I'm trying to install Windows 10 on my two 500GB Western Digital NAND SATA SSDs. The installation from USB seems to go smoothly and completes, but when the PC restarts, it only recognizes the USB as a bootable device. I've checked the SSDs, and they appear to be partitioned correctly, but if I attempt another installation, it indicates that there are already Windows files on them. I've gone through the boot options in the BIOS, and there's nothing showing as bootable. I've wiped and formatted the drives and tried multiple times with the same outcome. I even switched the SATA cable, and everything looks fine in the BIOS. My setup is as follows: Motherboard - B550M Pro-VDH WiFi, GPU - RTX 3070, CPU - Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8GHz, RAM - 4x8GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance, Storage - 2 x Western Digital Blue 500GB 2.5" SSDs.
2 Answers
When your PC restarts after the installation, try unplugging the USB drive. Sometimes, the system might still be trying to boot from it instead of the SSD. Let me know how that goes!
I think there's an option for boot repair on the USB. Have you tried using that? It might help fix the bootloader issue you're facing.
I tried the boot repair, but it didn't work.
I tried that, but it just takes me straight to BIOS.