[SOLVED] Nvme SSD to usb 3.0 adapter

[Beany man]

My m.2 slot on my motherboard board broke. I thought no big deal and bought an m.2 NVME SSD to usb 3.0 adapter. When I try to boot windows off of it it just gives me a blank screen with a blinking cursor.
(Note that the ssd still works)

I tried changing my motherboard from legacy to UEFI and vice versa.
Is there some setup I have to do with the adapter in bios?
Specs: gigabyte ds3h B450
Radeon powercolor Rx 570
16gb ram
Windows 11

 

[USAFRet]

You can't just take a Windows drive, put it in a USB adapter, and expect it to boot up.
It won't.

 

[SkyNetRising]

My m.2 slot on my motherboard board broke. I thought no big deal and bought an m.2 NVME SSD to usb 3.0 adapter. When I try to boot windows off of it it just gives me a blank screen with a blinking cursor.

Wrong adapter.
Use M.2 PCIE adapter instead.
Install it into second PCIE x16 slot in your motherboard.

 

[Pextaxmx]

wait.... if the OP sets the boot device in the BIOS correctly for the USB device, shouldn't it boot from it? just like a windows installation USB drive? I don't understand we go straight to the conclusion without even trying.

can you try to go into the temporary boot menu (F12?) and select the boot partition?

 

[Pextaxmx]

from the manual, boot override menu is in the BIOS menu, where you save and exit the BIOS
Try to boot from your boot partition

 

[SkyNetRising]

wait.... if the OP sets the boot device in the BIOS correctly for the USB device, shouldn't it boot from it? just like a windows installation USB drive? I don't understand we go straight to the conclusion without even trying.

Windows installation can boot from USB drive.
Windows OS itself can not.

 

[Bob.B]

My m.2 slot on my motherboard board broke. I thought no big deal and bought an m.2 NVME SSD to usb 3.0 adapter. When I try to boot windows off of it it just gives me a blank screen with a blinking cursor.
(Note that the ssd still works)

I tried changing my motherboard from legacy to UEFI and vice versa.
Is there some setup I have to do with the adapter in bios?
Specs: gigabyte ds3h B450
Radeon powercolor Rx 570
16gb ram
Windows 11

Just what I see on this machine.

I clone my internal disk to an ext disk connected via usb.
I tell the bios to boot from the ext.....won't boot.
I mount the ext disk internal.
I tell the bios to boot from the cloned disk.....boots fine.
I connect the disk via usb again.
Won't boot.

This use to work fine and now it does not.
I have to guess that some winupd blocks the ext boot.

 

[dwd999]

Part of Microsoft's copy protection for Windows stipulates that a full Windows installation can not be booted from a usb or other external drive.

 

[Pextaxmx]

got it... useful info to keep in mind. Sorry OP if I gave you a false hope

 

[Beany man]

Wrong adapter.
Use M.2 PCIE adapter instead.
Install it into second PCIE x16 slot in your motherboard.

I went ahead and got one of these, but the problem still persists. Every thing lights up and my ssd flashes red continuously but it's the same thing. It won't boot

 

[SkyNetRising]

Every thing lights up and my ssd flashes red continuously but it's the same thing. It won't boot

What does that mean? Can you show a photo?
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

 

[Beany man]

What does that mean? Can you show a photo?
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

https://imgur.com/a/iYM24Ug

View: https://imgur.com/gallery/iYM24Ug

 

[SkyNetRising]

What's the model name of your M.2 drive?
Are you sure it's NVME (and not sata) ?

 

[USAFRet]

I posted a Newegg link

Where?

Please post a link to this specific drive again.
Thanks.