Windows 10: Windows 11 upgrade did not complete and SSD is no longer recognized by Windows Boot Manager

Hi CommunityI finally put off delaying Windows 11 and accepted the upgrade. The PC rebooted several times as part of the upgrade and it got to about 22% when I went to bed.When I checked the PC in the morning, instead of seeing Windows 11, I saw a black screen stating. "Reboot and Select proper Boot Device or Insert Boot Media in selected device and press any key."Whilst it could be an SSD failure I doubt it.When I boot up from a USB it recognizes I had started an upgrade."It looks as though you started an upgrade and booted from installation media. If you want to continue with the upgrade,

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Windows not recognizing ssd

Windows won't see the drive until it has been partitioned and formatted. Go into "Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management" and see if it's listed in the middle pane.

 

Windows boot manager doesn't recognize AHCI/SATA SSD

Hi,

I guess that I misunderstood your issue...

I don't know that Windows Boot Manager works with Legacy Bios... maybe if dual booting two Windows OSs...

That is primarily used with UEFI Bios, at least to the extent of my knowledge...

The problem could actually be the SSD... A lot of SSDs will not even boot\function in IDE Mode... One or two of my 8-10 SSDs will function\boot in IDE Mode. All the rest require AHCI...

It may be that windows needs to be installed on the SSD while it is set for AHCI for that to work...

I should mention that if the machine is set to UEFI Bios the Boot Drive will not be recognized as a "Boot Device" in the boot order... The Boot Device will be Windows Boot Manager...

Another suggestion if you are interested... You mention that this may be a inherent problem with the Bios... You might do some searching concerning your problem...

It is possible that some 3rd party has tips\instructions as how to modify your actual Bios... Adding info that would overcome your problem that is\was extracted from the Bios of a machine that has what you need...

A example I encountered... I also have a older machine in which I wanted to try a NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD... The drive was recognized after installing drivers from the device's manufacturer, but was not recognized by the Bios as a Boot Drive, whether legacy or
UEFI Bios...

I happened across a forum that focuses on Bios type stuff and found instructions on how to edit my Bios file, where to find the stuff that needed added, and how\where to enter the line in the actual Bios file so that the motherboard would recognize it..

Here is a link to the forum page pertaining to my issue... You can probably do a search for your motherboard or Bios Version issue there...

[HowTo] Get full NVMe support for all Systems with an AMI UEFI BIOS

I am now able to boot from this device.... 2200mb\s read speed !!!

 

Portable Devices no longer shows in Device Manager after upgrading to Windows 11

After upgrading to Windows 11, I no longer see Portable Devices when I open Device Manager. When I connect a portable storage device via USB -- or, for example, a Kindle -- Windows no longer recognizes that a device as been attached. Is this a known issue? And is there a fix?