Question Unable to Boot Windows 10 from NVME Drive

[poppy84190eiwoe0]

Hello,

I bought a new NVME drive to replace my SATA SSD. I originally tried to clone the drive, but I was unable to get it to boot, despite showing up as a drive in Windows 10. I would get a "Please Insert a bootable device and Restart" message when attempting to boot from that drive. So I opted to try installing a fresh copy of W10 instead. I was able to successfully install the OS, but I am still getting the same issue. My NVME drive is connected directly to the board and W10 was installed while the old drive was disconnected. The NVME drive is using the GPT format.

My guess is it is a bios-related issue, but I am honestly at a loss at this point.

Computer Specs:
Motherboard: MSI B350 Gaming Plus
Ram: 8 GB
CPU: Ryzen 1500X
NVME: Solidigm P41
GPU: Radeon RX 570

 

[Colif]

DO you have newest BIOS on motherboard?

not sure if this will help - https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threads/installing-windows-10-on-nvme-and-bios-settings.382944/ - not your motherboard

 

[poppy84190eiwoe0]

I am on the latest version of the bios. I will try disabling the LAN Option ROM setting. I really don't want to delete my only functioning SSD. It isn't even connected to the machine, so I don't think it should have any impact.

 

[SkyNetRising]

My guess is it is a bios-related issue, but I am honestly at a loss at this point.

Can you show screenshot from Disk Management and
BIOS - boot priority settings?
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

You'll have to boot into windows from old SSD with nvme installed.

 

[poppy84190eiwoe0]

Can you show screenshot from Disk Management and
BIOS - boot priority settings?
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

You'll have to boot into windows from old SSD with nvme installed.

Here is a link to the images

https://imgur.com/a/vKmT4Bl

View: https://imgur.com/a/vKmT4Bl


The bios screenshot is with the old SSD. The NVME drive does not display in the boot list, however, it does show up in the System Status tab and of course during the Windows 10 installation.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Here is a link to the images

What are BIOS boot options, when you boot only with new drive connected?

Try turning off secure boot and fast boot.

 

[poppy84190eiwoe0]

What are BIOS boot options, when you boot only with new drive connected?

Try turning off secure boot and fast boot.

These are my current boot options (along with some extra screenshots). The drive does not boot with these current settings. It goes straight to bios.

https://imgur.com/a/dSbl29Q

View: https://imgur.com/a/dSbl29Q

 

[SkyNetRising]

These are my current boot options (along with some extra screenshots). The drive does not boot with these current settings. It goes straight to bios.

Did you disable Fast Boot? If not, then do that.

You could try recreating bootloader on NVME drive.
Execute following from elevated command prompt.
If you get any errors, then stop immediately and show screenshot with command output.

diskpart​

list disk​

select disk 2​

(select 951GB drive)​

list partition​

select partition 1​

(select 300MB EFI System partition)​

format fs=fat32 quick​

assign letter=H​

exit​

bcdboot E:\windows /s H: /f UEFI /v​

Last message should be "Boot files created successfully".

 

[poppy84190eiwoe0]

Did you disable Fast Boot? If not, then do that.

You could try recreating bootloader on NVME drive.
Execute following from elevated command prompt.
If you get any errors, then stop immediately and show screenshot with command output.

diskpart​

list disk​

select disk 2​

(select 951GB drive)​

list partition​

select partition 1​

(select 300MB EFI System partition)​

format fs=fat32 quick​

assign letter=H​

exit​

bcdboot E:\windows /s H: /f:UEFI /v​

Last message should be "Boot files created successfully".

I had to remove the ":" character after "f" to get the command to do anything. However I received the following message.

BFSVC: ServiceBootFiles MuiOnly:n Res:y Fonts:y BootMgrOvw:n BootStatOvw:n DbgTrn:y SuspendBDE:n
BFSVC: Using source OS version a00004a610001
BFSVC Error: BfspPrintFileOwnerProcess: Failed to open file!Last Error = 0x3
BFSVC Error: Failed to open file \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolume6\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi for read! Error code = 0x5
BFSVC: Copying boot files CopyBootManager(Yes) E:\windows\boot\EFI -> \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolume6\EFI\Microsoft\Boot
BFSVC Error: Error creating \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolume6\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\ path! Last Error = 0x5
BFSVC Error: Error copying boot files from E:\windows\boot\EFI to \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolume6\EFI\Microsoft\Boot! Last Error = 0x5
BFSVC Error: ServicingBootFiles failed. Error = 0x5
Failure when attempting to copy boot files.

 

[SkyNetRising]

It has to be executed from elevated command prompt.
I suspect, you used regular command prompt instead.
Please show screenshot instead.

What is an Elevated Command Prompt?

Computer dictionary definition for what Windows elevated command prompt means including related links, information, and terms.

www.computerhope.com

 

[poppy84190eiwoe0]

It has to be executed from elevated command prompt.
I suspect, you used regular command prompt instead.
Please show screenshot instead.

What is an Elevated Command Prompt?

Computer dictionary definition for what Windows elevated command prompt means including related links, information, and terms.

www.computerhope.com

I ran it again, and this is what I got. I had to use K as my drive instead of H since H was no longer available. I tried booting from the drive again after and it went straight to bios.

https://imgur.com/a/npFRCLW

View: https://imgur.com/a/npFRCLW

 

[SkyNetRising]

I ran it again, and this is what I got. I had to use K as my drive instead of H since H was no longer available.
bcdboot e:\windows /s K: /f UEFI /v

What volume did you assign drive letter K: to ?
Show command output from
diskpart
list volume

 

[poppy84190eiwoe0]

What volume did you assign drive letter K: to ?
Show command output from
diskpart
list volume

Just in case I messed something up, I reinstalled windows on the drive and reran the process, still the same result as the previous screenshots.

https://imgur.com/YP8rmpQ

View: https://imgur.com/YP8rmpQ