Drive letter issue

[lochgholson]

So I recently got an SSD (crucial mx500 500gb) and installed it in my Dell Inspiron 5675 desktop along side my 1tb HDD. I then attempted to change the boot drive to the SSD and so I tried to change the drive letters so windows booted on my ssd instead of my hdd. I think I some how messed up a step in the registry and now when I boot up my PC it goes to a black screen and I can only move my cursor around. The cursor has a flickering loading circle too. How do I fix this?

 

[USAFRet]

So I recently got an SSD (crucial mx500 500gb) and installed it in my Dell Inspiron 5675 desktop along side my 1tb HDD. I then attempted to change the boot drive to the SSD and so I tried to change the drive letters so windows booted on my ssd instead of my hdd. I think I some how messed up a step in the registry and now when I boot up my PC it goes to a black screen and I can only move my cursor around. The cursor has a flickering loading circle too. How do I fix this?

You can't just change the drive letters around like that.
And if you did something in the Registry, it was almost certainly wrong.

Did you actually install the OS on the SSD?
Which OS is this?

 

[lochgholson]

@USAFRet , No the OS is on the HDD and it's windows 10. I know a screwed up bad and I need to know how to fix it please

 

[USAFRet]

@USAFRet , No the OS is on the HDD and it's windows 10. I know a screwed up bad and I need to know how to fix it please

Since you want the OS on the SSD anyway....time for a clean install on this drive.

Disconnect the HDD, install the SSD.
And - How to do a CLEAN installation of Windows 10

Of course, you'll have to reinstall all your applications.

What size/make/model is this SSD?

 

[lochgholson]

@USAFRet Sorry I don't know how to properly reply, but my ssd is a SATA III Crucial MX500 500gb SSD. Just curious, is there any way I can get it to boot windows without a disc or flash drive?

 

[USAFRet]

@USAFRet Sorry I don't know how to properly reply, but my ssd is a SATA III Crucial MX500 500gb SSD. Just curious, is there any way I can get it to boot windows without a disc or flash drive?

No, you'll need a DVD or USB flash drive of 8GB or larger.

 

[lochgholson]

@USAFRet , so I need to get a USB flash drive of 8gbs or higher and do a clean installation of windows using that?

 

[USAFRet]

@USAFRet , so I need to get a USB flash drive of 8gbs or higher and do a clean installation of windows using that?

Yes.
Your current install is borked. Whatever you did in the Registry was not a good idea. Don't do that again.

You'll need some other working PC to create the install USB.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Then, this: How to do a CLEAN installation of Windows 10

 

[lochgholson]

@USAFRet , I actually didn't need to do that I went in to the command console and did a few BOOTREC commands and fixed it

 

[USAFRet]

@USAFRet , I actually didn't need to do that I went in to the command console and did a few BOOTREC commands and fixed it

OK...share the knowledge!

 

[lochgholson]

@USAFRet , I used this article https://www.groovypost.com/howto/fix-windows-10-wont-boot-startup-repair-bootrec/

EVERYONE VIEWING THIS THREAD:
Please try this before doing a clean installation on a DVD or USB drive.

 

[USAFRet]

@USAFRet , I used this article https://www.groovypost.com/howto/fix-windows-10-wont-boot-startup-repair-bootrec/

EVERYONE VIEWING THIS THREAD:
Please try this before doing a clean installation on a DVD or USB drive.

A master boot record issue, sure,

But coming from your initial statement of: "I think I some how messed up a step in the registry"...
Messing up the Reg bad enough to prevent booting is rarely fixable.