- Nov 19, 2019
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Hello, help on this weird issue would be much appreciated,
I got a new Samsung 860 EVO M.2 Sata 500GB SSD and added it to my Acer V15 Nitro notebook computer with the intention of migrating everything to the SSD to use as my main, and to use the old HDD as extra storage. I installed the SSD, computer booted up fine. Was about to start the migration using Samsung Data Migration, but due to time constraints I cancelled it 30 seconds after it started. Turned the computer off, went back at it the next day. Computer would not boot, now giving me a "No bootable device" error message.
In the BIOS, both the new SSD and the old HDD are listed. The default setting has the boot order as (1) Windows Boot Manager, (2) HDD0: Samsung SSD 860 EVO M.2 500GB, (3) HDD1: WDC WD...(old HDD). Now, no matter what boot order I put these in, the computers will start up to a "Default Boot Device Missing or Boot Failed" error, take me to Boot Manager where only the SSD is listed. If I select it and hit Enter, it takes me back to that same error message, back to the Boot Manager. The HDD is nowhere to be found.
Now, if in the BIOS I password lock the new SSD and start it up, I'll be given a choice between the 2 hard drives - the SSD is listed as "locked", and the HDD as unlocked. If I select the SSD it'll give me the same error and take me to Boot Manager with no HDD listed. If I select the HDD though, Windows will finally start up normally with my old settings. This is the only way I can currently boot to Windows. I also tried disconnecting the old HDD and starting up, and that'll give me a "No bootable device" error with no other option but to turn it off.
While in Windows, if I access Disk Management, it'll show the new SSD as not initialized and will prompt me to initialize it. If I do click initialize, I am hit with an I/O error. I've downloaded multitudes of partition/recovery/clone software, tried accessing it in command prompt and diskpart, and they all give me a variation of i/o error or locked drive. I've tried updating drivers, uninstalling the drive, anything I can find online but still can't seem to find anything similar to this situation.
So my HDD from which I boot Windows is detected in BIOS but not Boot Manager, I can't boot from the old HDD without locking the new SSD, but if it's locked I can't do any of the initializing/formatting/cloning/anything else I need to do to start using it. Is there any way to unlock the drive while in Windows booted from my old HDD? Or to wipe the slate clean? Any help much appreciated!
I got a new Samsung 860 EVO M.2 Sata 500GB SSD and added it to my Acer V15 Nitro notebook computer with the intention of migrating everything to the SSD to use as my main, and to use the old HDD as extra storage. I installed the SSD, computer booted up fine. Was about to start the migration using Samsung Data Migration, but due to time constraints I cancelled it 30 seconds after it started. Turned the computer off, went back at it the next day. Computer would not boot, now giving me a "No bootable device" error message.
In the BIOS, both the new SSD and the old HDD are listed. The default setting has the boot order as (1) Windows Boot Manager, (2) HDD0: Samsung SSD 860 EVO M.2 500GB, (3) HDD1: WDC WD...(old HDD). Now, no matter what boot order I put these in, the computers will start up to a "Default Boot Device Missing or Boot Failed" error, take me to Boot Manager where only the SSD is listed. If I select it and hit Enter, it takes me back to that same error message, back to the Boot Manager. The HDD is nowhere to be found.
Now, if in the BIOS I password lock the new SSD and start it up, I'll be given a choice between the 2 hard drives - the SSD is listed as "locked", and the HDD as unlocked. If I select the SSD it'll give me the same error and take me to Boot Manager with no HDD listed. If I select the HDD though, Windows will finally start up normally with my old settings. This is the only way I can currently boot to Windows. I also tried disconnecting the old HDD and starting up, and that'll give me a "No bootable device" error with no other option but to turn it off.
While in Windows, if I access Disk Management, it'll show the new SSD as not initialized and will prompt me to initialize it. If I do click initialize, I am hit with an I/O error. I've downloaded multitudes of partition/recovery/clone software, tried accessing it in command prompt and diskpart, and they all give me a variation of i/o error or locked drive. I've tried updating drivers, uninstalling the drive, anything I can find online but still can't seem to find anything similar to this situation.
So my HDD from which I boot Windows is detected in BIOS but not Boot Manager, I can't boot from the old HDD without locking the new SSD, but if it's locked I can't do any of the initializing/formatting/cloning/anything else I need to do to start using it. Is there any way to unlock the drive while in Windows booted from my old HDD? Or to wipe the slate clean? Any help much appreciated!
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