- Oct 15, 2014
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Hello All
I'm killing two old computers. Those are twins. I was doing them for family members and put exactly the same into both, to spare myself a "why him and not me" bother. They contain the same SSD Samsung 850 EVO 250GB on which is the OS (windows 10). I want to re-format both SSDs, to use them as storage into other computers.
Usually, to do that, I take the SSD with the OS out of its original computer, plug it into another computer, go into BIOS to disable it from the boot options, and once in Windows, I can then proceed further actions with that SSD.
My problem:
With those two computers, the method doesn't work. I have plugged the SSD of computer twin #2 into computer twin #1, it's disabled as a boot option in BIOS, so the usual, but upon restarting, I get a black screen with white font notification asking me to put in a bootable disk and press any key.
If I unplug the SSD #2, everything goes well again. If I re-plug it in (still disabled as a boot option in BIOS), I'm back to black screen with a request for a bootable disk.
My first question: In the BIOS, when I select - for example - the SSD plugged into SATA port 3 as the bootable disk, what does the BIOS "identify" exactly: the type of the disk and the associated port, or only the type of disk? Could someone confirm?
My second question:
Could someone imagine a way around to make it work, without involvement of a 3rd computer having a different SSD?
Thanks in advance 😊
I'm killing two old computers. Those are twins. I was doing them for family members and put exactly the same into both, to spare myself a "why him and not me" bother. They contain the same SSD Samsung 850 EVO 250GB on which is the OS (windows 10). I want to re-format both SSDs, to use them as storage into other computers.
Usually, to do that, I take the SSD with the OS out of its original computer, plug it into another computer, go into BIOS to disable it from the boot options, and once in Windows, I can then proceed further actions with that SSD.
My problem:
With those two computers, the method doesn't work. I have plugged the SSD of computer twin #2 into computer twin #1, it's disabled as a boot option in BIOS, so the usual, but upon restarting, I get a black screen with white font notification asking me to put in a bootable disk and press any key.
If I unplug the SSD #2, everything goes well again. If I re-plug it in (still disabled as a boot option in BIOS), I'm back to black screen with a request for a bootable disk.
My first question: In the BIOS, when I select - for example - the SSD plugged into SATA port 3 as the bootable disk, what does the BIOS "identify" exactly: the type of the disk and the associated port, or only the type of disk? Could someone confirm?
My second question:
Could someone imagine a way around to make it work, without involvement of a 3rd computer having a different SSD?
Thanks in advance 😊
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