-
×InformationNeed Windows 11 help?Check documents on compatibility, FAQs, upgrade information and available fixes.
Windows 11 Support Center. -
-
×InformationNeed Windows 11 help?Check documents on compatibility, FAQs, upgrade information and available fixes.
Windows 11 Support Center. -
- HP Community
- Desktops
- Desktop Boot and Lockup
- Re: Computer won't boot from SSD.(tried everything i know)

Create an account on the HP Community to personalize your profile and ask a question
08-04-2018 11:05 PM
Temporarily remove the SSD from your computer.
Temporarily connect it as a secondary disk-drive in some desktop computer.
Use "Disk Management" to delete all the partitions on the secondary (NOT THE PRIMARY) disk-drive.
Reconnect the SSD to your computer.
Boot from the USB (the only source that contains something "bootable"), and install Windows.
08-05-2018 06:33 AM
With both the HDD and the SSD disconnected, The USB is obviously not made correctly. It cannot come up to a blank screen if made properly. Need to get that fixed before going any further.
If the PC will not/cannot boot to a properly made USB with Windows 10 install media, then there has been a hardware failure .
With nothing in any port, no USB, no HDD, and no SSD, can you get into the BIOS or any other thing using the Esc menu at startup?
I'm not an HP employee.
Did this message answer your question? Please indicate below as an Accepted Solution!
Did you find this message useful? Click on the "Was this reply helpful" Yes button.
08-05-2018 07:59 AM
So i tried installing windows on the SSD using another system(my main computer) and it not only booted from the USB it also allowed me to install windows to the SSD... however when i plug that SSD with windows installed to the computer in question all i get is that black screen again.
I Also just did as you say and removed everything (HDD, SSD, and the USB), and yes i am still able to get to the Bios.
Any thoughts on what the problem might be?
08-05-2018 08:49 AM
> when i plug that SSD with Windows installed to the computer in question, all i get is that black screen again.
> Also just did as you say and removed everything (HDD, SSD, and the USB), and yes i am still able to get to the Bios.
After you enter BIOS SETUP, look for details that show that the motherboard has detected the SSD. OK?
Then, look at the list of "bootable" devices, to ensure that the SSD is a member of that list. OK?
08-06-2018 01:56 PM
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MXvZsR0GyGU0doQqwinl2N9ppZvQc43x?usp=sharing
i took some pictures so anyone can see what bios i'm working with...
08-06-2018 02:08 PM
The pictures seem to show a BIOS last updated in 2010 -- which I think is a long time before SSDs became common.
No indication of the "modern" UEFI -- the "next-generation" replacement for BIOS.
Otherwise, I don't see anything.
Got a spare "spinning" disk-drive, onto which you can install Windows (either using this computer or your "other" computer)?
08-06-2018 04:42 PM
@FERALL wrote:System specs.
4gb ddr3 ram
H-I41- uATX (Eton/EtonL) motherboard from foxxcon
intel pentium E5800
From: Desktop PC Product Specifications
Product number: LF907EA
Release date: 12/21/2010
Country/region sold in: United Kingdom
Latest BIOS update: H-I41-uATX Motherboard BIOS Update is from 2012:
- Resolves issue with executing system recovery.
- Updates HP Vison ROM Diagnostics from v1.03.50 to v1.07.02 to resolve memory test hang with some processors.
- Resolves issue with Wake-On-LAN feature.
So, install Windows 7 (as per the requirements listed in the above BIOS update) onto a "spinning" disk-drive.
Then update the BIOS.
It might help.
Maybe.
08-07-2018 08:50 AM
Things get more curious as this thread unravels. In the first post it is stated "I wiped the OS on the HDD that comes with the system, the process got interrupted and shuts down my computer when i boot from it."
It would seem that a failure of some sort has happened, maybe as stated in the "the process got interrupted ". Are you aware as to what caused the interruption?
When things get this screwy, I like to try to boot the PC to a Linux Live CD. You can make a live Linux on another computer and once it is made, boot to this new OS. BTW: I like Ubuntu or Knoppix for this.
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
There does not need to be anything else connected, very similar to booting to the Windows 10 media we discussed. If the PC boots to the Linux live then we can go on. If it does not, then there is a hardware problem. Linux live will boot to most any PC with no problems. That is why I like to do this test. You can do alot of things with the Live OS and verify the hardware is working FIRST.
I would not mess any further with the SSD until this step is done. Do not bother with Windows 7 install.
I'm not an HP employee.
Did this message answer your question? Please indicate below as an Accepted Solution!
Did you find this message useful? Click on the "Was this reply helpful" Yes button.