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So I'm having a bit of a weird issue. I've installed windows 10 on a few computers before and have never run into this until now. I recently bought an ssd to boot my OS from, but running the install media usb doesn't seem to work right. I only used windows 10's install media tool. I should also mention I only have a keyboard, mouse, monitor and the install usb plugged in.
I created the usb (twice now), then shut my pc off, removed the existing hdd, then plugged in the ssd and the usb with the install tool on it. I boot into setup, make sure the drive is all unallocated space, and then hit new. I let it create the necessary partitions and then click next. I've also tried just clicking next with a totally blank ssd.
The setup tool runs normally, prompts a restart which is when I remove the install usb, if I don't remove the usb then it loops back to the installer again. When I remove the usb and then restart though, my pc prompts me to insert boot media into the drive and press any key. It doesnt seem to actually install the necessary files to download and install windows 10. No matter what I do, after the install media tool finishes and causes a restart I cannot continue with the installation.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I know it isn't a problem with another component because plugging in the original hard drive works fine. I've also plugged both drives in and scanned for errors on the ssd to no avail. I checked and there are files being installed on the ssd. It seems to work normally otherwise so I dont think it's a bad drive either.
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From the very beginning, and now again, I have said that you must have the Windows boot manager set first to boot in the boot priority order.
Then trigger the UEFI flash stick to boot only from the BIOS boot menu key, not setting it ahead in boot priority order at all which is how it was done before UEFI and no longer.
That's possible but I don't think it's the issue. I checked what is on the new ssd after running the installer, and along with the windows files there is an efi partition as well. Though it is 300mb not 100. Could the media creation tool (the uefi device not the normal one) be creating a legacy version even still? Although trying to boot using compatibility mode still doesnt work so I dont think that's it either.
I think i may not have understood what was meant by the windows boot manager. I have been talking about the uefi boot priority order, and the option to one-time boot a device. I cannot find "windows boot manager" even after installing windows. Trying to go into uefi mode with f2 and selecting a boot device does not show windows boot manager. It only shows the ssd I just installed windows on. But selecting to boot the ssd still tells me there is no boot media installed, even though there is an efi partition there. If I plug in my hdd and the ssd I can see both and choose to boot from either, but i still do not see windows boot manager anywhere.
I have wiped the drive. I plug the usb in and have 2 selectable options, booting the usb or the uefi usb. I choose the uefi one, and let it start. I install windows, it creates the needed partitions (I have verified they are there), the recovery, efi and primary partition. It installs the necessary files and stuff, then prompts me to restart. I do so and then I am told there is no bootable media on my ssd.
I have checked that the primary partition is set as active, and confirmed that it is formatted as GPT and not MBS. I have created the boot drive from this rig using my old hdd that still has windows on it, as well as on another pc I have. Neither worked. I have messed with the CSM and boot settings, reset them and everything in between. No luck.
The installer program itself runs fine. Or appears to. I can install windows on the ssd over and over again and it says it completes successfully. The issue is that after properly installing windows, the ssd still isnt recognized as a bootable device.
The only thing I havent done that has been suggested so far is burning an iso instead. I used rufus to burn an iso onto the flash drive instead of using the windows media creation tool. Running this instead of the media tool now. Hopefully that works.
Hi,
It sounds to me like your Windows 10 is not getting installed to the SSD as UEFI...
The boot manager you mention is not the boot device for a uefi machine...
It simply selects a one time boot device... You do want to select your Flash Drive as a "UEFI USB Device" though... Not just a "USB Device"...
Your Boot Device to boot the machine from the SSD will be "WindowsBootManager"...
You will not even select a specific drive... The boot files will be located on a small 100MB "EFI" partition on the SSD...
It is possible that your Installation media was not created properly to install as UEFI...
That can happen sometimes... Especially if created on a different machine..
You might try downloading a ISO instead of creating a flash drive with the Create Media Tool, and then burn the ISO to the flash drive with a free tool called RUFUS...
It must be specifically created for "GPT" and UEFI Bios, as well as being FAT32 file format..
If any of these are not correct, it can be a problem..
Here is what your RUFUS screen should look like... The USB drive and Image name will be different, but the settings are what you need...
BTW... Be sure to delete everything on the SSD and select the unallocated space as Windows 10 will need to create 4 partitions... You could create a data partition on the end of the SSD, but leave the OS partition unallocated...
If your flash drive is detected properly as a UEFI Installation, your SSD should be properly "Initialized" as a "GPT" type drive, and the needed partitions created automatically...
You should not need to mess with any of your Bios settings if your machine is already set up for UEFI Bios...
That is kind of what I was thinking was the issue. It seems like the installer finishes running and installs except the files needed to actually boot are missing from the installation. Have tried startup repair and this didn't work. Any suggestions for getting the boot files on to the ssd?
I mean the installer runs fine so youd think that it would be properly installing the boot files and that the boot configuration data would all be okay, but I'll try anything you can suggest. I havent verified that the necessary files to boot from the ssd are there, just that the installer appears to have put windows files on it.
Boot files are missing in SSD partition , so you must create boot files on SSD or create BCD on ssd
