Windows 10 not booting without USB

[vizitys]

So, I bought an SSD, I reinstalled Windows on the SSD (using an USB), everything went great, until I tried to reboot. (There was no USB plugged in) I rebooted, and it just said that Winload.efi was missing. There were options for troubleshooting, but when I tried it, it just got me to the same screen. I plugged in the USB, and booted, everything magically just worked! So, when I boot without USB, it won't work. (BTW This is on a laptop)

Please help.

EDIT: Thanks to everyone who tried to help. I took my computer to a professional, and the problem was the usb. It was somehow corrupted.

 

[cherry blossoms]

Things to try: Steps are individual, if a step works, you can stop there.

Step 1: Disable secure boot in the BIOS. OR goto Step 2


Step2: Start W10 in Repair Mode.

In the advanced option click Command Prompt.

Once the command prompt’s black window appears, type the following commands and press Enter after each line.


bootrec /fixboot

bootrec /scanos

bootrec /fixmbr

bootrec /rebuildbcd

After the commands have executed successfully, restart your system and check if the issue’s still there.

If the issues still there, then repeat the above procedure and execute the above commands 3 times each. Now check if the issues still there. If yes, then move on to the next step.

Step 3: Using the BCDBoot Utility

Use the above given method to reach the Command prompt from start-up repair, once in command prompt, proceed with the steps below.
1.type diskpart and press Enter.
2.Type list volume and press Enter.
3.Under the label row, find the label System Reserved and note its corresponding Volume number.
4.Now type select Volume=N and press Enter, where N is the Volume number you noted earlier.
5.Now type assign letter=w and press Enter.
6.Type exit and press Enter.
7.Type bcdboot c:\Windows /s w: /f uefi and press Enter

 

[mazboy]

Quick question: is your BIOS set to "AHCI" (it should be) or "RAID" (it shouldn't be). Trying to load Win10 onto an SSD with the BIOS set to "RAID" will fail in many ways, and yours is one possibility.

 

[vizitys]

Things to try: Steps are individual, if a step works, you can stop there.

Step 1: Disable secure boot in the BIOS. OR goto Step 2


Step2: Start W10 in Repair Mode.

In the advanced option click Command Prompt.

Once the command prompt’s black window appears, type the following commands and press Enter after each line.


bootrec /fixboot

bootrec /scanos

bootrec /fixmbr

bootrec /rebuildbcd

After the commands have executed successfully, restart your system and check if the issue’s still there.

If the issues still there, then repeat the above procedure and execute the above commands 3 times each. Now check if the issues still there. If yes, then move on to the next step.

Step 3: Using the BCDBoot Utility

Use the above given method to reach the Command prompt from start-up repair, once in command prompt, proceed with the steps below.
1.type diskpart and press Enter.
2.Type list volume and press Enter.
3.Under the label row, find the label System Reserved and note its corresponding Volume number.
4.Now type select Volume=N and press Enter, where N is the Volume number you noted earlier.
5.Now type assign letter=w and press Enter.
6.Type exit and press Enter.
7.Type bcdboot c:\Windows /s w: /f uefi and press Enter

Hi, I did step 1, but when I tried to start cmd in repair mode, the same screen came as did in the original post. So, I cannot do 2 nor 3.

 

[vizitys]

Quick question: is your BIOS set to "AHCI" (it should be) or "RAID" (it shouldn't be). Trying to load Win10 onto an SSD with the BIOS set to "RAID" will fail in many ways, and yours is one possibility.

Hi,

It is set to AHCI

 

[vizitys]

UPDATE: I tried reinstalling Windows again, but the same screen popped up without the USB

 

[mazboy]

OK, this is weird. If it were me, I would reinstall the old drive (HDD) and load windows on it again (if you changed from ACHI to RAID or vice versa, the old drive won't boot. But try: it's worth the effort). It's sounding like you have a defective SSD.

But tell me, when you go to install the OS, it should give you a graphic of the SSD/HDDs available for install. There should be no partitions on the SSD if what you say is happening. So, at the "choice" screen, tell it to do a "Custom" install, not a "refit" or "repair" or "upgrade", then you click on the "whatever SSD" (Drive 0 unformatted...) and then continue with the install.

Would you mind going to this site: https://www.howtogeek.com/197559/how-to-install-windows-10-on-your-pc/ and confirm that the screens you are seeing/responding to on your computer are the ones shown in the demo?

 

[cherry blossoms]

Please note mazboy, you are entering the command line from the windows installation media, not trying to boot windows directly. If you are using a uefi dependent device such as NVME drive, you will need to create a bootable USB with UEFI boot. IT's often easier to just format the ssd in question and create such information from an already running copy of windows.

 

[mazboy]

Here's my assumption: the world is all UEFI and AHCI now. If the BIOS is set to default, with those 2 settings extent, and the SSD is presented to the installer with all partitions deleted (manually, at the point of selection, or otherwise), (and at this point any other drives disconnected), the OS installer will successfully load Win10, or it will fail and tell you so. Apparently neither of those two things is happening, but we haven't gotten a clear sense about where it is going wrong.

 

[vizitys]

OK, this is weird. If it were me, I would reinstall the old drive (HDD) and load windows on it again (if you changed from ACHI to RAID or vice versa, the old drive won't boot. But try: it's worth the effort). It's sounding like you have a defective SSD.

But tell me, when you go to install the OS, it should give you a graphic of the SSD/HDDs available for install. There should be no partitions on the SSD if what you say is happening. So, at the "choice" screen, tell it to do a "Custom" install, not a "refit" or "repair" or "upgrade", then you click on the "whatever SSD" (Drive 0 unformatted...) and then continue with the install.

Would you mind going to this site: https://www.howtogeek.com/197559/how-to-install-windows-10-on-your-pc/ and confirm that the screens you are seeing/responding to on your computer are the ones shown in the demo?

Hi, sorry it has been some time. I tried installing it to the hard drive, and everything worked fine. And the screen is the same as in the article.

 

[cherry blossoms]

The other question would be, did you create a GPT partition or legacy partition if trying to boot with UEFI, especially relevant if trying to use an NVMe drive.

 

[vizitys]

Hi, so thanks to everyone who tried to help. I took my computer to a professional, and the problem was the usb. It was somehow corrupted.