Old SSD wont boot after adding a second SSD

Basic57 · Mar 30, 2018

Hey,

I have currently have a samsung 840 pro 120gb, and today I added a samsung 860 evo 500gb, but now the current SSD will not boot.

I have tried the SATA cables, and even taking out the new SSD and putting it back the way it was, but even with that the old SSD will not boot.

I have also checked the boot priority to no avail, and used the windows 10 startup repair with no success. and finally figuring that the old SSD had somehow died during the installation of the new one, I installed windows 10 on the new SSD, and the files on the old one are still there and accessible.

Is there anything else I can try to get it to boot from the old SSD? I had only planned on using the new larger one as storage for some games, and keep the old one as my OS drive.

Thanks,

PC: ASUS P8Z77-V LK motherboard
16GB Corsair Ram
i5 3570K CPU
GTX 980 GPU
Samsung 840 Pro 120GB SSD into 6gb/s Sata port 1 - OS
Samsung 860 Evo 500gb SSD into 6gb/s Sata port 2 - New
WD 2TB HDD into 3gb/s sata port 3

SkyNetRising · Mar 30, 2018

What error do you get, when trying to boot from old SSD?

Basic57 · Mar 30, 2018

It's saying reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device

SkyNetRising · Mar 30, 2018

Can you post screenshot from Disk Management, when booted from new SSD ?

Basic57 · Mar 30, 2018

Yes, I'm not sure how to add photos here but I have a link to it

https://postimg.org/image/6a2c6xtkd/

SkyNetRising · Mar 30, 2018

So your system is booting from D: drive. Bootloader is located there (120GB - description "System").
OS is installed on C: (500GB drive - description "Boot").

And you want to be able to boot OS from D: drive.
Ok. If OS on D: is not corrupted, that can be done:

Open elevated command prompt;
run command
- bcdboot d:\windows /s d:

Next tome you reboot, there will be multiple OS boot options - one for booting from 120GB drive, other for booting from 500GB drive.
They will be named the same though.
You can edit descriptions of those boot entries with bcdedit command.

Basic57 · Mar 30, 2018

I tried running that command, but it says, Failure when attempting to copy boot files

does that mean the drive could be corrupted?

SkyNetRising · Mar 30, 2018

That means you didn't run the command from elevated command prompt. Regular command prompt doesn't provide you with necessary permissions.

Right-click on start button and choose "Command Prompt(Admin)".

Basic57 · Mar 30, 2018

SkyNetRising :

Thanks for clarifying that, It worked like a charm, thank you very much

So I should be able to format the new SSD and just use it as a storage drive now in the disk management tool correct?

SkyNetRising · Mar 30, 2018

First remove new SSD and boot your system without it.
If that works successfully, then yes - you can format the new SSD.

Basic57 · Mar 30, 2018

Ok, I checked it without and it worked fine, so I reformatted, but it still prompts me to choose an operating system.

[strike]Is there any way to remove the second opetion?
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Nevermind, I found it in msconfig and deleted the extra OS

Thanks very much for your help

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