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Aurora R12, can't boot after installing SSD
So today I had installed my old SSD into my desktop because my HDD that came with my desktop had Windows 11. I wanted to use Windows 10 on the SSD since it's more my style plus just have the SSD for quicker loading times on everything. After installing it, I can't figure out how to switch it to my boot device in BIOS? When I try to boot with my HDD it gives me an error about the BCD file and takes me into recovery settings. I tried unplugging the HDD and booting with only the SSD and it won't even go to Boot Manager. I don't know if my pc doesn't allow me to switch boot drives and I also don't know how to fix my other HDD. I've tried countless solutions to no avail. Is there any way I could get my pc to detect the SSD as a bootable device via recovery settings or bios? Or a way to fix the HDD and get that to boot while also having the SSD in still? Any help would be great!
Tesla1856
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September 29th, 2022 21:00
1. Really? Not sure how that happened... but it's a bit of a travesty to boot and run an Aurora-R12 on a slow spinning HDD. 2.5inch-SATA-HDD is a little faster. A M.2-NVMe-SSD (which your machine supports) is light-years faster. The whole machine will run faster/better.
2. Not sure what to tell you. Support for Windows-10 ends soon. Windows-11 is the current version for over a year now. If you have a particular issue, we can address it. To me, it's the same, yet better.
With your Windows-11 Dell-OEM license, you might have down-grade rights ...not sure. I'm not even sure it ever shipped with Windows-10, so complete driver support might be limited.
3. Probably better if you Google that stuff. Maybe watch some YouTube videos. I use Macrium-Reflect for Drive-Imaging and Cloning.
4. Sounds like you are fighting against the Windows Boot Manager. I think your problem is created by the fact that you are trying to do something that is not supported by Microsoft or Dell.
lukedb21
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September 30th, 2022 08:00
Mine came with an hdd because I had gotten this bought for me by my dad and he might have chose this different drive. But I'm planning to just do a clean install of windows since nothing else has fixed the issue. Thank you guys for your help though.
Tesla1856
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September 29th, 2022 19:00
Welcome to the forum.
Umm, an Aurora-R12 uses UEFI/SecureBoot technology.
Just popping-in an existing Windows drive from another computer hasn't really been supported for many years now.
Normally, you clean-install or some people like to clone.
Didn't your Aurora-R12 come with a (super fast) NVMe-SSD as the bootable C-Drive? Are you giving that up also?
What about the Windows licensing? Are you killing this other computer or burning a license?
What was wrong with Windows-11? It's really just the latest version of Windows-10.
lukedb21
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September 29th, 2022 19:00
My aurora r12 came with a 1tb hard drive and I just prefer windows 10 over 11, just my preference. And can you explain what secureboot is and also this cloning thing. I seen the term cloning being used a lot and not too sure what it means.
If switching the boot device isn't possible then, is there any solution to the error code I was getting about issues with the \BCD file?
The error code I kept getting was 0xc0000098 and most guides weren't too helpful with it. I've been trying to avoid spending money on a USB to fix this but if that's the only solution here I can do that.
Vanadiel
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September 30th, 2022 07:00
If this is an R12 it should have come with an NVMe SSD as boot drive.
You cannot take a boot drive from a different system and use it on another system without running into major issues. It is only supported for virtual machines.
Your best option is to first backup all the data you want to keep, and then figuring out exactly what drive configuration your R12 has. It should have NVMe in it, and I would suggest using that.