https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:42:36 +0000 Fri, 04 Aug 2023 02:22:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=26230 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26230&PID=106851&title=m-2-ssd-not-booting-up#106851 Author: M440
Subject: 26230
Posted: 04 Aug 2023 at 2:22am

cloning is not enough (that is provided you did a perfect disk copy including the disk EFI partition) the UEFI bios need to know where is efi boot file to make it a Boot entry.

Colloquially you can say that UEFI bios does not boot a drive, but EFI files on the drives.

You have to do this manually using bcdedit or try the startup repair from the windows installation media.

try doing this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4awsXR8STUo

I would remove the original disk you made the clone of, because this might confuse the process.

]]> Fri, 04 Aug 2023 02:22:08 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26230&PID=106851&title=m-2-ssd-not-booting-up#106851 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26230&PID=106836&title=m-2-ssd-not-booting-up#106836 Author: Alex R
Subject: 26230
Posted: 02 Aug 2023 at 8:40pm

Thanks for answering M440

I am not an expert and don't know how to find out about the bcdedit/enum.

What I can say is that the SSD is found on the boot menu.

However, the SSD is connected to the M.2_1 (PCIe) slot.

Should I connect it to the M.2.2 (SATA) slot where the C drive is connected (SATA3_3) and disconnect the old drive? Would that work? ]]> Wed, 02 Aug 2023 20:40:38 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26230&PID=106836&title=m-2-ssd-not-booting-up#106836 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26230&PID=106833&title=m-2-ssd-not-booting-up#106833 Author: M440
Subject: 26230
Posted: 02 Aug 2023 at 3:07pm

what efibootmgr displays for new device and what for the original one?

for windows it might been "bcdedit /enum firmware" or something]]> Wed, 02 Aug 2023 15:07:11 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26230&PID=106833&title=m-2-ssd-not-booting-up#106833 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26230&PID=106815&title=m-2-ssd-not-booting-up#106815 Author: Alex R
Subject: 26230
Posted: 31 Jul 2023 at 6:48pm

I cloned Windows 10 C drive from a SATA SSD drive and put it into the M.2_1 slot. It appears in the storage configuration and bootable options. I enabled it as #1 choice.
The M.2 drive appears on the computer and can be used but the computer does not boot up from it. I disconnect the old C drive SATA SSd and on start up the computer says I have to connect a bootable device.
The motherboard is an AB350 Pro4 and the new M.2 SSD is a Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2Tb. I looked it up and it came up as compatible with the motherboard.
I want to change because I keep running out of space for new software on the old drive.

Asrock AB350 Pro 4
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Cre Processor
Ram 32 GB
BIOS V. 3.2]]> Mon, 31 Jul 2023 18:48:06 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26230&PID=106815&title=m-2-ssd-not-booting-up#106815