Win7 to Win 10 Upgrade - No bootable media
Win7 to Win 10 Upgrade - No bootable media after final reboot into new Windows 10.
Hi!
1. Windows 7 - boots up fine
2. Insert Windows 10 USB and run upgrade from Win 7 Desktop
3. Windows 10 Upgrade seems to go just fine.
4. As the system reboots into what should be the 1st boot into Windows 10, I get a NO BOOTABLE MEDIA message.
NOTES:
** Drive (SSD) IS VISIBLE in BIOS in the Hard Drives area
*** Drive is NOT VISIBLE (but used to be) in the BOOT MENU
Seems like I need to do something to the boot sector.
I've had this happen several times now on various systems.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
-- Dasher
Hi!
1. Windows 7 - boots up fine
2. Insert Windows 10 USB and run upgrade from Win 7 Desktop
3. Windows 10 Upgrade seems to go just fine.
4. As the system reboots into what should be the 1st boot into Windows 10, I get a NO BOOTABLE MEDIA message.
NOTES:
** Drive (SSD) IS VISIBLE in BIOS in the Hard Drives area
*** Drive is NOT VISIBLE (but used to be) in the BOOT MENU
Seems like I need to do something to the boot sector.
I've had this happen several times now on various systems.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
-- Dasher
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You can use lazesoft suite to check the boot areas on the drive. It has tools to repair common boot issues. Download the suite and create a bootable media on USB or DVD. The boot from the media. Options are pretty obvious from there.
See: https://www.lazesoft.com/
See: https://www.lazesoft.com/
Is the SSD drive set to be the first bootable device?
Which mode is the drive set? AHCI or compatible?
Try changing the mode of the drive in BIOS.
Which mode is the drive set? AHCI or compatible?
Try changing the mode of the drive in BIOS.
I believe the AHCI vs ATA setting affects the Windows boot process (Windows sets those drivers on installation). But the "no bootable media" error comes from the bios level -- which should be able to read the drive under either setting. There is nothing different about the data on the drive in either mode. Its a matter of how Windows drivers connect with the bios drive access methodology. I could be wrong about where the "no bootable media error" originates -- i'll check into it if no one clarifies it here. If it originates from the Windows boot sequences, then yes, the wrong ATA/AHCI setting could be the issue.
it seems to come from the August 2019 update - see the fix here : https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/8ed77c5c-fe56-431a-a1b2-812b5333ef46/august-2019-update-caused-a-boot-problem?forum=w7itproinstall
For now, it's recommended to uninstall it first:
1. Boot into WinRE and open command prompt.
2. Run DISM /Image:C:\ /Get-Packages > packages.txt to get the list of packages.
(Note: please replace C with the system drive )
3. Find the August update and it's package identify.
4. Run DISM /Image:C:\ /Remove-Package /PackageName:<Package Identify you got from the text> to remove it.
5. Reboot and check the symptom.
For now, it's recommended to uninstall it first:
1. Boot into WinRE and open command prompt.
2. Run DISM /Image:C:\ /Get-Packages > packages.txt to get the list of packages.
(Note: please replace C with the system drive )
3. Find the August update and it's package identify.
4. Run DISM /Image:C:\ /Remove-Package /PackageName:<Package Identify you got from the text> to remove it.
5. Reboot and check the symptom.
Thanks - I'll check some of these.
One of the issues we found was, as stated above, a BIOS / MOBO issue.
After the upgrade...The mobo decided it didn't like the SSD, or the new Windows Boot Manager or something....I put the same drive into a different (OLDER!) pc with a different mobo and it booted right up!
I have tried a variety of AHCI / Legacy IDE options - no difference.
I couldn't set it to 1st bootable because the drive priority / boot options didn't see anything - it just comes up blank, but the BIOS DID see it as a drive...
I'll see if I run into it again - we just did 20 more win7 > 10 Upgrades and they all went well -- Used Win10 1903 off a USB stick after copying Win7 to an SSD.
Cheers. :-)
One of the issues we found was, as stated above, a BIOS / MOBO issue.
After the upgrade...The mobo decided it didn't like the SSD, or the new Windows Boot Manager or something....I put the same drive into a different (OLDER!) pc with a different mobo and it booted right up!
I have tried a variety of AHCI / Legacy IDE options - no difference.
I couldn't set it to 1st bootable because the drive priority / boot options didn't see anything - it just comes up blank, but the BIOS DID see it as a drive...
I'll see if I run into it again - we just did 20 more win7 > 10 Upgrades and they all went well -- Used Win10 1903 off a USB stick after copying Win7 to an SSD.
Cheers. :-)
If bios can see the drive, but it does not appear in the bios boot order, then its very likely that something in the boot area or partition setup is messed up. If you downloaded the Lazesoft suite I suggested above, and created the bootable media, you can look at the partitions using the partition manager. Check to see if that one of the partitions is marked as active. Bios would be looking for that.
I'm surprised the Lasesoft boot repair options wouldn't have caught that.
I'm surprised the Lasesoft boot repair options wouldn't have caught that.
try hooking the drive to a working system - and cleanit with disk part, then do a fresh install
1. Boot windows installation from USB drive
2. Press Shift+F10
3. In console type diskpart.exe and press enter. In this program execute following:
1. select disk=0. Disk 0 is your destination drive, so be careful, all information on this drive will be removed.
2. create partition primary size=xxx, where xxx – is the size of new partition
3. select partition=1
4. active
5. format fs=ntfs quick
6. assign
7. exit, now you have bootable drive C
4. Navigate to USB flash drive, in my case: cd d:
5. Copy all files from USB drive to C: drive: xcopy d: c: /e /h /k
6. Go to boot folder: cd boot
7. Make you C: drive bootable with following command: bootsect /nt60 c:
8. Put off USB drive from computer and restart them.
9. Install Windows
10. Remove unnecessary menu item from bootscreen:
1. Run cmd.exe as Administrator
2. See boot menu list bcdedit
3. Find Windows Setup and copy identifier
4. Run bcdedit /delete {identifier}
From http://druss.co/2014/07/fixed-setup-was-unable-to-create-a-new-system-partition-or-locate-an-existing-system-partition-during-installing-windows-8-18-7-vista-etc-from-usb/
1. Boot windows installation from USB drive
2. Press Shift+F10
3. In console type diskpart.exe and press enter. In this program execute following:
1. select disk=0. Disk 0 is your destination drive, so be careful, all information on this drive will be removed.
2. create partition primary size=xxx, where xxx – is the size of new partition
3. select partition=1
4. active
5. format fs=ntfs quick
6. assign
7. exit, now you have bootable drive C
4. Navigate to USB flash drive, in my case: cd d:
5. Copy all files from USB drive to C: drive: xcopy d: c: /e /h /k
6. Go to boot folder: cd boot
7. Make you C: drive bootable with following command: bootsect /nt60 c:
8. Put off USB drive from computer and restart them.
9. Install Windows
10. Remove unnecessary menu item from bootscreen:
1. Run cmd.exe as Administrator
2. See boot menu list bcdedit
3. Find Windows Setup and copy identifier
4. Run bcdedit /delete {identifier}
From http://druss.co/2014/07/fixed-setup-was-unable-to-create-a-new-system-partition-or-locate-an-existing-system-partition-during-installing-windows-8-18-7-vista-etc-from-usb/
Hey!
Just some info and finding before I close this out.
1. Fresh Install to blank disc seems to work fine -- it's upgrading from Win7 that makes the disk "disappear".
2. Several system I got to boot by changing BIOS from Legacy IDE to AHCI
3. The few that failed, I just dropped a clone in and that worked fine - although we have had one system where even that did not work. Customer is just going to get a new PC -- it was a Core2 Duo -- it had a good run!
Thanks for the comments!
- D
Just some info and finding before I close this out.
1. Fresh Install to blank disc seems to work fine -- it's upgrading from Win7 that makes the disk "disappear".
2. Several system I got to boot by changing BIOS from Legacy IDE to AHCI
3. The few that failed, I just dropped a clone in and that worked fine - although we have had one system where even that did not work. Customer is just going to get a new PC -- it was a Core2 Duo -- it had a good run!
Thanks for the comments!
- D
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