PC won't boot to Windows 10 from SSD

Anonymous
2018-08-20T08:11:17+00:00

I bought my PC years ago with only a HDD. I added a SSD myself afterwards. When I booted my PC after a hard shutdown/electricity fallout I had only my HDD in BIOS. I then boot from HDD, get an error and let the PC reboot. After a few times the SSD would be recognized in BIOS and I could change the SSD to default.

I got tired of this proccess a few days ago and found a tip to disable the hdd-partition with diskpart. The first time I had a hardreset again (mouse and keyboard froze and pc didn't shutdown with a single press on startbutton), I couldn't do the HDD boot-trick and tried changing the cables from hdd to ssd (ssd in sata1). This didn't help. In diskpart I made the SSD partition active. I now can see the SSD in BIOS, but booting gives an error "An operating system wasn't found.". When I retry diskpart, the partition could be made active again. It seems like this resets..

Bootrec.exe /FixMbr was successful

Bootrec.exe /FixBoot gives no access error (there could be some parts left of a dual boot setup)

chkdsk gives no problems found

Mediatool boot:

  • This PC can't be recovered with start-uprepair.
  • You need to choose which installation of Windows you would like to put back when using Systemrecovery.
  • Reboot, select a operating system and select Systemrecovery. No systemcopy available.

How could I make my pc boot again?

PC: MEDION AKOYA P5367 D EU (MSN: 10015458)

Motherboard: MS-7728

BIOS version: E7728MLN.209

SSD: Kingston SV200 (128GB)

HDD: ST1509DL003-9V (1500GB)

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-08-26T01:23:36+00:00

    Hi,

    I just thought of something concerning your USB drive...

    Did you ever turn the Legacy USB Support back on ?

    Also... You might need to change the 1st Boot Device in your Bios to the SSD..

    You should be able to set the Flash Drive as the 1st boot device and not cause any problem... Unless the USB drive has something on it that makes your Bios think it is bootable...

    The best thing at the moment would be just make the SSD the 1st device, and use the BOOT OPTIONS menu if you need to boot with the flash drive...

    If you still have problem, you can run sfc /scannow to check system files...

    Here is a good article if you continue to have issues concerning Restoring Health of Windows 10... The very end of the article is important...

    https://www.windowscentral.com/how-use-dism-command-line-utility-repair-windows-10-image

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-08-25T22:15:43+00:00

    Hi,

    Is this USB Drive your flash drive, or something else ?

    Was the USB Drive Plugged in when... After shutting down and new boot, I was able to login.?

    Does your HDD have more on it than just Windows... Like a separate Data\storage partition ?

    If it does, you might try hooking your HDD back up, but before booting into Windows, use Partition Wizard and make the Windows partition "Not Active", and make it "Hidden"...

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-08-25T20:23:44+00:00

    I followed the steps above, runned Windows update and updated all drivers through Driverbooster.

    After shutting down and new boot, I was able to login. When I shutted down again, removed the USB drive and tried to boot I got the operating system isn't found error again. 

    When I plugged another USB drive in when Windows was active, still no drive visible..

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-08-25T19:16:07+00:00

    Hi,

    I'm not sure why it is not recognizing your USB drive, or freezing with the network cable... I'll need to think about that...

    Some drivers may have been damaged or something...

    For the shutdown\boot problem... Turn off Fast Startup... Hopefully that will resolve that issue anyway... maybe some of the others also...

    This feature only works when you do a SHUTDOWN and then Boot.

    It doesn't effect a RESTART.

    To turn it off or on...

    Go to Control panel...Power Options, and select Choose What the Power Buttons Do on the left.

    Then select Change Settings That Are Currently Unavailable near the top center of screen...

    Lower down on the window, uncheck Fast Startup.

    BTW... Glad to hear it finally booted to the SSD anyway... That's a good first step...

    Another thing... It is always a good idea to do a Restart after any kind of change to Windows, before doing a Shutdown... Even with fast Startup turned off... Doing a Restart is a really big deal when Fast Startup is turned on... The changes don't usually get saved properly..

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-08-25T16:31:42+00:00

    I had a USB drive in the pc which I didn't saw in windows under devices.

    After I removed it, the mouse froze and a BSOD followed (inaccessible boot device). 

    With the latest repair drive I was able to fix the boot again.

    This happened twice..

    If I add a usb drive to the running windows, it isn't recognized either..

    Adding a network cable also freezes the pc.

    Also the repaired pc seems to give the no os found error after shutdowns followed by a new boot..

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