Changing the storage device in a Toshiba laptop

[tomhayward987]

Hey,

I've swapped out the hard drive in my laptop for an SSD. The SSD has windows 10 and is working properly but everytime I boot the laptop, it says there is not boot device installed. Is this a feature by Toshiba to stop customers changing hardware to third party storage devices or am I missing a key feature in BIOS. Any help would be fantastic.

Thanks,
Tom

 

[Lutfij]

You can try going into BIOS and seeing if the primary boot device is Windows Boot Manager. If not, set it to that and see if the issue persists at subsequent bootups. You didn't mention the model of your Toshiba laptop, but I must ask if your laptop BIOS is up to date? I would also like to ask how you installed Windows 10 onto your mobile computing device.

 

[tomhayward987]

You can try going into BIOS and seeing if the primary boot device is Windows Boot Manager. If not, set it to that and see if the issue persists at subsequent bootups. You didn't mention the model of your Toshiba laptop, but I must ask if your laptop BIOS is up to date? I would also like to ask how you installed Windows 10 onto your mobile computing device.

Im using bios version InsydeH20 Rev 3.7. The main boot device is 1. HDD/SSD

 

[ArtPog]

Just out of curiosity, how did you install the Win 10 OS onto the SSD? Or was this an SSD with the OS already installed that you purchased from Toshiba for the specific Toshiba laptop you're working with?

 

[tomhayward987]

Just out of curiosity, how did you install the Win 10 OS onto the SSD? Or was this an SSD with the OS already installed that you purchased from Toshiba for the specific Toshiba laptop you're working with?

I installed the SSD into my desktop and installed it via the windows 10 ISO

 

[ArtPog]

So just to confirm. You originally stated "I've swapped out the hard drive in my laptop for an SSD. The SSD has windows 10 and is working properly but everytime I boot the laptop, it says there is not boot device installed.". How can the SSD be "working properly" if you can't boot to the OS? The system is dysfunctional, is it not?

Have I misunderstood you?