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‎03-25-2018 12:46 PM

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Okay so, I have bought a 250GB Crucial SATA M.2 SSD and have partitioned and cloned everything onto it. Seems to be working fine, BUT, when I select to boot from the SSD in the BIOS, it boots from the HDD. I even tried setting the priority to the SSD but its not working either. The SSD works just fine, though. What could be the problem and how can I solve it?

 

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‎03-25-2018 02:46 PM

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You didn't tell if you are using the legacy MBR style or if you convertedto GPT (in diskpart) and what steps you have taken so far?

 

What partition table format is the original disk using?

 

Is the disk bootable via the UEFI boot manager if you select it manually?

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‎03-25-2018 08:54 PM

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Sorry. I am using MBR. I tried selecting boot drive manually but it boots from the hard disk even though I chose the SSD. Not sure what a partition table is, sorry.
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‎03-26-2018 03:39 AM - edited ‎03-26-2018 03:41 AM

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As I don't have a system to test with, I can't give you a surefire method that would work when you have both disks connected simultaneously. Perhaps someone else who has been there can tell you the steps. It should be possible.

 

A method that should work with the Windows 10 tools and only the SSD connected would go as follows:

 

0. Shut down the computer using the command shutdown /s  (should'n make a difference but just in case)

1. Disconnect the HD leave only SSD

2. Boot the computer with either the Windows 10 Installation disk or Windows 10 Recovery media

3. You should find the Command prompt in Advanced option (or in Repair if you use the installation disk) open it

4. Give the following commands in order:

5. bootrec /fixmbr   This writes the master boot record to the beginning of the drive

6. bootrec /fixboot  This writes a new boot sector to the  system partition

7. bootrec /scanos  This finds other possible operating systems on the disk to be added in the start menu

8. bootrec /rebuildbcd  Adds the found operating systems to the boot menu

 

System should now be bootable when you remove the installation/recovery media

 

It could be that the Startup repair option would do the fix automatically

 

If you did the above (multi step process) with both disk connected you should probably get a boot menu where you can select which Windows you want to start. If this works, it would be safest to disable the Fast Startup feature of the Windows as it might get confused if you select a different version after shutdown (there has been a bug with this).

 

 

 

 

 

 

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