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
    2018-08-23T14:44:30+00:00

    Hi,

    Something is not right here... I just realized the "WindowsBootManager" is missing from your options in third image you posted...

    That may be why it won't boot, and what needs fixed, but it might also be because your machine might not be using UEFI Bios...

    That, and the missing EFI Partition...

    Out of curiosity, you might try checking your Bios to verify it is using UEFI, or create another flash drive with RUFUS specifically for Legacy Bios... 

    This image is for Win7, but shows what your options should look like, except for the ISO image name... Notice the MBR and NTFS settings...

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-08-23T14:05:25+00:00

    Hi,

    I don't have a clue as to why your EFI is in the Root, and not a separate partition... That is the default when windows installs...

    Check through the UEFI Boot Drive BBS Priorities options and see what you get..

    Is your machine encrypted in some fashion... I'm wondering if the selection of a Encryption Key at Boot is part of the problem...

    I don't have a clue as to why the flash drive created with RUFUS would require a password for the SSD... I use RUFUS a lot, and have never seen that before.. Did RUFUS mention anything about a password when creating the flash drive ?

    One thing I have noticed with RUFUS is that sometimes when you change one of the menu options, it will cause another to change... Sometimes the FAT32 or GPT will change when you select the Image you want to use...

    Also look to see if your Bios has a "Secure Boot" setting... If it does, Disable it temporarily...

    BTW... You want the Legacy USB Support Enabled..

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-08-23T13:04:40+00:00

    I just flashed the ISO of Windows 10 to an USB with Rufus (https://www.windowscentral.com/how-create-windows-10-usb-bootable-media-uefi-support).

    The first boot (UEFI) I needed to fill in my password of the SSD Windows User, but the repair failed.

    The last two commands of BOOTREC even didn't succeed.

    The second boot (USB KEY) I didn't need to fill in the password and FIXBOOT did work, but REBUILDBCD not. Same errors as above.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-08-23T11:33:43+00:00

    MediaCreationTool1803 was on the USB stick. 

    A repairstation created on the newest version of Windows 10 has the same results as above.

    Both don't have a EFI-partition, but do have a EFI folder on the root.

    See some screenshots attached. 

    When I disable Legacy USB Support (like below) the USB drives for repair aren't found.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-08-22T19:01:37+00:00

    BIOS indeed names the mediatool usb UEFI and it is already FAT32 formatted.

    I made the HDD partition active. 

    BOOTREC /FIXMBR -> success

    BOOTREC /FIXBOOT -> access denied

    BOOTREC /REBUILDBCD -> 1 installation found on D: (SSD). When I accept the installation to boot list, I get an error: systemdevice not found.

    My volumes (according to diskpart) are mixed up: C: = HDD, D: = SSD (which was the opposite).

    EDIT: I can make the partition of the SSD active again. This seems not to be saved, closing diskpart and opening it results in the same statusupdate. I even can mark it as active or inactive twice and not get a message that it currently is one of them already.

    EDIT2: In GParted the SSD has a boot flag, meaning it is active already.

    EDIT3: I can boot the USB as "USB KEY", not as UEFI. After that the BUILDBCD works again, FIXBOOT still access denied. I do see Go to WIndows 10 Home, but immediately got a reboot then. Same operating system wasn't found when booting from SSD.

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