me this screen: http://imgur.com/cQFzNiY

I get the screen regardless of whether I boot the disc normally or in UEFI mode. It's in Danish and it tells me that there are no availiable drives to install Windows on. However, there's a tab named "Load Driver" and I'm thinking that I need to put the driver for the SSD on to a USB drive to get it to work. As I've said before, I'm quite ignorant when it comes to installing and dealing with drives, so if this is elementary stuff to you guys, please excuse me!

Another odd thing I've noticed is that the folder named "Programs(x)" has (x86) in its name, as if it was installed on a 32 bit system. However, both the Windows disc and the system tab tells me that my copy of Windows is 64 bit. I don't know if this means anything but I wanted to put it out there.

Thanks,

 
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KaempeLaeske

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I've put the .exe file for the NVMe driver on a USB drive, but the Windows installation program is not able to find the driver on it. Actually, it doesn't even detect the USB drive. I made sure to put it in a USB slot which is compatible(My mouse and keyboard were detected and worked using this slot). I get the same result regardless of booting in UEFI mode or not.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
 
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