Windows 10: Windows 10 fresh install onto new SSD, selected drive doesn't appear upon restart

Discus and support Windows 10 fresh install onto new SSD, selected drive doesn't appear upon restart in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; I bought an M.2 NVME drive to use as a boot drive, I created a bootable USB and booted through that. I began the set-up process and selected the new... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by SamEngland, Jul 1, 2019.

  1. Windows 10 fresh install onto new SSD, selected drive doesn't appear upon restart


    I bought an M.2 NVME drive to use as a boot drive, I created a bootable USB and booted through that. I began the set-up process and selected the new drive to install to. Once the initial install had completed and the system had restarted the drive I selected for the install doesn't appear in the boot menu. The only options it gives to boot from are the USB and "Built-in EFI Shell". I changed the boot mood select to UEFI from Legacy+UEFI as the motherboard manual stated it didn't support legacy mode with the M.2 port. The SSD I previously had windows installed on is now having the same error.


    Drive: Sabrent Rocket PCIe M.2 2280 SSD

    Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI

    :)
     
    SamEngland, Jul 1, 2019
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    I have this Dell N4010 Laptop that I want to upgrade with an SSD and use the existing HDD as Data drive. I have an original windows of digital license.

    Please suggest how I can install a fresh copy of the windows in my new SSD with the existing license. And please suggest how to activate the new installation of Windows.
     
    Fahim.Anwar, Jul 1, 2019
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    Delta6326, Jul 1, 2019
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  4. Windows 10 fresh install onto new SSD, selected drive doesn't appear upon restart

    Windows 10 fresh install on new SSD

    Hello Guys, I have a little problem with this automatic activation thing after adding a new SSD card to My Desktop, on which I installed a fresh version of Windows 10 . So I do have a couple of questions. But before going to the questions I wanted to phrase
    step by step what I did, so you have a good feel of what is going on here.

    The first thing to know is that before the lunch of Windows 10 I had a laptop and a desktop running windows 7. and as soon as Windows 10 came out I upgraded both of them with no problems. After the upgrade were successful I decided to install a fresh version
    of Windows 10 on each, which worked flawlessly with no issues on activation. I'm logged in both of my devices with the same Microsoft account.

    Then I decided to upgrade my laptop with a new SSD Drive, on which I installed a fresh version of Windows 10 and had no problems.

    After that I decided to do the same for my desktop, and I upgraded it with a new SSD drive, which I just added, I didn't remove any of my old drives. I decided to install a fresh version of Windows 10 on that SSD . I was happily using my desktop when I saw
    a message on the down right corner of my display saying That I needed to activate Windows. So I opened to activation window found in Settings and I saw a heart breaking message in red letters saying "We can't activate Windows 10 on this device because you
    don't have a valid digital license or product key. Go to the Store to buy genuine Windows. Error Code: 0x803f7001"

    I went through the "Troubleshoot" screen which seamed to be looking for Activation problems, but I came with the same kind of message saying that the only way to activate windows is by going to the store and purchase the software.

    Below that screen I saw a link saying "I change hardware on this device recently", I though this is going to solve my problem! But I got the same kind of massage, no possible to activate Windows. I saw the link See
    other devices linked to your Microsoft account
    and I click on that and I can only see my laptop listed. So I decided to try and see if I can logging my Microsoft account on a browser, Which I kind of knew was there but I had never logged in for any reason,
    so I didn't know what to expect. and There I found not two, but three devices listed! One of them my laptop, and two desktops with different names, but the same Mother Board model. I checked and confirmed that one of them was in fact the one whit the SSD card
    that I was using and having problems with, so I decided to boot with the old hard drive and see the computer name, and in fact is the other one listed.

    I know for sure that the Windows 10 on the old hard drive is activated, because I always kept it updated and had not a single sing that wasn't.

    My questions are:

    Do I have to wait longer to get it activate?

    Why on the windows settings I see only my laptop listed (this is on the desktop settings) and not the other two devices that are listed in my Microsoft account?

    Please help me guys! I got couple of more computers from family that I maintain and I order a couple of SSD for upgrading them too. I don't want to have any issues with those.

    Thanks : )
     
    JuanDechia, Jul 1, 2019
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