installation of pcie nvm m.2 ssd

[Don_A]

there is a slot available for a pcie ssd it appears.  i have physically installed a drive in the slot.  the drive is not recognized when i bring up "my computer".  is this slot able to be used for an ssd?  am i missing something that i need to enable to see the drive?

[iomare]

Hi,

Have you initialized the drive? Do you see the drive in Disk Management?

Try going to Disk Management (right-click on start and click on Disk Management) and see if the drive appears.

Hope it helps,

David

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[Don_A]

Thanks, yes. I have it located, formatted and now cloned.  Now however I can't for the life of me figure out how to get the computer to boot off of the SSD rather than the HDD.  I would really rather not have to open the case back up to disconnect the HDD.  Any chance that I can change the boot drive without doing that? I looked in the bios but there is no specific drive boot selection. I'm flabbergasted.

[iomare]

Try the boot menu at startup. Press ESC continously after hitting powerbutton. When startup menu appears press F9 and choose the SSD. 

Let me know,

David

[Don_A]

Unfortunately, the SSD does not show as an option when doing that.

[Don_A]

Somehow, it seems to view SSD as a removable drive. Could that be the problem

[cpotter638]

Just bought this same computer and want to install a M.2 PCIe SATA.  Did you get the SSD to boot?  What specific SSD were you trying to install?

Thanks,

Chad