Windows 10: Replacing HDD with SSD. USB boot drive not appear in BIOS.

HelloI'm trying to replace a defective HDD in Windows 10 computer with a SSD. The bootable USB I downloaded with the media creation tool does not appear in the BIOS boot menu. With it not being there I can't set the boot to it. The SSD appears but not the USB drive. Can anyone help?Thanksruko

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Automatic repair while booting from hdd and installing windows on ssd.

1. Migrated windows from hdd to ssd
   
2. Formatted hdd
   
3. Prioritised boot from ssd in bios
   
4. Turned on the pc
   
5. Automatic repair
   

To deal with this I select boot from a device > then EFI USB device > it says no bootable USB detected, select from these drives > there are few options including the newly installed ssd > I select ssd > then it shows disk checking, press any key to stop > I stop it > windows then boots from ssd.

It very difficult to repeat all this everytime I turn on my pc. Please suggest a fix.

 

HDD not appearing in BIOS when SSD is connected

The first question is, will the computer boot from the SSD with the HDD disconnected. If the answer to that is yes, then what you will need to do is:
Reconnect the hard drive
Boot from a Windows 10 installation USB flash drive (or DVD)
At the very first Windows setup screen, press Shift+F10 to open a command prompt
Run:
Code:

Then remove the USB flash drive and reboot the computer and you should be good to go. If your new Data drive does not show up in file explorer, then you may have to assign it a drive letter in disk management.

The next step would be to copy your data back to the HDD, and then after that just delete the extra partition on the SSD and resize the Windows partition.

If you need me to, I can create a VM on my computer with two drives and show you the command line steps as they would really look.

 

Cannot boot from SSD, get sent back to BIOS

I have recently got a new SSD for my desktop and wanted to do a fresh install of windows and replace my current HDD, giving me a fresh slate. I go through the standard windows installation with a USB, and unplug the USB after windows has been installed onto
the SSD, the computer will then restart and I get put back into the BIOS. My issue is that once i do this, every-time, no matter what I do when i try to boot to the SSD I get sent back to the BIOS, here is a list of what I've tried:

• Changing boot order
• unplugging every other SATA cable except for the one connected to the SSD
• plugging the SSD SATA cable into the lowest number SATA port on my motherboard
• Plugging in the SSD SATA cable into the port used by my disk drive
• Enabling and disabling safe boot in the BIOS
• enabling and disabling CSM in the BIOS
• Setting the boot CSM to "UEFI only" (does not recognize the SSD anymore)
• Installing windows from the USB with the SSD being the only drive attached
• using the same SATA port as my unplugged HDD for my SSD

When in the BIOS the SSD is the only possible boot device recognized by the motherboard, the BIOS does recognize the SSD as a bootable drive. I've checked the SSD when booting from my HDD and all the necessary windows files seem to be there. When attempting
to boot i get a black screen with a single flashing white line in the top left, then it proceeds into the BIOS.

I have no idea what's wrong and I have found nothing that can fix it. if it's necessary here is my hardware:

ASUS Z97-A

Intel I5-4670K

NVIDIA GeForce 1070

8 GB RAM

A sound card (if that's relevant)

Storage:

HDD: Seagate 1TB

SSD: WD 1TB SSD "3D NAND" (New Drive)