Question SSD locked and won't boot to OS

[Walt1227]

I installed a new SSD in my computer to add extra storage for sounds. After installing the SSD my bios reset and my other SSD that has my OS on it would not boot anymore. I inserted the thumb drive with the OS software on it and tried using CMD to fix boot but the SSD did not have anymore space on it to create a partition for boot. If I install a fresh version of the OS on another SSD then delete some of the files on the old SSD to create space for a CMD boot fix would that allow me to reuse that SSD for the OS? Or will I have to move all of my files from it and scrap it? When I checked the status of the SSD with my OS it was healthy and all of my files were still in place. Looking for any suggestions that will help.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Show current partition configuration.

diskpart​

list disk​

select disk 1​

(select 250GB disk)​

list partition​

detail disk​

You may have deleted your windows partition or drive letters have changed.

 

[Walt1227]

Show current partition configuration.

diskpart​

list disk​

select disk 1​

(select 250GB disk)​

list partition​

detail disk​

You may have deleted your windows partition or drive letters have changed.

https://imgur.com/N2n9AmV

View: http://i.imgur.com/N2n9AmV.jpg

 

[SkyNetRising]

Different drive letters.

bcdboot d:\windows /s c:​

 

[Walt1227]

Different drive letters.

bcdboot d:\windows /s c:​

It successfully created the boot but when I restart it still gives the message about an operating system wasn't found.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Either it is booting from wrong drive or
booting in wrong mode (UEFI not legacy).

 

[Walt1227]

Either it is booting from wrong drive or
booting in wrong mode (UEFI not legacy).

Mode is set to legacy only. As for the drive I set it for the one mentioned above. Any other advice?

 

[SkyNetRising]

Check, if 500MB partition is active.

select 500mb partition​

detail partition​

 

[Walt1227]

Check, if 500MB partition is active.

select 500mb partition​

detail partition​

https://imgur.com/sN31cge

View: http://i.imgur.com/sN31cge.jpg

I noticed that if I leave the bios in legacy only mode it will not boot the thumb stick with windows 8 installation media. Once I change it to UEFI and Legacy it boots to the thumb stick so I can use CMD. Not sure if I mentioned but my motherboard is a Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H Dual UEFI.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Should have worked.
Did you try disconnecting all other drives and leaving only 250GB drive?

 

[Walt1227]

Should have worked.
Did you try disconnecting all other drives and leaving only 250GB drive?

Yes I have. Once I run the command I disconnect the thumb drive and restart. It then goes to the screen about no operating system found which I provided a screen shot of yesterday. Let me ask this question. If I buy windows 10 and install it on the new drive can I remove all my files from the 250 GB drive and use them on the new drive with windows 10? I would delete everything off the 250GB and install windows 10 on it to be the operating afterwards.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Oh, right!
You're doing this with windows 8 installation media.
You have to do it with windows 10 installation media instead
(bcdboot command).

Download from microsoft.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

And no, if you wanted to reinstall windows on same pc, then there's no need to buy another license.

 

[Walt1227]

Oh, right!
You're doing this with windows 8 installation media.
You have to do it with windows 10 installation media instead
(bcdboot command).

Download from microsoft.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

And no, if you wanted to reinstall windows on same pc, then there's no need to buy another license.

I was not able to reboot to the old SSD with windows 8. I downloaded the installation media for Windows 10 and when I went to upgrade it would not allow me to do it because it said it was a EFI system and they are only allowed to use GPT disk. I'm not sure if that was the issue of why I was not able to get it to boot in CMD. However, I did purchase another license for Windows 8 a few days ago and used it to install Windows 10 which is now up and running. I am going to move all of my files from the 250 SSD that has Windows 8 on it and put them all on the 1 TB SSD. Once that is done I am going to delete everything off of the 250 GB SSD and install Windows 10 to it then put the files back on it and clear the 1TB SSD to use it for sounds.

One question: Is it possible for me to bring my profile from Windows 8 over to Windows 10 when I move my files or is it tied to the product key that was used for Windows 8 when I bought it?