[SOLVED] Laptop won't boot from any device after replacing HDD with SSD?

[SaM_SpArK]

Hi, I just replaced my Asus k53SD 's HDD with an out of box SSD and it shows up in BIOS but i can not boot Win7 Installation from DVD drive, nor from USB pen drive.

Bootable usb pen drive and dvd work fine on my other pc, and they had previously worked on this laptop too. but not since replacing HDD with an SSD. I get "Disk read Error" and "put a proper bootable media" error.

Edit : Bios Update didn't work

 

[NoQuarter_]

I am having the same exact issue right now, my mom is using old HP 530 and I wanted to give it SSD to keep up before Zen2 drops prices of everything so she could upgrade properly.

My first error was installing x64 system on that SSD via my other PC, corrected it, installed x86 one and it still crashes on "Loading Windows" screen. Trying to install Windows 7.
x86 system I installed via my other PC, an old DDR3 AM3+ system I have inside my drawer, will boot normally on that system and works as intended. As soon as I put SSD inside a laptop it won't work. And boots on HDD

Her hard drive started spewing errors and even loosing data so change is needed, but I just cannot make it work with SSD. SSD is samsung, not super potato one too.

To make your USB bootable you could use this guide, helped me after failing to do it with other means
http://www.anyburn.com/tutorials/setup-windows7-from-usb-drive.htm
And that made my USB easily bootable anywhere, tho Laptop still won't go trough installation - just initial screen of installation loading and it sits there forever, does get warm, but does nothing. At least when SSD is on which is super weird for me

Hope someone has answers, or two of us figure it out. Your laptop is a whole generation better which kinda removes potato SATA controller in my mind. Tho some old devices cannot boot from NVME no matter what so it could be hardware support that's an issue, tho I cannot just plug in SSD in a laptop while also having it's HDD run a system to test it.

 

[Wrecker75]

Hi, I just replaced my Asus k53SD 's HDD with an out of box SSD and it shows up in BIOS but i can not boot Win7 Installation from DVD drive, nor from USB pen drive.

Bootable usb pen drive and dvd work fine on my other pc, and they had previously worked on this laptop too. but not since replacing HDD with an SSD. I get "Disk read Error" and "put a proper bootable media" error.

Edit : Bios Update didn't work

With the USB stick in hit the power button and immediately start tapping F8 might also be Esc it should get you into the boot menu where you can select to boot from the USB, if that doesn't work and you were able to get into bios with the hard drive go into boot options and change the boot order to boot off the USB before the hard drive/SSD.

 

[SaM_SpArK]

With the USB stick in hit the power button and immediately start tapping F8 it should get you into the boot menu where you can select to boot from the USB, if that doesn't work and you were able to get into bios with the hard drive go into boot options and change the boot order to boot off the USB before the hard drive/SSD.

I'm able to get to the bios as i said and i can see my usb as first boot option ( Or my DVD drive) but none works

 

[Wrecker75]

Some bios gets testy with USB 3.0

Are you using a USB 3.0 port or thumb drive?

 

[SaM_SpArK]

Some bios gets testy with USB 3.0

Are you using a USB 3.0 port or thumb drive?

USB 3.0 I will try with USB 2.0

 

[Wrecker75]

I am having the same exact issue right now, my mom is using old HP 530 and I wanted to give it SSD to keep up before Zen2 drops prices of everything so she could upgrade properly.

My first error was installing x64 system on that SSD via my other PC, corrected it, installed x86 one and it still crashes on "Loading Windows" screen. Trying to install Windows 7.
x86 system I installed via my other PC, an old DDR3 AM3+ system I have inside my drawer, will boot normally on that system and works as intended. As soon as I put SSD inside a laptop it won't work. And boots on HDD

Her hard drive started spewing errors and even loosing data so change is needed, but I just cannot make it work with SSD. SSD is samsung, not super potato one too.

To make your USB bootable you could use this guide, helped me after failing to do it with other means
http://www.anyburn.com/tutorials/setup-windows7-from-usb-drive.htm
And that made my USB easily bootable anywhere, tho Laptop still won't go trough installation - just initial screen of installation loading and it sits there forever, does get warm, but does nothing. At least when SSD is on which is super weird for me

Hope someone has answers, or two of us figure it out. Your laptop is a whole generation better which kinda removes potato SATA controller in my mind. Tho some old devices cannot boot from NVME no matter what so it could be hardware support that's an issue, tho I cannot just plug in SSD in a laptop while also having it's HDD run a system to test it.

A little trouble following all that, are you saying you start the Windows install on another machine?

 

[NoQuarter_]

A little trouble following all that, are you saying you start the Windows install on another machine?

yes, installed and started it on another machine, from USB to SSD, had it working as intended there, then moved that SSD to Laptop to have it fail to boot even tho it is x86 system which should. Starts loading windows, then freaks out and crashes.

When I plug in USB with Win7 installation to Laptop while SSD is in it fails to load it, freezes.
That is why I installed it via other PC and did a switcharoo.

I just managed to do it by switching USB ports on a laptop, I am guessing it is temperature related as it is an old laptop. USB booted and, while quite slowly, managed to install Windows 7 on SSD in that laptop.

So it was a hardware issue of sort. Laptop works great, mom happy

 

[SaM_SpArK]

OK used these programs to make bootable USB from win7 ISO :

• Rufus
• MS-win7 USB DVD download tool
• Universal USB Installer

non of them worked at last used anyburn software which @NoQuarter_ gave the link and it failed on USB 3.0 but worked on USB 2.0

Thanks

 

[NoQuarter_]

Had same exact issue and same exact program order to try to create a bootable USB.

Glad it helped! Cheers!