[SOLVED] Can't boot ssd.

[Lemdseo]

Used to boot normally through ssd. Then, my HDD got corrupted and slowly stopped working. Suddenly got errors booting the pc. Log into BIOS and disabled old HDD. For some reason, when I try to boot ssd, it tells me to "put a bootable option", and when put old HDD back, it only says error before boot options. Is there anything I could try?

 

[CountMike]

Used to boot normally through ssd. Then, my HDD got corrupted and slowly stopped working. Suddenly got errors booting the pc. Log into BIOS and disabled old HDD. For some reason, when I try to boot ssd, it tells me to "put a bootable option", and when put old HDD back, it only says error before boot options. Is there anything I could try?

1. Was windows installed on HDD at aby time ?
2. If yes, was HDD present when windows were installed on SSD ?

 

[Lemdseo]

1. Was windows installed on HDD at aby time ?
2. If yes, was HDD present when windows were installed on SSD ?

The windows was installed on HDD > Got a new ssd and installed os > 2 years later, hdd died > couldn`t boot through ssd. (update: installed os in external drive > got some usefull stuff from ssd > formatted again and now is working properly. That was the solution for me.)

 

[CountMike]

The windows was installed on HDD > Got a new ssd and installed os > 2 years later, hdd died > couldn`t boot through ssd. (update: installed os in external drive > got some usefull stuff from ssd > formatted again and now is working properly. That was the solution for me.)

It's best to remove all active drives while doing clean install on OS drive, windows often place boot files on first active drive/partition and rest on main drive.

 

[Lemdseo]

It's best to remove all active drives while doing clean install on OS drive, windows often place boot files on first active drive/partition and rest on main drive.

Yeah, apparently it has something to do with MBR partition in the ssd, and the cause it`s prob because of what you said.

 

[CountMike]

Yeah, apparently it has something to do with MBR partition in the ssd, and the cause it`s prob because of what you said.

When that happens, BOOT gets slower and if second drive goes haywire so does BOOT.

 

[SkyNetRising]

You fix it by booting from windows installation media and
create a new bootloader partition on SSD.

Idea is:
making enough free space on the drive for bootloader partition (by shrinking existing partition);
creating bootloader partition;
formatting and setting up bootloader files on it;
changing boot options in bios.

These commands are for UEFI system (boot drive is partitioned in GPT):

diskpart​

list disk​

select disk x​

(select SSD)​

list partition​

select partition y​

(select last partition on the drive)​

shrink desired=500​

create partition efi​

format fs=fat32 quick​

assign letter=H​

exit​

bcdboot C:\windows /s H:​

( C: - windows partition - in windows installation environment drive letter may be different than C: ,​

H: - bootloader partition)​

These commands are for legacy boot system (boot drive is partitioned in MBR):

diskpart​

list disk​

select disk x​

(select SSD)​

list partition​

select partition y​

(select last partition on the drive)​

shrink desired=500​

create partition primary​

format fs=ntfs quick​

active​

assign letter=H​

exit​

bcdboot C:\windows /s H:​

( C: - windows partition - in windows installation environment drive letter may be different than C: ,​

H: - bootloader partition)​

 

[Lemdseo]

You fix it by booting from windows installation media and
create a new bootloader partition on SSD.

Idea is:
making enough free space on the drive for bootloader partition (by shrinking existing partition);
creating bootloader partition;
formatting and setting up bootloader files on it;
changing boot options in bios.

These commands are for UEFI system (boot drive is partitioned in GPT):

diskpart​

list disk​

select disk x​

(select SSD)​

list partition​

select partition y​

(select last partition on the drive)​

shrink desired=500​

create partition efi​

format fs=fat32 quick​

assign letter=H​

exit​

bcdboot C:\windows /s H:​

( C: - windows partition - in windows installation environment drive letter may be different than C: ,​

H: - bootloader partition)​

These commands are for legacy boot system (boot drive is partitioned in MBR):

diskpart​

list disk​

select disk x​

(select SSD)​

list partition​

select partition y​

(select last partition on the drive)​

shrink desired=500​

create partition primary​

format fs=ntfs quick​

active​

assign letter=H​

exit​

bcdboot C:\windows /s H:​

( C: - windows partition - in windows installation environment drive letter may be different than C: ,​

H: - bootloader partition)​

I tried most of these with no result. Some like " bcdboot C:\windows /s H: " got me the result \ isn't a parameter or something I don't recall.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I tried most of these with no result. Some like " bcdboot C:\windows /s H: " got me the result \ isn't a parameter or something I don't recall.

In windows installation environment drive letter for windows partition may be different than C: .

Execute these commands and show screenshot (upload to imgur.com and post link):

diskpart​

list disk​

select disk 0​

list partition​

list volume​

 

[Lemdseo]

In windows installation environment drive letter for windows partition may be different than C: .

Execute these commands and show screenshot (upload to imgur.com and post link):

diskpart​

list disk​

select disk 0​

list partition​

list volume​

I can't, some time ago, I did this: installed os in external drive > got some usefull stuff from ssd > formatted ssd and now is working properly.