Issues booting to Windows 10 Pro on New Inspiron 3670 desktop

ssjbart2003 · 29 Jan 2021

Hello all. I am brand new to this forum. I’m having issues booting to Windows 10 Pro on my
“New” Inspiron 3670 desktop. My SSD came from being on a Precision T1700. I have moved previously from an Optiplex 7020 SFF to the Precision. I have tried everything in the BIOS I can find on the Inspiron. It shows the SSD in the BIOS under the summary but not in the boot sequence.

I’m thinking this has something to do with the SSD being under Legacy on the previous two Dells and this being a newer Dell wanting UEFI. Is this an MBR vs GBT issue? Is this something I have to change on my disk management on the Precision T1700, then it will boot to Windows on the Inspiron? Thank you so much for your time. Stay safe.

charlotte1234 · 29 Jan 2021

Do you have any other disk drives? I would try unplugging them to see if your SSD works. Maybe disable secure boot.
If not you're probably right about MBR vs GBT. Backup your ssd and convert to GBT.

ssjbart2003 · 29 Jan 2021

Hey Charlotte! Well, I think I messed it up. I was following a “convert legacy to uefi without losing data” YouTube video and...not so good. I made a usb boot with the windows 10 iso. I was at a crossroads because this SSD with windows needed to go to a different computer. So I plugged it into the newer computer. I then F12 and command prompt to follow his “lis par” and other partition instructions. I think I formatted the wrong part of the drive and lost everything. It won’t boot to windows in the old computer now. Even after switching back to legacy.

I have never been good with usb windows recovery stuff. I should have waited. Should I just purchase a Windows 10 Home Edition DVD and install from scratch on new computer? Everything I had on SSD can be downloaded again.

NavyLCDR · 29 Jan 2021

We would have to see what was still left on the hard drive. You may just need to create a new system partition to boot it from, if the Windows "C: drive" partition is still there.

charlotte1234 · 30 Jan 2021

Ah if you're not fussed about recovering the files on your ssd you could do a quick format on the ssd in disk management and do a fresh install if you want.

Otherwise Navy's suggestion might be helpful for you

ssjbart2003 · 30 Jan 2021

Thank you Commander and Charlotte. Without being able to access windows normally I will probably wait for a new copy of Windows 10 I have coming. The M.2 drive will be here before that. A fresh install on that drive was my end goal. I’m sure there is a command prompt way to check and see what’s left on the SSD.

SIW2 · 31 Jan 2021

You don't need to purchase win10.

That machine should already be licensed.

You just need the installation media, which can be downloaded free from MS.

Or you could use the DEll installation/recovery media for that machine, dated may 2020

DGKNTA00_Win10x64ROW_home.iso

There is also MRJWFA00_W10x64ROW_pro.iso of the same date

There might be drivers for optane and other stuff in the dell isos, they are quite big.