Boot Macrium Rescue from Internal SSD

Strange. I just try with my Samsung SSD 860 EVO on mine, no problem at all. Did you try Bootsect to rebuild the boot record.

topgundcp said:

Strange. I just try with my Samsung SSD 860 EVO on mine, no problem at all. Did you try Bootsect to rebuild the boot record.

I didn't because I'm not familiar with it. I assume that after I'd need to restore the multi boot menu using a backup that I saved with EasyBCD. Would the correct command be "bootsect /mbr C:"? Couild I use Macrium Fix Boot Problems and just select the MBR?

SIW2 said:

bootsect just writes the chain loading code at the beginning of the partition and/or the mbr code at the begining of the disk. It doesn't affect the bcd entry.



Doubtful there is anything wrong there, because you were able to boot the SSD successfully after attaching the Hd

Thanks. I attached the old HDD temporarily just to do the test. I'd leave it installed but I have no additional cables. The PC is fully populated with SDDs.

SIW2 said:

You could check the ssd chain code with bootice, just to be certain.Select the SSD in the destination disk dropdown, then Click the mbr button and then the pbr button. You can also use it to check the bcd entry

BootIce.zip

What would I look for?
BTW here is what appears on the screen

I noticed something odd on the boot selection screen in the BIOS.
i assume the the numbers after the P reference the Bus locations for the devices but apparently not because when I select P5 or P4 they boot boot to the disk with Windows 10. Doesn’t that seem strange.
in the BIOS boot devices page it’s hard to set up the priority because most of the SSDs look the same. Kind of light driving blindfolded. I’m thinking maybe this is the problem.

@SIW2 @topgundcp Thank you both for your help. I did rebuild the MBR on the subject SSD and ran several tests on it but they did not correct the problem. I decided to cut my losses and reinstall the 2TB HDD that I had removed and since it still had a Macrium Rescue partition on it I can now boot directly to it in an emergency. I even gained a little storage space in the process.

BTW, the other PC is the same, Dell XPS 8700 with all SSDs and that work just fine. I'm really stumped on this one.

@sofine409
Since you said the other PC is the same and works fine. The only thing I can think of is the BIOS. Check if they are the same version on both.
Reflash the BIOS may also help.

topgundcp said:

@sofine409
Since you said the other PC is the same and works fine. The only thing I can think of is the BIOS. Check if they are the same version on both.
Reflash the BIOS may also help.

BIOS versions are the same (Dell Ver A12 2/5/2018). The Southbridge is different, C1 vs C2 but that shouldn't make a difference. I've have upgraded BIOS before but never reflashed one. Is that the same process as upgrading? Updateing a BIOS give me cold shivers because of the horror stories I have read about problems. What's you opinion?