Ethernet connection failed following SSD setup.
Ethernet connection failed following SSD setup.
Right, long story, need desperate help. Bought an SSD to upgrade form my HDD the other day, and wanted to clone my OS onto the SSD to use as a boot drive. Discovered that I couldn't just clone one partition with the software, so instead cloned the whole thing. Booted from the SSD and got an error. No winload.exe or something. Same thing happened on the hard drive when I booted from that. Grabbed a windows installation thing and messed around in command prompt with bootrec and managed to get it working. Hard drive still shows error, but I can select "use different OS" and then click on windows 10 in a different volume (4 if it matters) and it boots...the problem was, my ethernet stopped working. It says I'm connected, but I have no access to the internet on the HDD or SSD. Tried to install drivers for my motherboard (H170 Pro gaming from Asus), but it told me I didn't have Intel ® adapters. So I formatted the SSD and tried a fresh load of windows 10, got it working, but the internet still did not work. Downloaded Intel ethernet drivers from another computer and tries those, thought maybe the ones for my motherboard were out of date. Same problem, no Intel ® adapters. REALLY don't know what else to do, I have nothing left to try. I just uninstalled the ethernet connection driver in device manager as per Intel website and rebooted to no avail. Super duper need help. Is this a software issue? Hardware? What can I do to fix it?!!!?!?!?!! The SSD I bought was a 1TB crucial P1 M.2 Motherboard is H170 Pro gaming Windows 10 Ethernet Hard drive is some WD 1tb something. Have I broken my hard drive? Computer? SSD? Motherboard? Please help.
I approached the cloning process by using dedicated software instead of simple copy-paste methods. After a fresh installation didn’t resolve the Ethernet issue, I ensured all necessary drivers—especially chipset-related ones—were installed on another connected PC. For obtaining the Windows installer, you likely accessed it via an online media creation tool. Regarding the Windows build numbers, they should match between the existing and newly-installed versions if the installation was clean.
I used Acronis clone feature, set auto-partition size, and transferred all files. Checking your motherboard should help locate the drivers. Some listed ones were outdated or beta versions. I have a dusk with the motherboard, but I’m unsure how to proceed. I downloaded the installer via the media creator and received a free Windows key from my university. I don’t know the build number, but there might be a way to discover it.
Ignoring prior comments if you noticed it, still having trouble—things are odd now. Installing chipset drivers helped get network adapter drivers in, but initially the internet didn’t function even though Windows claimed a connection. The troubleshooter and Intel’s software didn’t find any issues. A Bing search showed possible fixes, making me hopeful. Now it takes about two minutes for search results to load, after which nothing else works. I can’t connect to Steam or load websites properly; only the search appears slow. Is this still a driver problem? My other devices work fine. Need assistance! Thanks! Edited October 20, 2020 by NoahField
I've been checking forums online and seen a lot of updates lately. My internet is now working...mostly. I tried almost everything people suggest, then reset my CMOS and restarted my modem and router. It didn’t work at first when I powered it on, but later search results loaded right away and the homepage appeared. But when I tried to visit a site, I got an error saying my connection isn't private. I thought maybe my clock was off, but everything seemed fine. I switched browsers, cleared cache, turned off the firewall, disabled confirmation prompts in settings. Still can’t reach Windows Update, though I can log into Steam. It’s really confusing. Any advice? Thanks!