PC won't boot to Windows 10 from SSD

http://getintopc.com/softwares/utilities/minitool-partition-wizard-technician-9-1-bootable-iso-download/

Hi,

That link is to create a Recovery Drive, not installation media, but it should work for a repair... The problem arises when the Recovery Drive is created on a machine that is set up differently than the one on which it is to be used...

I don't know if that is a problem with your machine or not...

There have been so many changes made with DiskPart it is really hard to say what is going on...

Try this... just so we can get a better picture as to what is going on...

Instead of Gparted, look for Partition Wizard 9.1 bootable ISO...

A lot of the supposed links to version 9.1 actually redirect to version, which is not bootable... Although you may find where some posted a link to a bootable version that they created..

I need a picture of the partitions on your SSD and hopefully with the part of the screen that displays whether it is GPT or MBR, and whether it is marked "Active" or not...

The only place I know of for sure to download it is...

http://getintopc.com/softwares/utilities/minitool-partition-wizard-technician-9-1-bootable-iso-download/

This can be burned to CD with a image burning utility, or put on a flash drive with RUFUS...

I still am not sure if your machine is UEFI capable... I don' think it is...

The fact that it recognizes a UEFI flash drive does not necessarily mean that it can run in UEFI...

The partitions on your SSD and HDD indicate this, and the fact that you can find no options to switch in your Bios all point in that direction...

As does the missing WindowsBootManager..

The latest one is created in Windows itself, https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4026852/windows-create-a-recovery-drive

I didn't found settings for switch from/to UEFI/Legacy.

I already tried the same steps without the HDD connected to the SATA port.

fixboot always gives access denied.

What should be the best way to create a working USB drive for the repair?

Hi,

I am 99% certain that if you are seeing the screen in the link you provided, you\we are wasting our time messing with UEFI Bios...

If you were running UEFI Bios, this is what you would see... Except for the screen for your machine, instead of ASUS...

How did you create the newest flash drive... With the create media website, or use a ISO you already had ?

You should probably unhook your HDD... it will do nothing but cause problems and create confusion messing with two operating systems hooked up at the same time..

I didn't have to choose/see legacy/uefi. I created it on my laptop with the same windows screen with spinning dots (like https://goo.gl/images/SK6HrL).  

I just recreated it and tried again.

First the SSD was not in BIOS (on both places: sata and priority), then I tried to boot from HDD (knowing it will generate an error), chose to reboot and the SSD was in BIOS on both places. Just like before the problem. 

I then booted to the recreated flashdrive with UEFI and I didn't got the Recovery error from the image. But still the same errors on bootrec..

When I rebooted from the same drive, I got the Recovery error again..

Hi,

Was the flash drive made for Legacy or UEFI ?

If you see the Windows screen with spinning dots before the login screen, You are not using UEFI Bios...

Do you have any options in your Bios to switch between Legacy Bios and UEFI Bios or UEFI (CSM) Bios ? If there are settings, what are they set for.

BTW...The Secure Boot I mentioned before would probably be under the Security section of your Bios...

Just remember that when you create a Flash Drive for a particular Bios, it will not work on the other...

I'm not sure why you are getting different results with this newer flash drive made on a different machine..