Reboot & select proper boot device.

Harrison1545 · Feb 14, 2018

Okay so I already had an SSD and a HDD set up and today I received another HDD to add to my system however I planned to reset EVERYTHING on my machine and start fresh. I thought I would reset my SSD first and just reinstall Windows on it. After the installation was completed in set the boot device as my SSD (as I used a USB to install Windows from) and when I did that and tried to boot. I would get a message that says "Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key". I have already tried making sure all cables are in place. I've also tried setting the SSD (the one with Windows on it) to be the 1st boot option as mentioned earlier and still no luck. Any help would be much appreciated.

ko888 · Feb 14, 2018

Was your SSD the only drive connected during the Windows install?

Harrison1545 · Feb 14, 2018

No I had a HDD with it too.

ko888 · Feb 14, 2018

The Windows installer most likely detected a boot partition on the HDD and didn't make the primary partition on the SSD a bootable partition. Classic beginner's mistake.

Harrison1545 · Feb 14, 2018

So do I just install Windows again without anyother drives connected?

ko888 · Feb 14, 2018

Harrison1545 :

Correct.

Also, if your using a conventional 2.5in. form factor SSD then make sure it is connected to SATA port 0 on your motherboard. This ensures that if the CMOS settings ever revert back to default settings the SSD will always be the default boot drive without you having to go into the BIOS settings to manually set it.

Harrison1545 · Feb 14, 2018

Okay thank you for your help. Much appreciated.

Harrison1545 · Feb 14, 2018

Unfortunately after doing everything you said. I still get the issue.

Anything else I could try?

Harrison1545 · Feb 14, 2018

Okay I should have said this first but... It does work when I select the option (windows boot manager) if this works fine then should I leave it or does it indicated something went wrong? Thanks again.

ko888 · Feb 14, 2018

Harrison1545 :

What is the brand and model of the motherboard and SSD?

Harrison1545 · Feb 14, 2018

Brand of the motherboard is gigabyte and brand of the SSD is Samsung.

ko888 · Feb 14, 2018

Harrison1545 :

What is the model of the motherboard? I'm trying to determine what BIOS BOOT settings you should be using.

Harrison1545 · Feb 14, 2018

GIGABYTE GA-B250M-DS3H B250

ko888 · Feb 14, 2018

What Windows Operating System version are you using?

What are your current BIOS settings for the following? Did you leave them at their Default values?

Windows 8/10 Features
Allows you to select the operating system to be installed. (Default: Other OS)

CSM Support
Enables or disables UEFI CSM (Compatibility Support Module) to support a legacy PC boot process.
>> Enabled Enables UEFI CSM. (Default)
>> Disabled Disables UEFI CSM and supports UEFI BIOS boot process only.
This item is configurable only when Windows 8/10 Features is set to Windows 8/10 or Windows 8/10 WHQL.

Harrison1545 · Feb 14, 2018

I'm using Windows 10 Home 64 bit and the settings are default. The only thing that I've got here is the boot option where number one is "Windows Boot Manager (PO: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB) the other option is "PO: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB" however as already mentioned the second one does not work but the first one does.

ko888 · Feb 14, 2018

PO, I would hazard a guess, is Partition Other. It may be the Recovery Partition. You can use Windows' Disk Management tool to see what partitions are on your SSD and what they're being used for.

Harrison1545 · Feb 14, 2018

Okay so Disk 0 partition 1 says that there is a "Recovery Partition", "EFI System Partition" & "Boot, page file, crash dump, Primary partition". The same is for Disk 0 partition 2.

ko888 · Feb 14, 2018

Did you create the Partition 2? I would expect to see something like the following (Ignore the Unallocated partition in this example. It is being used for Over Provisioning):

Harrison1545 · Feb 14, 2018

No I didn't create it. It's nearly the same as your example just of course with the extra partition.

Harrison1545 · Feb 14, 2018

Here is a screenshot. https://postimg.org/image/iqb9a4btn/

ko888 · Feb 14, 2018

Your Disk 0 Partition 2 is a waste of space.

During the Windows install process you can delete all of the existing partitions on the SSD and let the install process create only the three default partitions that it needs.

Harrison1545 · Feb 14, 2018

Okay I'm sure I did delete it hmm maybe I didn't? Any who should I go into the windows installer setup and try and delete it or is there another way?

ko888 · Feb 14, 2018

Harrison1545 :

Ignore what I said about your Disk 0 partition 2.

Your picture shows that the SSD has the correct three partitions.

Because your BIOS settings for BOOT are set to their defaults then "Windows Boot Manager (PO: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB)" is the correct option.

Harrison1545 · Feb 14, 2018

Brilliant. Ah yes it's all working as expected with the hard drives now. Thank you so much for your help. I honestly really do appreciate the time and effort into this for me.

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