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Windows 10 won't boot after clone to SSD
Hi,
I recently bought a new Dell Inspiron 7559 laptop, and installed an SSD in the computer's m.2 port. I then cloned the existing HD to the SSD, changed the SSD to the default boot in BIOS, and then re-formatted the HD.
Everything worked fine for the first few days - I restarted the computer a lot, as I was updating a lot of drivers - however at some point the computer started failing to reliably boot. The Dell logo appears, and then nothing happens. Interestingly enough I can workaround the issue by booting from a USB that has Windows 10 installation on it, and then cancelling the install, which boots through to Windows without issues, but otherwise it just hangs on the Dell logo.
I've got a feeling that the problem lies in my Bios settings - I tweaked these a little when changing the boot order, and here's how they look at the moment:
Intel Speedstep - Enabled
Virtualisation - Enabled
VT for Direct I/O - Enabled
Integrated NIC - Enabled
USB Emulation - Enabled
USB Powershare - Enabled
USB Wake Support - Disabled
SATA Operation - AHCI
Adapter Warnings - Enabled
Intel Software Guard Extensions - Disabled
BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive - Enabled
No passwords set
Computrace - Deactivated
Firmware TPM - Enabled
Boot List Option - UEFI
Secure Boot - Disabled
Load Legacy Option Rom - Disabled
Boot Option 1 - SSD (C:\EFI\Boot\bootx64.efi)
Boot Option 2 - Windows Boot Manager
Boot Option 3 - Windows Boot Manager
Boot Option 4 - Onboard NIC (IPV4)
Boot Option 5 - Onboard NIC (IPV6)
The other thing I've tried is to run Startup Repair, which failed. Here's the log:
Startup Repair diagnosis and repair log
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Number of repair attempts: 1
Session details
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System Disk =
Windows directory = C:\Windows
AutoChk Run = 0
Number of root causes = 1
Test Performed:
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Name: Check for updates
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 0 ms
Test Performed:
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Name: System disk test
Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0
Time taken = 78 ms
Root cause found:
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A hard disk could not be found. If a hard disk is installed, it is not responding.
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Is there an obvious solution here, or is this something that would be best served by a reinstall? I've no idea why startup recovery doesn't detect the hard drive if the install workaround allows the computer to boot as normal.