Windows 10: SSD does not boot with Windows 10 after motherboard replacement

Hello everyone. Recently I had to replace the motherboard of my computer and since then, my SSD has stopped working as I wanted. Although it is recognized in the BIOS, I cannot boot Windows from it. There is always some error when starting Windows and I need to start the automatic repair or reinstall it. I have already repaired Windows several times and also tried to reinstall it on the SSD, but without success. This only happens with Windows, I have already booted Ubuntu from the SSD and it worked normally. Can anyone help me? I don't want to have to replace my SSD or motherboard

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Motherboard and SSD Replacement: Need Backup Advice

As I understood, a Dell technician will go to your house and replace the MB and the SSD.

You must have to do some homework before he arrives.
- Make a Disk image of both drives (SSD and HDD) and save it to an external drive.
- As they will take the old SSD and MB, I suggest you wipe the SSD (it has many user data on it) before he arrive as it can take some hours to clean all clusters.

To wipe the SSD:
- Disconnect the HDD from the MB.
- Boot from a Windows installation media (USB, DVD, etc.) When the Windows setup wizard shows up, simultaneously press the Shift + F10 keys on your keyboard. It will open a CMD window. Type:

diskpart
list disk (it will list all drives. Identify the SSD drive number)
select disk n (replace n by the SSD drive number obtained with list disk)
clean all
exit (to exit diskpart)

 

windows 10 slow boot

I was having a slow boot issue on my Windows 7 install a little while back. It would take about 30 - 40 extra seconds to boot up for whatever reason.

I would try following these steps, while this didn't solve my issue, it did increase Read/Write to where it should be.

10 Tips for SSD Optimization in Windows 7 - Part 1

Looks to be similar to this: https://www.back2gaming.com/focus-story/ssd-optimization-for-windows-10-windows-8-and-8-1/


In the end, I had to reinstall my Windows 7 entirely to fix the booting issue. It was taking around 35 seconds to boot, and after the fresh install it takes about 7 seconds to boot.

 

Windows 10 Does not detect SSD

Hi

This depends on model to model of the motherboard. Typically you restart your device and press del (or sometimes a different key like F1, etc.) to go into it. This lists all the settings for the motherboard.

Inside the BIOS there is typically one which lists your drives and the boot order. We need to check if the disk is listed in there. If it’s not then I’d suggest firstly checking and replacing the cables, moving to a different SATA port if possible. After that
it may be the SSD is faulty.

Kind regards,

Carl.