SSD issue

fastwunz · 11 Jan 2019 at 13:36

Hi guys I recently installed another SSD drive.
Since putting it into my system the system will not boot and comes up with the windows boot manager error claiming that the boot selection failed because The required device is inaccessible and wants me to install windows again!

As things stand Windows 10 is currently installed on a 120 GB SSD.
I also have a SATA HD installed although it’s blank.

Upon disconnecting the SATA drive, plugging in the new SSD I get the above error.

Now this is weird because windows isn’t on the SATA drive - it’s on the SSD.

Someone said the boot files may be spread across the SATA drive so I copied them to the SSD but still it wont work.

Any ideas?

maklabouhlel · 11 Jan 2019 at 15:01

Try loading setup defaults in bios. The ssd is also a sata drive unless it's M.2.

lee32uk · 11 Jan 2019 at 15:03

maklabouhlel said:
Try loading setup defaults in bios. The ssd is also a sata drive unless it's M.2.

An M.2 SSD can also be SATA.

fastwunz · 11 Jan 2019 at 15:23

lee32uk said:
An M.2 SSD can also be SATA.

Sorry guys could you be a bit clearer as to what you are suggesting?

And perhaps give me some steps to take

maklabouhlel · 11 Jan 2019 at 15:35

fastwunz said:
Upon disconnecting the SATA drive, plugging in the new SSD I get the above error.

Now this is weird because windows isn’t on the SATA drive - it’s on the SSD.

Just saying the ssd could also be a SATA drive.

So now you have 2 ssd's and a HD?

What happens when you disconnect the new ssd and load setup defaults in bios?

It looks like the boot device has been changed so try loading setup defaults in bios.

lee32uk · 11 Jan 2019 at 16:01

fastwunz said:
Sorry guys could you be a bit clearer as to what you are suggesting?

And perhaps give me some steps to take

As mentioned above it might be changing the boot device to the new SSD. Try going into the bios when the pc boots up and make sure that the 120GB SSD is still the primary boot device.

freddie64 · 11 Jan 2019 at 16:20

If you installed Windows with both the SSD and HDD connected, the boot files must have been spread to the HDD.
Moving the files is not enough, you will either have to repair the MBR or reinstall Windows. (with just the Windows SSD connected)

Guide for fixing MBR. https://neosmart.net/wiki/fix-mbr/#Fix_the_MBR_in_Windows_10

fastwunz · 11 Jan 2019 at 17:57

Got it working - had to force a format of the drive in device manager and utilise NTFS before I could assign a drive letter

maklabouhlel · 11 Jan 2019 at 18:02

fastwunz said:
Got it working - had to force a format of the drive in device manager and utilise NTFS before I could assign a drive letter

Glad you got it sorted.

fastwunz · 12 Jan 2019 at 16:49

maklabouhlel said:
Glad you got it sorted.

Strangely I also had to disconnect my CD drive entirely / to be fair I’ve not used it in years but it’s odd that it caused such a conflict.

Only problem that I have now is that my CPU is only showing a maximum overclock to 3.9 GHz when every setting in the bios is set to 4.7 - it’s a 2700k and up until I installed this SSD with associated shut downs and bios resets, it all worked fine.

CPU-z reports it as multiplier x39 which it isn’t set to in the bios. It’s set to 47. Ram at 1600mhz and the turbo feature off - along with all thermal throttling. Max temp it’s hitting under load osbjust 46 degrees so it’s not throttling at all - im baffled.

I’ve taken the advice of many others on tomshardware and disconnected the cmos battery and am leaving it for several hours to force it all back to a stock state and will start again.

Any tips would be very welcome

fastwunz · 12 Jan 2019 at 16:50

fastwunz said:
Strangely I also had to disconnect my CD drive entirely / to be fair I’ve not used it in years but it’s odd that it caused such a conflict.

Only problem that I have now is that my CPU is only showing a maximum overclock to 3.9 GHz when every setting in the bios is set to 4.7 - it’s a 2700k and up until I installed this SSD with associated shut downs and bios resets, it all worked fine.

CPU-z reports it as multiplier x39 which it isn’t set to in the bios. It’s set to 47. Ram at 1600mhz and the turbo feature off - along with all thermal throttling. Max temp it’s hitting under load just 56 degrees so it’s not throttling at all - im baffled.

I’ve taken the advice of many others on tomshardware and disconnected the cmos battery and am leaving it for several hours to force it all back to a stock state and will start again.

Any tips would be very welcome