Sorry, this isn't about Windows server, but I thought you guys would be pretty knowledgeable about Windows 10 too. Would appreciate any help on this issue...
I have a brand new ThinkPad P50 that came with Win10 Pro. Upon first boot, I created a system image, using the Windows backup and recovery tool (believe it is the Win7 tool that is available in Win10). I created a system image onto a Blu-ray disc successfully and then was prompted to create a system repair disc, which I also did on a DVD.
I wanted to test that this system image would restore correctly, but I'm finding out it isn't working as I had hoped. The ThinkPad P50 originally came with a Toshiba 256GB SATA M.2 SSD. I took that out, and installed a brand new Intel 600p, which is a NVMe M.2 SSD. I then booted the system repair disc using an external USB3 optical drive. Went into the option to restore from system image, and then popped in the system image blu-ray disc. I told the restore program to use the entire 600p SSD and reformat it. The restore process went all the way to completion and rebooted.
Upon reboot, it fails with INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE error message.
So far, I've tried the following without success:
1) boot into system repair and selected the "automatic startup repair" option - rebooted, same error
2) boot into system repair, selected advanced, got a command line, and ran the following:
bootrec /rebuildbcd
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
then rebooted, same error.
Any suggestions? Does it have anything to do with the original drive being a SATA SSD vs the replacement drive being a NVMe SSD? Even if so, is there way to repair this?
goal is to verify that I am able to restore this machine to factory install condition.
thanks for any insights...
I have a brand new ThinkPad P50 that came with Win10 Pro. Upon first boot, I created a system image, using the Windows backup and recovery tool (believe it is the Win7 tool that is available in Win10). I created a system image onto a Blu-ray disc successfully and then was prompted to create a system repair disc, which I also did on a DVD.
I wanted to test that this system image would restore correctly, but I'm finding out it isn't working as I had hoped. The ThinkPad P50 originally came with a Toshiba 256GB SATA M.2 SSD. I took that out, and installed a brand new Intel 600p, which is a NVMe M.2 SSD. I then booted the system repair disc using an external USB3 optical drive. Went into the option to restore from system image, and then popped in the system image blu-ray disc. I told the restore program to use the entire 600p SSD and reformat it. The restore process went all the way to completion and rebooted.
Upon reboot, it fails with INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE error message.
So far, I've tried the following without success:
1) boot into system repair and selected the "automatic startup repair" option - rebooted, same error
2) boot into system repair, selected advanced, got a command line, and ran the following:
bootrec /rebuildbcd
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
then rebooted, same error.
Any suggestions? Does it have anything to do with the original drive being a SATA SSD vs the replacement drive being a NVMe SSD? Even if so, is there way to repair this?
goal is to verify that I am able to restore this machine to factory install condition.
thanks for any insights...