funny thing. i did the exact same thing with my desktop and it worked just fine after an restart
#After SSD replacement laptop won't boot into Windows
shy lodge
cursive yoke
hard drive compatibility perhaps?
shy lodge
should be. same brand m.2 ssd
this specific laptop is also compatible adding a second drive
both m.2 PCIe
ive just looked it up. the motherboard of this laptop supports 4tb of storage
cursive yoke
Might have a different storage technology (e.g. RAID). Try changing it in the bios and then reinstalling windows. If it still doesn't work, change it back to the settings that it was on before, and then see if swapping back to the 512gb works, and then use the 2tb as a secondary drive.
shy lodge
yea, a lil problem with adding a second drive is that i first need to fill out a form by MSI to get a bracket
Where can i change this?
cursive yoke
probably where it says AHCI SATA or RAID
if that still doesn't work, then try fresh installing windows.
shy lodge
Yea ill first try to reinstall windows via cloud in the troubleshooting menu
Might be driver issues
cursive yoke
Yea ill first try to reinstall windows via cloud in the troubleshooting menu
i meant off a fresh ISO from microsoft on a ventoy USB.
cursive yoke
Iso?
You download a 5GB file from microsoft's website, flash it onto a USB/Copy it onto a USB with Ventoy installed via another computer, press F12 while the pc that's not working is booting, Boot off the windows install USB/Boot into Ventoy and load the iso file there, and then install Windows on the new drive. All you need to worry about after installation is drivers. You can use programs like Snappy Driver Installer Origin to download the best drivers for your system.
shy lodge
Just a question. Whats the difference between this and installing the installation media directly onto the usb and booting it from the usb?
cursive yoke
Just a question. Whats the difference between this and installing the installati...
Ventoy gives you multiple boot options in case one doesn't work.
shy lodge
I see
Ill try when its done downloading via cloud and it still doesnt work. Anyway thanks for the information for now😁
cursive yoke
I see
and you only need to flash ventoy once, and then you can store as many OS Install or recovery images as you want as long as theres enough storage space.
cursive yoke
And after it's setup, Here are some tips for better performance and privacy (LESS CRASHES OR LAG). You should turn off the microsoft telemetry ("FILE EXPLORER SHOULD NOT TAKE TEN SECONDS TO LOAD" taken from this LTT video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwkiU6GG-YU) with O&OShutup10 and by editing the hosts file like in this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJr2DcffquI (lookup a guide to O&OShutup10), and you can free some memory by going to Settings/Privacy/Background Apps and turning that off. , and Going to settings/system in any non-Firefox (Browsers like Edge, and Chrome) browser and turn off Continue runnning background apps when (Browser) is closed.
shy lodge
Great. Ill use this info for both my laptop and desktop
shy lodge
ive downloaded the ISO since the reinstallation doesnt work via my way cuz its giving bluescreens. what do i do now cuz i dont rly understand what to do with ventoy