No windows detected?

[Toaster241]

So i just built a new pc and took the drive with windows from the old one its a kingfast m.2 ssd and it wont recognize that it has windows installed what to do?

[Moonzy]

you could try changing bios from UEFI to legacy

 

but i suggest reinstalling your OS after a major component swap (motherboard especially) anyways

[Toaster241]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

you could try changing bios from UEFI to legacy

 

but i suggest reinstalling your OS after a major component swap (motherboard especially) anyways

both are in use UEFI and legacy 

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, Toaster241 said:

both are in use UEFI and legacy 

does your SSD appear in the bios?

[Toaster241]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

does your SSD appear in the bios?

it does both m.2 ssd's and a sata ssd

[Moonzy]

Just now, Toaster241 said:

it does both m.2 ssd's and a sata ssd

old and new hardware spec?

motherboard especially, exact model

[Toaster241]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

old and new hardware spec?

motherboard especially, exact model

old mb is asrock b450m HDV qnd the new one is asus rog b550 f gaming wifi cpu is the same ryzen 7 3700x gpu old one is 1660 and new one 2070 super ram old tforce vulkan z new one tridend z rgb 16gb both 

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, Toaster241 said:

old mb is asrock b450m HDV qnd the new one is asus rog b550 f gaming wifi cpu is the same ryzen 7 3700x gpu old one is 1660 and new one 2070 super ram old tforce vulkan z new one tridend z rgb 16gb both 

check your boot order

[Master Disaster]

Jump into BIOS, head to the Boot section then take a pic of the screen with your phone and post it please. I need to see the Boot Priority and Boot Override sections.

[Toaster241]

2 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Jump into BIOS, head to the Boot section then take a pic of the screen with your phone and post it please. I need to see the Boot Priority and Boot Override sections.

 

[Master Disaster]

Seems as though the SSD is not showing as bootable at all. It should be showing a second option for the 256GB SSD that says "Windows Boot Manager" but its missing.

 

Is it possible to put the SSD back into the old board and see if its bootable?

 

You could also try disabling the Compatibility Support Module and seeing if its then able to boot though I don't expect this to work since CSM on should boot either UEFI or Legacy but its a 5 second test so its worth a go.

 

Failing that get something like GParted Live on a USB, boot from it and check if there's any partitions on the SSD.

[Toaster241]

8 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Seems as though the SSD is not showing as bootable at all. It should be showing a second option for the 256GB SSD that says "Windows Boot Manager" but its missing.

 

Is it possible to put the SSD back into the old board and see if its bootable?

 

You could also try disabling the Compatibility Support Module and seeing if its then able to boot though I don't expect this to work since CSM on should boot either UEFI or Legacy but its a 5 second test so its worth a go.

 

Failing that get something like GParted Live on a USB, boot from it and check if there's any partitions on the SSD.

there is a system partition on the 256gb drive if i want to install a fresh copy of windows i can see that theres windows allready on it