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I installed a new 1TB SSD hard drive (Crucial PCLe 4.0 NVMe M.2) on my HP Envy and cannot get the laptop to start up again.  I created a recovery media, but the recovery installation failed.  So I downloaded a Windows 10 (64 bit) creation media and put it on a thumb drive.  When I restart my computer with the USB plugged in, the laptop goes back to the HP Recovery Manager and does not allow me to reboot the computer.  See attached image.  How do I reboot the laptop and load Widows 10 onto the system.   I backed up all my files, so I just need a new OS on the laptop so I can use it againIMG_4007 (2).jpg

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See if this works:

 

Have the W10 USB installation flash drive with the Microsoft media creation tool inserted in a USB port.

 

Turn on the PC.

 

Immediately tap the ESC key to get the menu of options.

 

Select the F9 boot options menu, and from that, select the USB flash drive and press the Enter key.

 

The notebook should boot from the Windows installation flash drive.

 

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See if this works:

 

Have the W10 USB installation flash drive with the Microsoft media creation tool inserted in a USB port.

 

Turn on the PC.

 

Immediately tap the ESC key to get the menu of options.

 

Select the F9 boot options menu, and from that, select the USB flash drive and press the Enter key.

 

The notebook should boot from the Windows installation flash drive.

 

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Mr Tikkannen,  that worked!  Thanks.  My next challenge is finding a place to install Windows.  I have 3-4 options, but I get a warning at the bottom of the screen that "Windows can't be installed on this disk.  The selected disk has MB partition table.  On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed on GPT disks."  Should I select to format the drive?

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You're very welcome.

 

What you want to do now is to clean the disk at that screen by using the Diskpart utility, so it erases everything and puts the SSD like the way it came from the factory.

 

This will erase all data on the drive, just to let you know.

 

Here's how:

 

  1. Press Shift+F10 from inside Windows Setup screen to open a command prompt window.
  2. Type diskpart and press the Enter key.
  3. Type list disk to find your disk number.
  4. Type select disk (e.g., select disk0) to choose the disk you want to format.
  5. Finally, type clean to wipe the disk completely.
  6. Exit diskpart and install Windows.

 

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Thank you!  That worked as well.  Very helpful.  I am now setting up Windows on my laptop with a larger hard drive.  

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Anytime.

 

Glad to have been of assistance.

 

Just a note in case you ever wonder why the Crucial PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD you bought doesn't run at its maximum advertised read/write speeds.

 

That is because your notebook's M.2 SSD slot is only PCIe Gen 3.0.

 

This table shows the maximum transfer speeds each PCIe slot generation can provide:

 

PCIe Speeds and Limitations | Crucial.com

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Thank you, sir!

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You're very welcome. 

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