Question Boot Priority

[Kahl1l]

Hello all,

I recently purchased a WD ssd. I cloned my old hdd to this new ssd using macrium reflect in an attempt to be able to run my os on the ssd instead of hdd. The cloning seemed to be a success and my ssd is still listed under this pc, however, when I boot into bios and try to change my ssd to be the main boot priority I noticed that it does not even appear at all (it is listed under storage tab)

I’ve followed YouTube videos and switched to csm and enabled the SATA plugs in the peripherals option but I still don’t see the option to boot from my ssd at all. Any idea what the problem could be?

 

[Lutfij]

Do you see Windows Boot Manager in your List of Boot Devices within Boot Priority? Make and model of your motherboard? BIOS version for said motherboard? What is the model to your WD SSD?

You might want to keep a bootable USB installer made with Windows Media Creation Tools, handy, as it seems you might either need to reimage/clone the older OS drive or reinstall the OS from screatch.

 

[Kahl1l]

Do you see Windows Boot Manager in your List of Boot Devices within Boot Priority? Make and model of your motherboard? BIOS version for said motherboard? What is the model to your WD SSD?

You might want to keep a bootable USB installer made with Windows Media Creation Tools, handy, as it seems you might either need to reimage/clone the older OS drive or reinstall the OS from screatch.

Yes it still shows next to my hdd which I have yet to unplug.

I have a MSI pro B550m-vc with the bios up to date
The WD is a 1tb blue ssd model # WDS100T3B0A

 

[Lutfij]

I have a MSI pro B550m-vc with the bios up to date
This is where you state the BIOS version as opposed to stating latest/up-to-date.

which I have yet to unplug
If you have the HDD connected to your motherboard, that might be the issue entirely. Power down the system, disconnect from the wall and display, disconnect the power cable for the HDD with the OS on it, power up and see if the SSD boot's to OS GUI.

 

[Kahl1l]

I have a MSI pro B550m-vc with the bios up to date
This is where you state the BIOS version as opposed to stating latest/up-to-date.

which I have yet to unplug
If you have the HDD connected to your motherboard, that might be the issue entirely. Power down the system, disconnect from the wall and display, disconnect the power cable for the HDD with the OS on it, power up and see if the SSD boot's to OS GUI.

stating up to date should suffice. the version of the bios I would think would be irrelevant in regard to my problem with boot priority

and when unplugging the hdd I just receive a no-signal screen when I power on the computer.

Perhaps my only option would be to wipe the new ssd from the cloning of my hdd and do a fresh install of windows on it?

 

[TerryLaze]

I’ve followed YouTube videos and switched to csm and enabled the SATA plugs in the peripherals option

Undo all the changes you made, if the old one booted the new one should if it's a clone.

Yes it still shows next to my hdd which I have yet to unplug.

Which means that you did not clone the hdd to the ssd but only imaged the system partition, C drive, to the ssd, it has no boot files on it.
You have to do a full clone of the ssd for it to be able to boot on its own.
Or repair the boot files.
Easybcd has a free version for home use and is pretty well documented on the net. You can use it within windows to put an MBR on the ssd and create a bcdstore on it.

 

[CountMike]

If you already ha a Rescue USB made by Macrium reflect, boot from it and choose Fix Boot problems and point to new drive.

 

[USAFRet]

Further, the step you MUST do after the clone process is to physically remove the original drive, and allow the system to try to boot up with only the new drive.
Not simply change the boot priority.


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Specific steps for a successful clone operation:
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Verify the actual used space on the current drive is significantly below the size of the new SSD
Both drives must be the same partitioning scheme, either MBR or GPT
Download and install Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration, if a Samsung target SSD)
If you are cloning from a SATA drive to PCIe/NVMe, you may need to install the relevant driver for this new NVMe/PCIe drive.
Power off
Disconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD
Power up

Verify the system boots with ONLY the current "C drive" connected.
If not, we have to fix that first.

Run the Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration)
Select ALL the partitions on the existing C drive

[Ignore this section if using the SDM. It does this automatically]
If you are going from a smaller drive to a larger, by default, the target partition size will be the same as the Source. You probably don't want that
You can manipulate the size of the partitions on the target (larger)drive
Click on "Cloned Partition Properties", and you can specify the resulting partition size, to even include the whole thing
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Click the 'Clone' button
Wait until it is done
When it finishes, power off
Disconnect ALL drives except for the new SSD. This is not optional.
This is to allow the system to try to boot from ONLY the SSD

(swapping cables is irrelevant with NVMe drives, but DO disconnect the old drive for this next part)
Swap the SATA cables around so that the new drive is connected to the same SATA port as the old drive
Power up, and verify the BIOS boot order
If good, continue the power up

It should boot from the new drive, just like the old drive.
Maybe reboot a time or two, just to make sure.

If it works, and it should, all is good.

Later, reconnect the old drive and wipe all partitions on it.
This will probably require the commandline diskpart function, and the clean command.

Ask questions if anything is unclear.
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