SSD boot problem on HP Probook 4540s

[JWtjuhh]

Just a few days ago, I bought a Samsung EVO SSD for my HP Probook 4540s.

I replaced the Hard Drive with the SSD.

After installing an Operating System, on first boot of SSD there are some problems I encounter.

bootmgr image is corrupt, winload.exe error or ntoskrnl.exe error.

Sometimes there appears the "Starting Windows" screen, but there is never a Windows logo appearing.

The errors appear after some time.

I tried different ISO files (Windows 7 x86, x64) and Windows 8 (x64) on different DVD's and USB drives.

My Probook has an Intel i5-2450M processor, and AMD Radeon HD 7650M GPU.

I think the SSD is healthy, because I can install and boot Windows 7 on the SSD when attached to my desktop.

The BIOS on my Probook detects the SSD not all the time. After a reboot it is recognized again.

I even tried to clone my HDD OS to the SSD. It gave me the same error messages.

But, remarkable is that it booted once with the cloned OS.

After rebooting it gave errors again.

AHCI is activated in the BIOS. (BIOS version F.43)

Boot mode is: Legacy

Fixmbr and other commands like that didn't solve the problem.

The Samsung SSD has the newest firmware available installed allready.

I hope there is someone here that can help solve this problem.

[Toffy]

Jwtjuhn

Change the Legacy to UEFI Hybrid

Replace the ssd with HDD and

First install the new Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?lang=eng&changeLang=true&DwnldId=23060

reboot

attach the SSD over usb

Update your Samsung Firmware over USB

http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/samsungssd/downloads.html

After Update

Copy all Partitions form the old HDD to SSD use the Software http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm

Replace the HDD

[JWtjuhh]

After following these steps, the problem is unfortunately not solved yet.

I configured UEFI Hybrid in BIOS, installed the Intel driver, Samsung SSD firmware was up-to-date allready.

I copied all HDD partitions to SSD using the program Partition Master.

After starting the notebook, the SSD comes up with the following error. (at least there is no winload or ntoskrnl error after several tries)

BootDevice Not Found

Please install an operating system on your hard disk.

Hard Disk - (3F0)

[Toffy]

Boot from the DVD

Repair it with windows repair or

after selecting repair>cmd prompt, enter:

BootRec.exe /RebuildBcd

BootRec.exe /fixmbr

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392%C2%A0

[JWtjuhh]

Thank you for your reply, I really appreciate the help. Booting from DVD and typing the commands gave the following output: rebuildbcd found 1 Windows installation. When typing y to add installation, the element cannot be found. Fixmbr was completed succesfully. In the DVD's recovery menu is displayed:
choose a recovery tool
operating system unknown on (unknown) local disk

[Toffy]

/ScanOs

/FixBoot

or insert DVD windows setup  install use Repair existing OS option 

[JWtjuhh]

/scanos found 1 install on D:\Windows
/fixboot output was cannot find element.
startup repair found a root cause: the partition table does nog have a valid system partition.
The repair completed successfully.
When booting \boot\BCD gives an error.
an error occured while attempting to read the boot configuration data.
I copied the 300mb hidden partition at the same time as the others.

[Toffy]

you copied the 300mb hidden partition to C:\?

Have you installed HDD and SSD Drive?

[JWtjuhh]

Copied yes, to C: I don't know. Is there an option to choose during copy? HDD has been replaced by SSD.
When booting from DVD I get the option to repair bootmgr and recovered startup options.
Windows on 😧 and Windows recovery environment on E:
After repair and restart Button press there is an error:
failed to save startup options.

[Toffy]

Use Copy disk

http://www.partition-tool.com/easeus-partition-manager/disk-copy.htm

Or use Samsung tool