New NVMe - old SSD image, unable to boot...

slipd

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Hi guys,

As above. I'm guessing I need to tweak something in the bios? I've got a known working Macrium SSD image that restored fine to the new NVMe and I can see the NVMe and Windows boot manager in the bios, but I just can't boot from the new drive! I get the loading icon but then a BSOD - inaccessible boot device. I've tried booting from the drive and the Windows boot manager from the bios...

I was advised to disable CSM in the bios but that hasn't made any difference. Any thoughts?

Thanks.
 
Make sure original drive is disconnected, and boot back into the Macrium Rescue Media, run the Redeploy tool on the new disk/partition with Windows on it, should fix your problem.
 
Thanks @Journey - I thought I'd tried everything... that Macrium feature you suggestion is a paid feature unfortunately, and I only have the free. I tried installing Windows 10 fresh and that was fine; booted okay etc. Then I put the same image back on it and it booted :cool:

In the bios I have the Windows Boot Manager as the first and only boot option - ideally I'd like my optical drive to boot first but as soon as I select that option and the Boot Manager as the 2nd option, Windows fails to boot.

I think I'm 99% there. I had none of these issues with mechanicals/SSDs :p
 
Everything is working as it should now but if I want to boot Windows from the nvme (Windows Boot Manager), then nothing else can be selected. As soon as I select my optical drive as 1st, the nvme as 2nd, I'm unable to boot - even if there is no media in the optical drive :rolleyes:

The optical drive boots fine on its own and I was able to install a fresh Windows install/run a live CD with the nvme selected without any problem - all makes me think its a bios setting...
 
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