Windows 10: Can't install windows on GPT drive problem. (SSD SATA and NVMe)

Hi,

I just recently bought PC parts and upgraded my PC. From my current i7-4770k to a Ryzen 5 3600. At first installation was ok, installed it no problem. Installation was conducted with a USB boot drive (Installed Win 10 Enterprise). I installed it on the NVMe drive with my institutional account. Formatted my old SSD SATA drive as I cannot remove all the previous partions created when it had windows. Then remembered that I need to change it to a local account so that if anything goes wrong, the I only surrender the local password to the IT technician and not my entire online work account. I don't remember what kind of formatting I did, but safe to say that I can no longer install windows of both drives. I followed this guide (and did the steps c-g then exit), but did not work when I tried to install windows. Now what are my options of reformatting the drive so that I can install windows?

I think I have an external SATA dock which I can use to take the HD out and mount it there and mount it to a laptop if it is easier to format it back

TL : DR
1. installed windows on new NVMe. Current Sata still has the Windows and actually booted without me doing anything.
2. forgot to use local account password and decided to reinstall
3. formatted the SSD and then the NVMe
4. Can no longer install windows on the NVMe/SATA.
5. BIOS still detects it though.

New setup:
Ryzen 5 3600
Gigabyte Aorus B550m Pro
32GB Ram
1 TB Crucial NVMe
1 TB Crucial M500 Sata SSD
4 TB WD Blue (not touching it as it has local backup)
MSI GTX770

:)

 

Are installed Windows interchangeable between SATA, USB, and NVMe?

Hi nobody-important,

only corporate Enterprise edition allows to use Windows To Go to run it from USB drive (HDD, SSD, or flash). It is unavailable for home users.

NVMe requires UEFI boot and NVMe support (driver in UEFI boot system).

If Windows is installed on SATA drive it can be cloned from HDD to SSD and vice a versa with no trouble.

Transfer from SATA drive to NVMe drive cannot be done by standard ways but there may third-party programs exist allowing this.

 

Windows 10 installer don't detect NVMe drive

I have 2 drives:

• disk1 (SATA SSD, with Ubuntu 16.04)
  • partition1 (sda1: flag /boot)
  • partition2 (sda2: flag /home, encrypted by LUKS)
• disk2 (NVMe SSD)

So, the goal is to install Windows 10 on disk2 and boot it from GRUB (which is on sda1).

What is the problem ?

In disk-choose step, disk2 is missing. However Ubuntu 14.04 installer "see" this disk, so I assume that is software issue, rather than my hardware.

What I tried to solve this problem ?

• loaded Samsung NVMe drivers from this thread
• patched Windows image using DISM tool by adding 2 updates. I followed this guide
• tried to run Windows 10 installed on USB stick to install it

All of them failed.

Please help me to solve this issue.

 

Are installed Windows interchangeable between SATA, USB, and NVMe?

Windows can be installed via SATA on HDD or SSD, via USB on HDD, SSD, or USB flash drive, or via NVMe on SSD. But are these installations interchangeable? For example, can Windows be installed via SATA and then used via USB? Activation might be the hiccup.

I'm asking about Windows 10, but I would like to know the answer for 7 and 8.1. Assume the installation involves a valid activation code.