Issues with SSD booting

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DarkZero515

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I selected shut down last night and it seemed like it did. The monitor turned off but my PC kept running and when I hit any key I would be in the sign in screen again. Then I clicked shut down a few more times but it would just put my monitor into sleep mode while running in the sign in screen.
I had to go to sleep so I just held the power button down so that I could deal with this in the morning.


Now it boots into a blue screen and asks me to select a keyboard language and then gives me options like shut down, troubleshoot, use a USB device....
I've now disconnected all other hard drives and in the BIOS I can see my Crucial SSD under Sata Port 6, Size 525.1, Hot Plug Disabled.


I then set my SSD as the priority boot option and now I get a black screen that says Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key.
Is my SSD corrupted or something?


My PC doesn't have a CD drive but I do have a laptop, and old 2.5' formatted HDD, a backup image of my SSD from when it was working a week ago on an external HDD, and a thumb drive with the Windows 10 installation software in case I can use this stuff to either do a clean install somehow or check the SSD.


As a long sidenote, I've been having issues over the past few days and am worried a virus or corrupted SSD could be the cause. First my 2.5' HDD couldn't be read so I bought a 3.5' HDD and copied the files over to that. Then I had network problems where it wouldn't work until I logged into my router which then resolved it. That night the refusal to shut down then occurred where I had to hold the power button down to shut down the PC and now my SSD seems unbootable (I've tried it using the other drives Sata Cables).
 
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SkyNetRising

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Not necessary.
Most likely bootloader is placed on a different drive than your SSD. This happens, if you have multiple drives connected during windows install.
If you want to boot from SSD alone, then you have to:
  • boot from windows installation media;
    shrink windows partition by 100MB using diskpart
    (these instructions are for UEFI boot systems, for legacy boot they would be slightly different)
    • diskpart
      list disk
      select disk       # Note: Select the disk where you want to add the EFI System partition.
      list partition
      select partition       # Note: Select the Windows OS partition (# number) or your data partition.
      shrink desired=100
      create partition efi size=100
      format quick fs=fat32
      assign letter=s
      list partition
      list volume       Note: Note the volume letter where the Windows OS is installed.
      exit
    create new bootloader partition, format it and
    create bootloader files using bcdboot command.
    • bcdboot X:\windows /s S:
      Note: Replace "X" with the volume letter of the Windows OS partition.
 
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DarkZero515

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Would there happen to be a visual guide on how to do all of those steps? I currently get a black screen to connect a bootable device and don't know how to set it to boo from the windows installation media
 
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DarkZero515

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I chose partition 4 now and shrunk the volume, created efi partition, assigned letter s and exited.
I'm not sure if I did something wrong in the final step. Think my first attempt didn't have the right spacing which showed me a command prompt guide and second attempt gave me a failure when attempting to copy boot files

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qrx_Q13bmgF_ao3gfQhpdG55aIo5nvrg
https://drive.google.com/open?id=16ypmOwAT7uTwx4VP8gihN7FofSNS2QvK
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1oKqTOD-_5F9dGpomJ5pcskxnvMwBdW71
 
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Disregard those instructions. They are not for your situation.
Your SSD already has bootloader partition (type system in 1st screenshot). Now you have made 2 of them.

Delete the new partition you made:
  • diskpart
    list disk
    select disk 0
    list partition
    select partition 5
    delete partition override

In BIOS boot priority you have to set your system to boot from windows boot manager.
 
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If you have Disk Image prepared earlier, then use it to restore your pc.

BTW -those are not called blue screens (though they are in a shade of blue color).
With blue screen people understand this type of screen.

guide_to_bsod_codes_-_blue_screen_of_death_thumb800.jpg
 
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DarkZero515

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I wiped my SSD and installed windows 10 and made sure no other drive was connected during the installation. I think that maybe some install files may have been on the HDD because I recall it n longer being able to shut down or boot once I wiped the HDD and copied a few files back. I think recovering the SSD's disc image will have the same issue since its from a time where the HDD may have had boot files.

With that in mind, would there be an issue if I recovered the SSD's image to the HDD and then moved the files I want to the SSD which now has a freshly installed windows 10?
 
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