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It's a brand new SSD? You'll need to reinstall Windows from a USB stick.

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I'm trying to fix a Acer Aspire 3 A315-41-R18T that was dropped on the floor and then became pretty slow. It has a HDD so I suspect it's been running slow because of the HDD somehow getting damaged from the fall.

 

I opened it up and connected a Samsung SSD but when I try to boot it it says "No bootable device found".

 

Any ideas what's going on and how I can resolve this?

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It's a brand new SSD? You'll need to reinstall Windows from a USB stick.

Main PC:

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X • Noctua NH-D15 • MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk • 2x8GB G.skill Trident Z Neo 3600MHz CL16 • MSI VENTUS 3X GeForce RTX 3070 OC • Samsung 970 Evo 1TB • Samsung 860 Evo 1TB • Cosair iCUE 465X RGB • Corsair RMx 750W (White)

 

Peripherals/Other:

ASUS VG27AQ • G PRO K/DA • G502 Hero K/DA • G733 K/DA • G840 K/DA • Oculus Quest 2 • Nintendo Switch (Rev. 2)

 

Laptop (Dell XPS 13):

Intel Core i7-1195G7 • Intel Iris Xe Graphics • 16GB LPDDR4x 4267MHz • 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD • 13.4" OLED 3.5K InfinityEdge Display (3456x2160, 400nit, touch). 

 

Got any questions about my system or peripherals? Feel free to tag me (@bellabichon) and I'll be happy to give you my two cents. 

 

PSA: Posting a PCPartPicker list with no explanation isn't helpful for first-time builders :)

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If you replaced the HDD with the SSD without installing an operating system on it, there is no bootable drive currently. you'll need to install Windows

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CPU:  AMD Ryzen 7 5800x | RAM: 2x16GB Crucial Ripjaws Z | Cooling: XSPC/EK/Bitspower loop | MOBO: Gigabyte x570 Aorus Master | PSU: Seasonic Prime 750 Titanium  

SSD: 250GB Samsung 980 PRO (OS) | 1TB Crucial MX500| 2TB Crucial P2 | Case: Phanteks Evolv X | GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 (with EK Block) | HDD: 1x Seagate Barracuda 2TB

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Did this Samsung SSD replace your HDD? If so make sure you have an OS (or Operating System) installed on the drive. If you do have an OS installed then try checking you boot options in your bios.

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DISCLAIMER!!!

I am not a professional.

I am working with personal experiences and very limited knowledge.

You are likely to teach me more than I am likely to be helpful.

I am still going to try though.

I will be very very wrong a lot of the time.

It will always be best to research everything I say to be sure I am not turning your PC into a nuclear toaster.

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To further explain. The boots options in your bios likely has a UEFI and a Legacy setting. Depending on what OS you may have installed you would have to change this setting between those two options to make your computer boot compatible with the OS.

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DISCLAIMER!!!

I am not a professional.

I am working with personal experiences and very limited knowledge.

You are likely to teach me more than I am likely to be helpful.

I am still going to try though.

I will be very very wrong a lot of the time.

It will always be best to research everything I say to be sure I am not turning your PC into a nuclear toaster.

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