[SOLVED] Cant boot to Nvme storage

[Ryanthebone]

So I accidentally installed windows to my hdd and so I unplugged that drive and tried to reinstall on my nvme drive. I booted from a usb stick with windows installation media and installed windows on the nvme drive but after it restarts it’ll just go back to the windows installation and it won’t boot from the nvme drive. The motherboard I have is a Gigabyte b550m ds3h.

 

[USAFRet]

So I accidentally installed windows to my hdd and so I unplugged that drive and tried to reinstall on my nvme drive. I booted from a usb stick with windows installation media and installed windows on the nvme drive but after it restarts it’ll just go back to the windows installation and it won’t boot from the nvme drive. The motherboard I have is a Gigabyte b550m ds3h.

When it wants to restart, remove the install USB.

 

[Ryanthebone]

When it wants to restart, remove the install USB.

I’ve tried that and it just boots into the bios and my nvme drive does not show up as a bootable drive.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I’ve tried that and it just boots into the bios and my nvme drive does not show up as a bootable drive.

Set boot priorities in BIOS properly.
If windows was installed in UEFI mode, then set Windows Boot Manager as first in boot order.

 

[Ryanthebone]

How would I get that to show up in my bios?

 

[SkyNetRising]

How would I get that to show up in my bios?

Go into BIOS,
switch to Advanced mode,
go to Boot section and
set boot option priorities.

 

[Ryanthebone]

Go into BIOS,
switch to Advanced mode,
go to Boot section and
set boot option priorities.

Ok so I would have to wipe the drive I want to install to and then make sure that my CRM is enabled with UEFI and then try to install again?

 

[SkyNetRising]

You said you installed windows on nvme drive already (with hdd disconnected).
If it doesn't boot, then you have inappropriate boot settings.

Can you show a screenshot from your BIOS boot priority screen?
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

 

[Ryanthebone]

You said you installed windows on nvme drive already (with hdd disconnected).
If it doesn't boot, then you have inappropriate boot settings.

Can you show a screenshot from your BIOS boot priority screen?
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

 

[Ryanthebone]

https://imgur.com/a/eZFOugC

View: https://imgur.com/a/eZFOugC


I’ve tried disabling CSM and that doesn’t work as well.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Boot option #1 - change it to Windows boot manager.

If you don't have option to change to windows boot manager, then
boot from windows installation media,
go into command prompt (press Shift+F10),
execute following and show command output:

diskpart​

list disk​

select disk 0​

list partition​

list volume​

 

[Ryanthebone]

Boot option #1 - change it to Windows boot manager.

If you don't have option to change to windows boot manager, then
boot from windows installation media,
go into command prompt (press Shift+F10),
execute following and show command output:

diskpart​

list disk​

select disk 0​

list partition​

list volume​

https://imgur.com/a/kweEOz2

View: https://imgur.com/a/kweEOz2

 

[SkyNetRising]

Looks good.
1TB drive is partitioned in GPT. It's UEFI install.
It has a separate EFI system partition. Should be able to boot.

Only thing required from you - change boot priority settings.

May need to disable secure boot in BIOS (edit: with CSM enabled, this is not applicable).
Also disable fast boot (edit: it's already disabled in the screenshot).

 

[Ryanthebone]

Looks good.
1TB drive is partitioned in GPT. It's UEFI install.
It has a separate EFI system partition. Should be able to boot.

Only thing required from you - change boot priority settings.

May need to disable secure boot in BIOS (edit: with CSM enabled, this is not applicable).
Also disable fast boot (edit: it's already disabled in the screenshot).

I disabled secure boot and restarted and I still only have the usb flash drive as a boot option.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I disabled secure boot and restarted and I still only have the usb flash drive as a boot option.

What happens, when you click onto "Boot option #1" ?
Does it allow any other choices?
Can you show a screenshot of choices available?

 

[Ryanthebone]

What happens, when you click onto "Boot option #1" ?
Does it allow any other choices?
Can you show a screenshot of choices available?

https://imgur.com/a/DpM0Dk0

View: https://imgur.com/a/DpM0Dk0

The only other boot option is “Disabled”

 

[SkyNetRising]

Hmm.
Might be necessary to repair bootloader.

Boot from windows installation media into command prompt.
Execute following and show command output.

diskpart​

list disk​

select disk 1​

(select 1TB SSD)​

list partition​

select partition 1​

(select 300MB EFI system partition)​

assign letter=H​

exit​

bcdboot C:\windows /s H: /f UEFI​

bootsect /nt60 H: /force​

​

If everything is good and there are no errors, then boot into BIOS.
Should be able to change boot option to windows boot manager.

 

[Ryanthebone]

https://imgur.com/a/DpM0Dk0

View: https://imgur.com/a/DpM0Dk0

The only other boot option is “Disabled”

There are no new boot options that are showing up.
I also tried enabling CSM and my ssd does show up in the boot priorities but I’m unable to boot to it because the windows installation just keeps looping and I’ve tried taking out the usb before restart and that does not work either.

 

[SkyNetRising]

May be try updating BIOS to latest version.

What BIOS version are you currently on?

 

[Ryanthebone]

There are no new boot options that are showing up.
I also tried enabling CSM and my ssd does show up in the boot priorities but I’m unable to boot to it because the windows installation just keeps looping and I’ve tried taking out the usb before restart and that does not work either.

https://imgur.com/a/ihoeIx0

View: https://imgur.com/a/ihoeIx0

 

[Ryanthebone]

May be try updating BIOS to latest version.

What BIOS version are you currently on?

I am on the latest version, I updated the bios yesterday.

 

[SkyNetRising]

https://imgur.com/a/ihoeIx0

View: https://imgur.com/a/ihoeIx0

You got error on the last command. Something wrong with sector sizes.

Reinstall windows. This time clean target before installing. Use diskpart clean method.

 

[Ryanthebone]

You got error on the last command. Something wrong with sector sizes.

Reinstall windows. This time clean target before installing. Use diskpart clean method.

I cleaned the disk and reinstalled windows. I went back to the command promt and the sector size error was still happening when I entered the commands again.

 

[SkyNetRising]

And still no Windows Boot Manager boot option?

Try changing Storage Boot option to legacy. CSM has to be enabled for this.

 

[Ryanthebone]

And still no Windows Boot Manager boot option?

Try changing Storage Boot option to legacy. CSM has to be enabled for this.

Yeah there’s no windows boot manager boot option.

https://imgur.com/a/acuUTwf

View: https://imgur.com/a/acuUTwf