EFI boot as default - how? HP Omen 15.

[codovsky8]

Hi, I have laptop HP Omen 15 ce008nw, Windows 10 on it. I did clone Windows 10 to SSD Disk on m2 slot. Now I want to set Windows 10 SSD as default bootable OS. Sadly, I don't know how.

When I go to BIOS (F10 on keyboard), I can check UEFI Boot Order - the first is OS Boot Manager - when I click on this, I can't find my disk ssd - it's just one option and I can't do anything else.

When I go to Boot Device Order (F9 on keyboard), I can run Windows 10 on SSD disk, but with combination I need to set everytime when Windows is shut down. The procedure looks like: F9 - Boot From EFI File > PCI > EFI > Boot > bootx64.efi - after this the system opens on SSD.

Secure Boot is also disabled.

How I can change EFI boot to default? I just wanted to run Windows 10 on SSD without the procedure with bootx64.efi. 

[Photoray002 · Accepted solution]

Hello @codovsky8

I assume you have your HDD with Windows 10 still connected, right?

Cloning can have its issues, thats why I always clean install. You need to wipe the HDD and use it for storage.

Having two OS's when one is cloned will cause this issue. Then you can set the SSD to boot first in bios.

[codovsky8]

Yes, I have right now 2 Windows - one in HDD and one in SSD. 

Ok, I will try wipe the HDD - but what is the safest method? Can I just click right on the disk and do format?

[Photoray002]

That is one way to do it and will work. You can access the drive in Disk Management and reformat it.

[codovsky8]

Thank you for helping, everything is fine now. 🙂

EDIT: I did format to partition recovery and now I have 14GB free space. Is there's any way to add 14GB to 950GB, because Disk Managment can't help. 

[Photoray002]

Use the command prompt to clean the drive, then initialize and format the drive in Disk Management.

Heres how...

http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/005929en

[Photoray002]

Also, I hope you created your HP Recovery USB before you did all this.

If not and you ever have a corrupted OS, you will have to clean install with the MS Media Creation Tool.

[codovsky8]

I cloned all partition, so there's no problem with HP Recovery.

The cleaning disk guide looks too complicated for me, so I guess I can live with that 14GB partition. 

Thanks for help once again. 🙂

[Photoray002]

Looking at your question again, did you mean you cleared the 14 GB recovery partition on the SSD or on the HDD.

The cleaning instructions are for clearing the HDD to wipe all partitions on it. Then you can intitalize the drive and format it.

IF you meant you cleared the recovery that was on the Cloned SSD, you cannot add that to the HDD.

To extend empty space onto the HDD, you can right click on the main partition of the HDD and extend it in Windows Disk Management and  add the free space back to it.