Windows 10 won’t boot from SSD
“Recently, my Windows 10 computer running slow. I want to replace the system hard
drive with a new SSD. I do not want to reinstall Windows so I decided to clone HDD
to SSD, and then replace the HDD with the cloned SSD. However, the Windows 10 failed
to boot from SSD.”
How to solve SSD not booting problem?
SSD not booting after clone is a common phenomenon that many users have met before.
Why it happened? How to solve it? Here you can fin the answer.
1. SSD not booting because of incorrect boot order
If your Windows 10 won’t boot from SSD after upgrading or cloning system hard drive
to SSD, it may because of incorrect boot order. Thus, you need to change the boot
mode:
1. Make sure the SSD is connected to your computer.
2. Restart your PC. Press a specific key continuously to enter BIOS
Setup (usuallyF2, F8,
F12, Del key).
3. When you get into the BIOS Setup, use the arrow keys to select the SSD as the
first boot order under Boot tab.
2. SSD not booting because of wrong boot mode
If the SSD is a GPT disk, then you need to make sure the EFI/UEFI boot mode is
enabled. And you need to get into BIOS Setup to set it to EFI/UEFI boot mode.
Otherwise, you cannot boot from the SSD unless it has been converted to MBR disk.
If the SSD is an MBR disk, then you need to set the boot mode to Legacy. Otherwise,
you need to convert MBR to GPT disk so
that it can boot from SSD successfully.
3. SSD not booting because of system files lost
If you cloned HDD to SSD but cannot boot from the SSD, that may because of system
files lost. Thus, you can take another way to clone system disk to SSD. AOMEI Partition
Assistant is a great tool that can help you copy system disk to SSD/HDD
safely with a few simple steps.
FREE download to try.
1. Install AOMEI Partition Assistant to your PC based on Windows 10/8/7, connect
the SSD to the PC and make sure it can be detected. Launch the progress. Click
More Tools-> Disk Copy Wizard.

2. Select disk copy type: Copy Disk Quickly (recommended)
or Sector-by-Sector Copy.

3. Choose the system disk as the source disk.

4. Choose the SSD as the destination disk. Here you need to check the option
“Optimize the performance of SSD”.

5. You can edit partitions on the destination disk. Or you can repartition hard drive later.

6. Here will give you a note for how to boot form the clone drive. Read it and
click Finish.

7. Finally, click Apply-> Proceed at the
toolbar to execute the progress.

After that, you can try to boot from the SSD again.
4. SSD not booting because of MBR error
Another reason for SSD not booting could be the MBR error. And you can try
Bootrec.exe to fix SSD not booting after clone.
1. Boot from the repair disc, open Command Prompt.
2. Enter the following commands in order:
bootrec.exe
bootrec.exe /fixmbr
bootrec.exe /fixboot
bootrec.exe /scanos
bootrec.exe /rebuildbcd
If you do not have a repair disc, you can use AOMEI Partition Assistant to fix MBR
error in a few simple steps.
Step 1. Using AOMEI Partition Assistant to create a bootable USB drive.
Step 2. Connect the bootable USB drive to your computer with the SSD
installed and boot from the bootable USB drive.
Step 3. It will show you the main interface of AOMEI Partition
Assistant. Here, right click the SSD, select Rebuild MBR.

Step 4. Set the type of MBR for the current OS. Click
OK.

Step 5. Click Apply-> Proceed
at the toolbar to start.

5. SSD not booting when you clone disk from one computer to another
Many users are planing to clone didsk from one computer to another computer instead
of installing Windows. However, the SSD not booting problem may occur. For this
situation, you need to check the connection mode. If the original computer uses IDE
mode, the destination computer has to use IDE mode. If the original PC users AHCI,
the target PC must use AHCI mode. Otherwise, you cannot boot from the SSD
successfully.
for this situation, you’d better Back up the source HDD onto an external storage
device using AOMEI Backupper. Then create an AOMEI bootable media to boot the target
computer and restore the backup to the destination HDD with Universal Restore option
enabled.
hope this article can help you solve your problem.