Boot from SSD after Windows 8 Install

Hello,

I had a HD that was dying, so I bought an SSD. For a while I had both the SSD and HD and booted from my HD in windows 7. I then installed windows 8 on my SSD. This worked well as I copied files from my HD to my SSD. Now, I no longer need the HD but when I remove it, my computer thinks there are no bootable drives! When I installed Windows 8 on my SSD, did it not make it bootable? How do I tell it that I want to boot from my SSD with Windows 8 instead? I hope I dont have to reinstall windows 8!

On Mon, 23 Sep 2013 12:43:12 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Hello,

I had
a HD that was dying, so I bought an SSD. For a while I had both the
SSD and HD and booted from my HD in windows 7. I then installed
windows 8 on my SSD. This worked well as I copied files from my HD
to my SSD. Now, I no longer need the HD but when I remove it, my
computer thinks there are no bootable drives! When I installed
Windows 8 on my SSD, did it not make it bootable? How do I tell it
that I want to boot from my SSD with Windows 8 instead? I hope I dont
have to reinstall windows 8!

-
Yeah, they're weird. Looking at them and now they're selling some of
them for Win7 compatible (not XP), probably cheaper, too. My Samsung
SSD I also noticed is higher rated than I'd thought, but I played hell
getting a boot arbitrator linked to a MBR on it for multiple OS
potentials.

Got lucky, last night, when my 200G acted up didn't show in the BIOS
screen. Intermittent, but workable when working;- I transferred
everything to another 200G and it's doing OK. Case fan in the front
stopped and died and heat exhaustion may have got it. For the prices
on SSD presently, I wouldn't give more than half them more than half
the money they're asking. Take the money and buy a 2T platter or a
little more for MB, CPU, MEM for that.

wrote:
Hello,

I had a HD that was dying, so I bought an SSD. For a while I had both the SSD and HD and booted from my HD in windows 7. I then installed windows 8 on my SSD. This worked well as I copied files from my HD to my SSD. Now, I no longer need the HD but when I remove it, my computer thinks there are no bootable drives! When I installed Windows 8 on my SSD, did it not make it bootable? How do I tell it that I want to boot from my SSD with Windows 8 instead? I hope I dont have to reinstall windows 8!

Look in Disk Management. It contains notations
for "System" and "Boot". The modern systems use BCD
instead of boot.ini. And one BCD can be used to store
boot management info for more than one OS. It probably
means the boot flag points to the partition holding
that stuff, and that is what starts the bootstrapping
process.

Personally, I would not start doing "dual boot" configs
on a computer, without doing the research first on
how to "unhook" them later.

One way to stop that mess from happening is:

When installing an OS, only have the target disk
connected. Don't leave the other OS disk connected
where the installer can "see" it, as the installer
will want to mess around.

With only a single disk connected, the OS installer
has no choice to put both System and Boot on the
same device. Then, using the BIOS disk selection,
select the disk you want to boot from. That keeps
them independent.

(I have three OS disks here, each can be unplugged
without any dramatics. And the BIOS boot option,
allows me to select one of the three drives. OSes
include Win2K, WinXP, Win8.

This page is *not* a recipe for you. But it will
help familiarize you with the bits and pieces involved
in your two disk mess. Perhaps from this, you can figure
out which disk has "boot" on it, and how to move the "boot"
to where you actually want it. If I try to figure it
out here, I'll only get a migraine :-)

"How to Remove the Windows "System Reserved" Partition"
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=409

Paul

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Hello,

I had a HD that was dying, so I bought an SSD. For a while I had both the
SSD and HD and booted from my HD in windows 7. I then installed windows 8
on my SSD. This worked well as I copied files from my HD to my SSD. Now,
I no longer need the HD but when I remove it, my computer thinks there are
no bootable drives! When I installed Windows 8 on my SSD, did it not make
it bootable? How do I tell it that I want to boot from my SSD with Windows
8 instead? I hope I dont have to reinstall windows 8!

Here is a website that details the start up repair procedure using your W8
disc
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tuto...matic-repair-/

peter

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
sideways, chocolate in one hand, and wine in the other, body thoroughly used
up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"

Thanks for the help. I'm not sure I want to mess with DiskManagement and the BCD. I'll just unhook the HD and install windows again.

Thanks again.






On Monday, September 23, 2013 2:30:07 PM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
wrote:

Hello,



I had a HD that was dying, so I bought an SSD. For a while I had both the SSD and HD and booted from my HD in windows 7. I then installed windows 8 on my SSD. This worked well as I copied files from my HD to my SSD. Now, I no longer need the HD but when I remove it, my computer thinks there are no bootable drives! When I installed Windows 8 on my SSD, did it not make it bootable? How do I tell it that I want to boot from my SSD with Windows 8 instead? I hope I dont have to reinstall windows 8!



Look in Disk Management. It contains notations

for "System" and "Boot". The modern systems use BCD

instead of boot.ini. And one BCD can be used to store

boot management info for more than one OS. It probably

means the boot flag points to the partition holding

that stuff, and that is what starts the bootstrapping

process.



Personally, I would not start doing "dual boot" configs

on a computer, without doing the research first on

how to "unhook" them later.



One way to stop that mess from happening is:



When installing an OS, only have the target disk

connected. Don't leave the other OS disk connected

where the installer can "see" it, as the installer

will want to mess around.



With only a single disk connected, the OS installer

has no choice to put both System and Boot on the

same device. Then, using the BIOS disk selection,

select the disk you want to boot from. That keeps

them independent.



(I have three OS disks here, each can be unplugged

without any dramatics. And the BIOS boot option,

allows me to select one of the three drives. OSes

include Win2K, WinXP, Win8.



This page is *not* a recipe for you. But it will

help familiarize you with the bits and pieces involved

in your two disk mess. Perhaps from this, you can figure

out which disk has "boot" on it, and how to move the "boot"

to where you actually want it. If I try to figure it

out here, I'll only get a migraine :-)



"How to Remove the Windows "System Reserved" Partition"

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=409



Paul