Unable to boot Windows 10 from SSD suddenly due to msconfig changing boot

Mihkel_1

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Hello and thanks in advance for any help,

first of all, I installed an SSD a couple months ago and cloned everything to it from my HDD. It all went beautifully. Windows booted off from SSD and all was good.

Now yesterday, I did a clean boot via msconfig, which meant that I disabled all services besides windows' (Selective startup) due to a program I was having difficulty installing (simconnect problem, but that's a whole other subject :D). Then, I restarted windows a couple of times, hadn't put it to Normal startup (all services and startup programs) yet.

But then..... Wanted to launch all the services again and selected the Normal startup option, which was a mistake as I later realized. Then on the next restart, major lag and I couldn't understand what had happened. Then I saw that it started booting from HDD (It's sooooo freaking slow on HDD).

I'm pretty sure that this is because, when I selected Normal startup in msconfig, it checked the box to "Use original boot configuration" and somehow reversed back to HDD.

Everything is messed up currently. Chrome is back at the state, where it was, when I went to SSD (old tabs open from that time). And also, all startup services and desktop icon placement, is what it was back then.

Also, my SSD before, was C: and HDD was F:, but now, HDD is C: and SSD is I:. And the weird thing is that documents and files like that are on the C:/HDD now, but they were on SSD before. And on the I:/SSD I don't have documents at all, which should be the case for HDD. So I'm guessing that it created some kind of a symbolic link between those "windows necessary" files incl. documents etc? Because the disk space used for both the SSD and HDD is exactly what it was before yesterday, when this problem started.

I neeeeed to get windows to boot from SSD again and that SSD would be C: and HDD F: again. Changing boot order from BIOS, doesn't help. Taking out the HDD, doesn't help, windows didn't boot at all then. And in msconfig, it only recognizes OS on the HDD. (I'm feeling that all the windows files somehow got either symbolically copied/tied or smth from SSD to HDD)

My system is Asus N56 laptop. SSD is a Samsung 850 Pro 512GB, but not like that matters :sarcastic:

Hope I didn't too big of a story and thanks in advance for any help.
 
Solution
FIXED IT!!! (Thanks to help from another forum)

Solution is HEEEREEE:

Make a bootable USB flash drive, CD or DVD of Kyhi's recovery drive:
http://www.tenforums.com/software-apps/27180-windows-10-recovery-tools-bootable-rescue-disk.html

Disconnect all drives except the SSD. Boot from Kyhi's recovery drive. Run Macrium Reflect. Under the restore menu is a utility to fix windows startup/boot problems. Run that utility. See if that rebuilds the boot files on the SSD. Then try to reboot with only the SSD installed.

* NavyLCDR from tenforums was the one who offered this fix.*

Moderators, please mark this as solved.

Mihkel_1

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Maybe you're are thinking of some other kind of a clean boot. But as I explained, I mean that I unload all services and startup programs via msconfig - which is for troubleshooting errors and also called a clean boot. Let's not get OT, because this IS a clean boot and it IS possible in W10. Why are you saying that this isn't possible?

Proof:
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/what-is-clean-boot-state-in-windows
https://windowsinstructed.com/clean-boot-windows-windows/
http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-of-windows-10-to-diagnose-issues/
http://appuals.com/best-guide-how-to-clean-boot-windows-10/
 
I'm running Windows 10 on my laptop. I start MSCONFIG and click the Startup tab. The only thing there is a message that says "To manage startup items, use the Startup section of Task Manager". That's why I say you can't use MSCONFIG in Windows 10 to do a clean boot. Conclusion: either you didn't use MSCONFIG or you're not running Windows 10.
 

Mihkel_1

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Sorry, but what is your problem, did you even check the links I provided? I have the same text under the Startup tab in msconfig. I AM running Windows 10 And I DID the clean boot in the way described in those howto's (disabling all services besides microsofts'). I did not do the disabling of startup ITEMS, but I mentioned it in my OP, because when you select Selective startup in msconfig, it has those options to "load startup items" and "load system services".

Please do not thrash my thread if you don't understand my issue. Would you like me to explain it more or better, or what's wrong??
 

Mihkel_1

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Yes, I understand, but IMO disabling startup items is optional for clean boot. But fine, if you are disturbed that I used the phrase "clean boot" and didn't disable startup items, then let me rephrase it - "I did a "half" clean boot". Fine now? Good.

And why does it matter do you, it doesn't account for my problem at all and you're not helping...
 

Mihkel_1

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May 19, 2016
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FIXED IT!!! (Thanks to help from another forum)

Solution is HEEEREEE:

Make a bootable USB flash drive, CD or DVD of Kyhi's recovery drive:
http://www.tenforums.com/software-apps/27180-windows-10-recovery-tools-bootable-rescue-disk.html

Disconnect all drives except the SSD. Boot from Kyhi's recovery drive. Run Macrium Reflect. Under the restore menu is a utility to fix windows startup/boot problems. Run that utility. See if that rebuilds the boot files on the SSD. Then try to reboot with only the SSD installed.

* NavyLCDR from tenforums was the one who offered this fix.*

Moderators, please mark this as solved.
 
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