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[solved] Can't use SSD as Boot Disk!! Help!!
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I have two computers. I have a fully functional one (computer 1) and separate one that is causing me problems. (computer 2)

So on computer 1 I had windows 10 installed on the ssd, but when I tried booting it on computer 2, it didn't work.

On computer 2, the bios and the file system, can detect the ssd. But when I try to boot the disk I get the following image.
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Here's the boot order when it fails.
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Here's what it looks like when it's not set as the boot disk.
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^^^^ I know this helped me when I built my PC.
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You can't just take out a working HDD/SSD with a windows installation and install it in a separate machine. This is destined to fail for a couple of reasons.

1.) hardware differences. Obviously mismatched drivers are an issue.
2.) most modern machines use secure boot. This further prevents you from being able to just do a drive swap and boot.
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The windows you installed might only work for that MOBA and won't work on the new computer and might not be detectable.
If I were you I would make a bootable flash drive using Rufus or whatever software you like, and put it into the new computer then install it using that flash drive, or disk
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Make sure you are not using Secure Boot.

You may need to switch from IDE to AHCI or vice versa.

Give it a try and see how you get on!
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drivers will not cause a issue unless its a different cpu and architecture. even then a windows repair disc will fix that problem. next, is pc 1 uefi or legacy bios? and what is pc 2. if they are not the same then theirs another issue.

lastly as dench has said "You may need to switch from IDE to AHCI or vice versa."
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