Windows 10: SSD locked, Operating System not found. Help!

Discus and support SSD locked, Operating System not found. Help! in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Hello, So my desktop was running fine on a western digital 1TB hard drive. Windows 10. I had just bought the computer and wanted to put in a ssd and... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by lukesussex, Jun 13, 2016.

  1. SSD locked, Operating System not found. Help!


    Hello,
    So my desktop was running fine on a western digital 1TB hard drive. Windows 10. I had just bought the computer and wanted to put in a ssd and move the OS from the hdd to the ssd.

    First I reset windows 10 using the option in recovery just to wipe all files and reinstall the OS. After than I installed onto the hdd a copy of Acronis which came with my ssd. This has the clone disk tool which I used to clone the hdd to put on the ssd. I then installed the ssd, a Crucial MX200 250 GB. I booted back to windows on the hdd, ran acronis, cloned the os to the ssd. All was successful I think. I then changed the order in the bios to boot first from the ssd. It booted fine, ssd working well, so I then formatted the hdd to get rid of all the windows files. I then decided to reset this pc using the option in settings (like I had done earlier before I cloned the hdd). This would not complete. So I shut it down.
    The next day I come to turn on the PC and I am greeted with “An operating system wasn’t found. Try disconnecting drives that don’t contain an operating system. Press ctrl + alt + del to restart.” So I disconnected the HDD, but the message still came up.

    I also had previously downloaded windows 10 to a USB incase I needed to reinstall, so I booted to that. When that loaded there was an option to troubleshoot, and in there an option to reset this pc, (reinstall windows). I tried to select this option but it says: “The drive where windows is installed is locked. Unlock the drive and try again”

    Does this mean my ssd is locked? It was working fine the day before. How do you unlock a ssd?

    Kind Regards,
    Luke

    :)
     
    lukesussex, Jun 13, 2016
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  2. An operating system wasn't found!HELP!

    Windows 10 would not load and eventually took me through the diagnosis, fix options and now looks like it's crashed to "an operating system wasn't found". If I hold the ctrl+alt+del to restart it takes me to Aptio Setup Utility. No idea what to do with
    this. I downloaded all the advised things on USB but cannot/do not know how to reboot it. Spent hours on this and don't know where to go.
     
    Tisha Holland, Jun 13, 2016
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  3. An operating system wasn't found!HELP!

    lo

    My fn key wasn't working and I tried to update the drive for the keyboard and nothing. I really have no knowledge of windows I have used mac my whole life but I changed to windows because there was some programs for my photography that I needed and when
    I am free I occasionally like to play games but anyways my friend who has used windows more than me factory restarted my laptop and In the middle of the reset the laptop died. He turned it on again and it says "An operating system wasn't found try disconnecting
    any drives that don't contain an operating system." I have no idea what to do and my friend doesn't either. Please someone help me ASAP I need to work on my photo for a shoot and both of my other macs are broken so

    (Keep in mind I don't have any Windows CD and I have an asus g73jh) I has windows 7 and 10 installed before this happened
     
    Richard Aguirre, Jun 13, 2016
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    SSD locked, Operating System not found. Help!

    NavyLCDR, Jun 13, 2016
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  5. Whatphoeb Win User
    Press "Advanced Options" to try other options to repair your PC or "Shut Down" to turn off your PC.
     
    Whatphoeb, Apr 5, 2018
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