Windows install won't stick?

[AlphonseK]

I've had this problem many many times over the years and I've never been able to figure out why it happens. and with a wide range of hardware.

 

I'm installing a 120gb Kingston A400 ssd in my friends pc to speed it up. how he's survived with only a 7200prm hdd all this time I'll never know.

 

The issue specifically is that no matter what I do to the drive, after I run windows 10 install media it completes the whole process then restarts as intended. only to loop back to the install media.

I hooked the drive up to my pc and I can see what looks to be all the necessary files and folders for windows but even using boot override it gives the black screen saying "insert proper boot media then hit any key" (maybe not exactly those words but hopefully you know to what I'm referring.) I find it very difficult to fix problems that even the computer fails to recognize.

 

I've Googled around and found a video of a guy upgrading a laptop with this exact ssd and having no problems, so that plus the fact that this has happened many times before on different platforms and hardware I seriously doubt this is a hardware issue.

 

Is there something obvious I'm missing? any and all feedback is greatly appreciated.

[Kilrah]

Before you install disconnect all other drives than the one you want to install to from the PC.

[WereCatf]

21 minutes ago, AlphonseK said:

The issue specifically is that no matter what I do to the drive, after I run windows 10 install media it completes the whole process then restarts as intended. only to loop back to the install media.

I hooked the drive up to my pc and I can see what looks to be all the necessary files and folders for windows but even using boot override it gives the black screen saying "insert proper boot media then hit any key" (maybe not exactly those words but hopefully you know to what I'm referring.) I find it very difficult to fix problems that even the computer fails to recognize.

Windows is most likely installing its bootloader on the wrong drive. It has a habit of doing that and temporarily disconnecting all the other drives in the system, like @Kilrah there said, will prevent it from installing the bootloader on any other drive than the one you want it on.

[.Apex.]

29 minutes ago, AlphonseK said:

I hooked the drive up to my pc and I can see what looks to be all the necessary files and folders for windows but even using boot override it gives the black screen saying "insert proper boot media then hit any key" (maybe not exactly those words but hopefully you know to what I'm referring.) I find it very difficult to fix problems that even the computer fails to recognize.

Have you considered that maybe the installation on the USB is corrupted somehow? did you create the bootable USB using Windows Media Creation Tool? did you disable the rest of the drives before installing? did you delete all the partitions on the SSD before installing Windows on it? have you tried removing the USB after it restarts? simply putting the SSD in your system might not show you if it's bootable or not, if for example Windows is using MBR partitioning and you have CSM disabled then Windows won't boot.

[Snowarch]

thia happened with linux to me.

 

into bios of motherboard. youll see 2 versions of the ssd in boot order. boot override to one with windows on it. there you go.