Windows 10: Win10 ToGo on external mSATA not boot after enclosure change

Hello tenforums People!

Have been using Win10 ToGo on an external USB mSATA drive for a while without any problems.
Now I decided to put the mSATA drive in a new external USB mSATA housing since then it does not boot.
In the beginning it did boot on 3rd or 4th attempt but since the it just stops without any error message.

As I am using an MS SP4 the Surface Logo appears, sometimes the dots rotate, sometimes the don't even appear after like 30-60secs the activity LED on the drive housing stays constanly on and nothing at all happes, just showing the Surface text.

Tried putting it back in the old enclosure and it works just fine.
The drive in the new housing -in which it does not boot- works however flawlessly on a running system, now checkdisk errors.

What is interesting in the first few attempts it did occasionally boot, lets say 2 times in 10, but now nothing.

Any advice?

Bitlock and TPM are switched of.

:)

 

VisionTek Releases mSATA SSD Enclosure

VisionTek Products LLC, (VisionTek), a leading manufacturer of award-winning, high-performance upgrades and accessories for PC and Apple Macintosh computers, today announced the immediately availability of the VisionTek mSATA mini Enclosure. The USB 3.0 bus-powered enclosure is a Plug and Play solution for re-tasking an existing mSATA Solid State Drive after upgrading the SSD in an ultra-slim notebook or for adding a new mSATA SSD to create a high-performance ultra-portable external drive.

The Pocket-Sized Portable Storage Powerhouse
Sized smaller than a business card and weighing 0.30 ounces empty, the mSATA mini Enclosure features the SuperSpeed USB 3.0/2.0 interface to offer data rates up to 600 MB/s and a bus-powered design so an AC adapter is not required. To complement its performance and portability attributes, the mSATA mini's sleek, scratch-resistant aluminum housing provides rugged durability to safeguard a drive's data and comes complete with everything needed to start using and sharing HD movies, music, photos, and important documents wherever desired.









Three Step Easy Set-Up for Plug and Play Use with PCs and Macs
The mSATA mini Enclosure offers a hassle-free driverless solution to creating a hot-swappable portable drive that works immediately with Windows XP and higher PCs, Macs running OS X 10.4 and higher, and Linux systems:

• Unscrew the mSATA mini enclosure with the included mini screwdriver.
• Insert a SATA I/II/III mSATA SSD.
• Reassemble the enclosure and connect to a PC or Mac via the included USB 3.0 cable.

The mSATA mini Enclosure, priced at $29.99 MSRP and backed by a three-year warranty, is available immediately from VisionTek, and will soon be available from select e-tailers such as Newegg, Tiger Direct, and Dell; as well as national distributors such as Ingram Micro and D&H. As a complete one-stop shop for ultra-slim notebook upgrades, VisionTek also offers award-winning mSATA SSDs up to 480 GB in capacity priced starting from $74.99.

 

Need some advice on an mSATA SSD swap


@EdTittel, You are welcome.
Since you did not have the USB interface for mSata. You can make a backup copy of the 500GB to a regular external USB HD then:

1. Replace the 500GB with the 250GB.
2. Boot up Macrium rescue disk, select the image to restore and 250GB as destination
3. Do steps 3-8 above

 

External enclosure

Need some suggestions on an external enclosure. Getting it for my dad, so I need something reliable that is not going to break or have some part of it stop working after a while.

Been looking at this Thermaltake unit. Would like to keep it no more then ~$40. Would go with some of the Rosewill enclosures, but from reading the reviews the reliability shows in the price.

Need something with at least eSATA as he doesn't have a computer with USB 3.0 at all.

Thanks in advance.