Have an SSD with windows 10 on it but unable to set it as boot drive...

pixxelprodigy · Jun 12, 2018

I've been up all night, this is frustrating.
I wiped my PC so I can get windows 10 onto my SSD, copied every file over to the SSD using EaseUS and entered bios. Nothing. I've looked onto the forums for hours but I just don't know anything about the stuff. I updated my Bios magically still don't know how i figured that one out, and my SSD finally showed up there, I go to boot from it, and get "Reboot and select proper Boot device or insert Boot media in selected Boot device and press a key" I have no clue what to do from here because windows is on the drive.

Please please help me,
Daniel

USAFRet · Jun 12, 2018

Unsure of what you've done here...

- I wiped my PC
- copied every file over to the SSD using EaseUS

What did you 'wipe', and then what did you "copy"?
How exactly did you do this "copy"?

pixxelprodigy · Jun 12, 2018

I wiped using the built in windows wipe, it deletes everything off of your pc other than necessary files. I then used the easeUS tool to copy. Literally just says copy all and you select drives.

USAFRet · Jun 12, 2018

pixxelprodigy :

Can you return the system back to working condition with only the original drive in it?

pixxelprodigy · Jun 12, 2018

Yes I can boot normally with my HDD, I never reformatted it

USAFRet · Jun 12, 2018

pixxelprodigy :

OK then. I'm thinking you missed the boot partition.

If it will boot from the original drive, then redo the clone operation.
Thusly:

Specific steps for a successful clone operation:
-----------------------------
Verify the actual used space on the current drive is significantly below the size of the new SSD
Download and install Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration, if a Samsung SSD)
Power off
Disconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD
Power up
Run the Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration)
Select ALL the partitions on the existing C drive
Click the 'Clone' button
Wait until it is done
When it finishes, power off
Disconnect ALL drives except for the new SSD
This is to allow the system to try to boot from ONLY the SSD
Swap the SATA cables around so that the new drive is connected to the same SATA port as the old drive
Power up, and verify the BIOS boot order
If good, continue the power up

It should boot from the new drive, just like the old drive.
Maybe reboot a time or two, just to make sure.

If it works, and it should, all is good.

Later, reconnect the old drive and wipe as necessary.
Delete the 450MB Recovery Partition, here:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/4f1b84ac-b193-40e3-943a-f45d52e23685/cant-delete-extra-healthy-recovery-partitions-and-healthy-efi-system-partition?forum=w8itproinstall
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pixxelprodigy · Jun 12, 2018

USAFRet :

pixxelprodigy :

OK then. I'm thinking you missed the boot partition.

If it will boot from the original drive, then redo the clone operation.
Thusly:

Specific steps for a successful clone operation:
-----------------------------
Verify the actual used space on the current drive is significantly below the size of the new SSD
Download and install Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration, if a Samsung SSD)
Power off
Disconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD
Power up
Run the Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration)
Select ALL the partitions on the existing C drive
Click the 'Clone' button
Wait until it is done
When it finishes, power off
Disconnect ALL drives except for the new SSD
This is to allow the system to try to boot from ONLY the SSD
Swap the SATA cables around so that the new drive is connected to the same SATA port as the old drive
Power up, and verify the BIOS boot order
If good, continue the power up

It should boot from the new drive, just like the old drive.
Maybe reboot a time or two, just to make sure.

If it works, and it should, all is good.

Later, reconnect the old drive and wipe as necessary.
Delete the 450MB Recovery Partition, here:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/4f1b84ac-b193-40e3-943a-f45d52e23685/cant-delete-extra-healthy-recovery-partitions-and-healthy-efi-system-partition?forum=w8itproinstall
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Thankyou so much man! this allowed windows to boot from my SSD just fine and man is it fast, but now my HDD isn't showing up at all as a drive, so I cant put anything on it. Please help!

USAFRet · Jun 12, 2018

pixxelprodigy :

You've reconnected it properly?
Please show us a screencap of your Disk Management window.

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