Reboot and select proper boot device...

[DGCPP]

Hello guys, first of all, why do i always have some kind of problem when upgrading my computer, it never works instantly after upgrade normally, always need to solve some problems first...

Ok i bought new cpu, and new additional HDD.
Obviously had some problems with stupid Intel cooler, and after all bothering i start up my computer and it wont even boot. Fans start moving and then they stop. After some googling i read that i need to update my bios. Im upgrading from i3 2120 to i5 3470.
Ok, what can i do, lets remove new cpu, put old...
Computer now starts normally, but then i get this message... Computer wont recognize my SSD, i check it out and looks like cable wasn't correctly plugged in. Started it up, same problem. Now computer can recognize ssd, but it wont boot windows from it... Tryed disconnecting sata cables from other two HDDs wont work. Tried changing sata cable from ssd(ik this wont work but have no idea what to do), wont work... what the... Do i really need to like install new windows, i mean cmone i didnt even touch SSD, how is it possible that it would like erase everything from it by itself?! Only thing that is now different is that i added another HDD and removed one RAM (did it when i was checking why cant boot, its still out, until i do the bios update)

Please dont tell me to choose SSD as my #1 boot priority, because thats first thing that i did.

Suggestions?

My configuration

Intel I3 2120
Asus p8p67
RAM 4GB(8GB) DDR3
600W gold
SSD 120 GB 840 EVO
HDD 1 TB WD green, and new one 1TB WD Black.

Any suggestion would be good, tnx!

 

[Pat Flynn]

Silly question, but have you tried manually booting from the SSD? Press F8 at the BIOS/POST screen and select the SSD from the boot list. Not sure what to suggest if that doesn't work other than booting from a Windows disk and running a repair ( after booting the disk, Shift-F10 to open command prompt, then type 'bootrec /rebuildbcd')

 

[ss202sl]

When you originally installed windows onto the SSD, was there a HDD plugged in? Sounds like your boot partition is on a HDD, and not on a SSD - even though your windows may be on the SSD.

 

[faalin]

I had an issue with my asus computer before, it only runs a ssd and windows was installed with only that drive in the computer but in the bios you have to select master boot record and not the intel SSD the os is installed on.

 

[DGCPP]

@Pat , tried manually booting it wont work. Now will try with windows disk and startup repair...
@ss202 yes there was. My windows is on SSD, how can my boot partition be on HDD? Anyway whats that changing i didnt remove my old HDD just added new one.
@faalin how do i choose master boot record in bios ?!

 

[DGCPP]

Silly question, but have you tried manually booting from the SSD? Press F8 at the BIOS/POST screen and select the SSD from the boot list. Not sure what to suggest if that doesn't work other than booting from a Windows disk and running a repair ( after booting the disk, Shift-F10 to open command prompt, then type 'bootrec /rebuildbcd')

ok now i tried with command prompt and bootrec, i get message "Total identified Windows installations: 1
[1] C:\Windows (this is where its actually installed)
Add instalation to boost list, i choosed yes and i get "element not found " :/

 

[DGCPP]

managed to fix that and after that i got bootmgr is fixing, and then tried:
" BOOTREC /FIXMBR and press Enter
BOOTREC /FIXBOOT and press Enter.
BOOTREC /SCANOS and press Enter.

"

now i get " an operating system wasn't found. Try disconnecting any drives that dont contain an operating system eh..

 

[faalin]

I think your better of just formatting and starting all over, this time only have your SSD plugged in when doing the install.

 

[DGCPP]

Yay i managed to fix it...
After all these "bootrecs", and when i was about to start formating my ssd i tried one more time command that didnt work for me before:
bcdboot C:\windows /l en-us
And after this one, i was able to boot computer without any problem, so sick.. i would format it without actually good reason to...
new cpu and hdd also working fine

 

[Pat Flynn]

Yay i managed to fix it...
After all these "bootrecs", and when i was about to start formating my ssd i tried one more time command that didnt work for me before:
bcdboot C:\windows /l en-us
And after this one, i was able to boot computer without any problem, so sick.. i would format it without actually good reason to...
new cpu and hdd also working fine

Glad to hear that I could point you in the right direction
I always try to repair before wipe/reloads- they always take way more time and I usually don't want to reinstall everything >.<

Also- There's a nice and simple way to do backups of your system: Research 'WBADMIN', it's a built-in tool in all Windows versions (7 and up) that can do block-level 'bare metal' backups and restorations. I have a powershell script that runs the backup and dumps it into a new folder every day so I can roll back to one of the previous days if needed (I keep 3 days worth of backups just in case). Rolling back is as easy as booting from a windows disk and picking the 'Repair my computer', select the 'Restore from image', and picking the folder containing the backup you want to restore.

The command to run WBADMIN will look something like this (this will only do your OS drive, you'll need to add more command switches if you want to add other drives to the backup):
C:\> wbadmin start backup -allcritical -vsscopy -backuptarget:<Drive letter or network folder goes here>
**NOTE: if your '-backuptarget' is another local drive (USB/SATA/etc), you can ONLY point it to the ROOT of the drive. You cannot point it to a folder/subfolder of that drive. Network folders can be put anywhere, but there will be no admin rights on the folder to protect it (this is fine if it's a private/home network).