Windows 10: Added SSD for OS only but PC still trying to boot from old HDD

Discus and support Added SSD for OS only but PC still trying to boot from old HDD in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Hey, So I've recently bought an SSD Drive soley for the purpose of running Windows. The original Hard Drive was a 2TB Samsung drive that I have... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by Cloud106, Feb 23, 2016.

  1. Cloud106 Win User

    Added SSD for OS only but PC still trying to boot from old HDD


    Hey,

    So I've recently bought an SSD Drive soley for the purpose of running Windows. The original Hard Drive was a 2TB Samsung drive that I have since formatted and using for Storage only. Installed Windows 10 on the SSD and the machine is working great, boots up in aound 10 seconds from turning the machine on.

    Now heres my issue. For some reason if i turn my PC on and do nothing it will show the message no operating system found press ctrl, alt + del to restart. This is because its still looking to my original 2TB Drive to boot up. So basically I have to tap F something everytime i turn my machine on and select the SSD from the list.

    Here is where things get weird. I have gone into the bios and have the choice of what the machine boots up with, so again i can select my SSD. The problem is the section where I can set the boot order default is only showing my 2TB Hard drive and the Blu-Ray drive, the SSD doesnt appear in that list. So it appears in one time boot options but not in the boot priority list so I cant set it as the default Drive.

    Can anyone think as to why this could be?

    Any help would be much appreciated.

    :)
     
    Cloud106, Feb 23, 2016
    #1
  2. Jivames Win User

    How do I set my new SSD as the only Boot/System drive?

    I recently did the free upgrade and installed Windows 10 to a new SSD.

    I then erroneously removed the old HDD which had Windows 7 on it.

    I received an "unable to boot windows" error message upon start up.

    So put the old HDD back in, hit F8, and was able to boot from the old HDD as normal.

    I would like to remove this old HDD and have Windows only boot from the SSD, how would I do that?

    Also this old drive is an IDE drive from the early 2000's and I don't want to have it in my system anymore.

    Edit: I'm still getting the Windows cannot boot message each time I boot up and have to keep hitting F8 now to boot up. - Nevermind, fixed that; forgot to set the boot order back to the old drive in the Bios. Still want to get rid of this old drive, though
    and only boot from the SSD.
     
    Jivames, Feb 23, 2016
    #2
  3. Automatic System Repair.

    Hello,

    I am trying to install the Samsung 960Evo SSD on my laptop for that i followed following steps:

    1. Mount SSd.

    2. Clone OS from hdd hdd to ssd using samsung migration software.

    3.At this point i have os on both disks.

    4. Now i unplugged hdd from laptop motherboard.

    5. Then i boot the laptop. So it automatically booted from ssd.

    6.now i plugged again in hdd and then try to boot it but it booted from hdd itself automatically.

    7. After that i chose booting option by ssd and then i format my hdd.

    8. But this time pc didnt boot from ssd but trying to boot from hdd. But that disk is empty.

    So it displayed this everytime i try to boot it displayes"Automatic System Repair".

    Ive tried some Youtube videos tricks like entering commands in command prompt. The aim was to make ssd a bootable drive and but the command prompt shows some files are missing to ssd a bootable drive.

    Please help.

    Tell me what should i do.
     
    ManishSaini2, Feb 23, 2016
    #3
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