Windows isn't locating the boot drive on the M.2 NVMe SSD following the removal of the SATA SSD.
Windows isn't locating the boot drive on the M.2 NVMe SSD following the removal of the SATA SSD.
Hello, my Windows setup is installed on a SanDisk Extreme PRO M.2 NVMe 3d SSD with 500GB capacity. I also have two 2TB SATA SSDs and a 250GB SATA SSD working perfectly. I tried transferring the 250GB SATA SSD to a laptop, shut down the machine, removed the drive, and restarted it. Instead of seeing a boot message, I got: "No operating system found... Restart with strg+alt+entf". After reinserting the SSD, the issue disappeared. All other SATA SSDs and my DVD drive also reconnected without problems. (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ The M.2 drive appears in the BIOS under Boot Option #1. CSM is enabled: Boot Device Control - UEFI and Legacy Boot Boot from Network - Legacy only Boot from Storage - Legacy only Boot from PCI-E/PCI Expansion - Legacy Only Secure Boot OS Type - Other OS Fast Boot - Disabled Hyper-V mode - Disabled NVMe RAID mode - Disabled UEFI version 2.17.1245. Motherboard: AsusPrime B350-Plus CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Power supply: bequiet! Power11 700W GPU Nvidia GTX970 (msi) Boot repair using a Windows 10 USB stick only shows "not possible". Maybe the installation on the USB stick is outdated. When I boot with a Linux Live USB, I have full access to the SSD. Searching for the error online gives mostly advice about adjusting boot order. Thank you in advance for your help (•◡•)
Windows often places the bootloader on a different storage device when multiple drives are used, particularly if another drive already runs Windows (perhaps because the 250 GB SATA drive was previously your operating system drive and left installed during an upgrade). I believe the SATA SSD actually contains your boot partition. You might want to check the partitions in Linux—look for a small system partition, likely a 100-300 MB FAT32 file at the start of the disk. If this partition resides on your SATA drive, Windows may have installed it incorrectly. On an NVMe drive, another issue could be present. Consider reinstalling the SATA drive and choosing it as your boot device. If the computer starts up, that supports my idea. If correct, there may not be a straightforward fix. The easiest option seems to be moving all necessary data to Linux, reinstalling Windows without connected drives, and then restoring your files on the fresh install. Creating a new boot partition from scratch might be possible, though I’m unsure of the steps and would need guidance on resizing partitions without being able to boot.
Yes, but I assumed it was cleared with Windows Disk-Manager after the upgrade a couple of years back. 555MB - 8.3MB available 2.4MB free space Partition Type: 0x27 Well, thanks a lot, I’m planning to reinstall Windows this evening... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯