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[オナニー]

so I installed a new sata ssd in place of the original hdd. this new sata ssd is blank.

however, i do have a separate windows 11 install on an m2 nvme ssd.

after installing new sata ssd, the computer does not detect any boot drive despite my nvme still plugged in. the only way I can make it boot is plugging in old hdd through usb

additionally, in bios, it says my os boot manager is my old hdd

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to recap, I have two storage slots. one sata, one nvme m2. I installed a separate windows 11 on that nvme different from my old win10 hdd.

that win10 hdd is now outside the system and in its place is a blank sata ssd but this thing wont boot unless i plug the old win10 hdd by usb despite my windows 11 being on the m2 nvme. I am befuddled

[_I_]

boot partiton is not on the correct drive

create a usb stick with os setup on it, and use that with the other drive unplugged

[オナニー]

Oprindeligt skrevet af _I_:

boot partiton is not on the correct drive

create a usb stick with os setup on it, and use that with the other drive unplugged

can you elaborate? All I had intended to do today was clone win11 from my nvme to the new ssd

[_I_]

windows boot drive has several partitions, not just the one you see

a clone tool can copy all of them to the new drive

or use the ms creation tool to make a usb bootable drive to do a fresh install win10

[オナニー]

Oprindeligt skrevet af _I_:

windows boot drive has several partitions, not just the one you see

a clone tool can copy all of them to the new drive

or use the ms creation tool to make a usb bootable drive to do a fresh install win10

would it be possible to partition my nvme, clone those boot partitions to that partition in the nvme and be up and running. cus having to reinstall windows and all my settings is a miserable experience

[オナニー]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh 5.5L V8:

Oprindeligt skrevet af _I_:

windows boot drive has several partitions, not just the one you see

a clone tool can copy all of them to the new drive

or use the ms creation tool to make a usb bootable drive to do a fresh install win10

would it be possible to partition my nvme, clone those boot partitions to that partition in the nvme and be up and running. cus having to reinstall windows and all my settings is a miserable experience

i tried the partition n clone thing on the efi partition only. seems to work
edit nvm it worked for one reboot and no longer

[DonMcK]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh 5.5L V8:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh 5.5L V8:

would it be possible to partition my nvme, clone those boot partitions to that partition in the nvme and be up and running. cus having to reinstall windows and all my settings is a miserable experience

i tried the partition n clone thing on the efi partition only. seems to work
edit nvm it worked for one reboot and no longer

Have you tried selecting a boot drive during start up?

After turning on hit F12, if the NVME is in the list try selecting it?

[オナニー]

Oprindeligt skrevet af DonMcK:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh 5.5L V8:

i tried the partition n clone thing on the efi partition only. seems to work
edit nvm it worked for one reboot and no longer

Have you tried selecting a boot drive during start up?

After turning on hit F12, if the NVME is in the list try selecting it?

No I cant boot from my nvme without the original boot hdd attached. Currently running a sata to usb adapter on my boot drive that is now outside, changed the boot order to usb hard drive, only then i can load my nvme win11

from the research i brifly did, seems like if i just install windows with some other drive still attached, it will configure those two drives together and if that original drive is missing it just wont boot. this is a dumb feature.

[オナニー]

Oprindeligt skrevet af smallcat:

Is Boot priority in BIOS OK ? Should be able to change it in EUFI settings . Might reset BIOS completely by removing the CMOS battery for a short time .

I cant change my os boot manager, that is one my hdd (it only detects this as it has the efi partition) so moving this up or down the list isnt working. bios reset also doestt do anything

[emoticorpse]

In the past, I'd use /fixboot /fixmbr commands in like the command prompt to fix drives like this.

I'm not sure how outdated this info is though since this was in the days with Windows 7 and probably even earlier. I'd still look into it if you really didn't want to format.

Just googled it and it might be possible with something like this https://pureinfotech.com/repair-master-boot-record-mbr-windows-10/

[オナニー]

Oprindeligt skrevet af emoticorpse:

In the past, I'd use /fixboot /fixmbr commands in like the command prompt to fix drives like this.

I'm not sure how outdated this info is though since this was in the days with Windows 7 and probably even earlier. I'd still look into it if you really didn't want to format.

Just googled it and it might be possible with something like this https://pureinfotech.com/repair-master-boot-record-mbr-windows-10/

looks promising. will this overwrite my data though

[emoticorpse]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh 5.5L V8:

Oprindeligt skrevet af emoticorpse:

In the past, I'd use /fixboot /fixmbr commands in like the command prompt to fix drives like this.

I'm not sure how outdated this info is though since this was in the days with Windows 7 and probably even earlier. I'd still look into it if you really didn't want to format.

Just googled it and it might be possible with something like this https://pureinfotech.com/repair-master-boot-record-mbr-windows-10/

looks promising. will this overwrite my data though

No, it only like messes with the mbr data and the stuff Windows uses to boot. It doesn't do anything else. Just don't mess with any other commands like format or something.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Boot back into the OS that works, then clone again.
Ensure that do an "entire disk clone" and not only copying a certain partition; as WinOS will have multiple partitions that are needed along with the Boot/MBR which will never get copied if you do not use the "entire disk" clone method.

[オナニー]

Oprindeligt skrevet af emoticorpse:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh 5.5L V8:

looks promising. will this overwrite my data though

No, it only like messes with the mbr data and the stuff Windows uses to boot. It doesn't do anything else. Just don't mess with any other commands like format or something.

update, didnt seem to fix anything. seems its time to press the big red button

[Bad 💀 Motha]

What did you do exactly?

If the Clone Drive is not booting properly, again... boot back into the working OS Drive and do the entire drive clone again.

What clone app software are you using?