Greetings! I have searched the net and this forum to try and find a solution on my own but have now reached the conclusion that I will not be able to solve this on my own. I am a hardware person so installing stuff and software just does not agree with me, unfortunately. :c
Background
I had decided to upgrade my E5-574G with an SSD as it is getting slow. It currently got a 1TB harddrive installed and in use. I bought a Samsung 850-series EVO 500GB as it is a well-known brand of SSDs. I also bought a bay for the SSD which fit into the laptop without problems.
At first I considered cloning the content of the HDD to the SSD but with further reading I came to the understanding that a clean installation is preferred (it does not take long either). I bougth a USB-memorystick of 16GB and created a media installation, the official one by Microsoft. It installed correctly on the USB.
The Problem(s)
I removed the HDD, did not clean it of its content in case of problems. I installed the SSD with the bay I bought, put in the USB-memorystick in the laptop and booted..
The bios did detect the SSD but it could not be chosen as a booting device, neither could the USB-memorystick which was the one I was supposed to boot with. No booting device at all was detected. I put in the HDD again as I needed the laptop today (my attempt was yesterday). The SSD is still in the laptop but is not detected as a device I can use in Windows to even store files. The USB-memorystick needs to be reformatted according to Windows to be used but the reformatting can not complete it says. ~
I am open to suggestion as what to try next! I have Windows 10 on the laptop.