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‎06-20-2025 12:20 AM

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Product: HP Pavilion Notebook - 15-ab108ax
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I am using an HP 15-ab108AX notebook, which originally came with a 1TB HDD. Over time, the system performance became noticeably slow, so I decided to upgrade by adding a 240GB KLEVV SSD.

I used migration software to successfully clone my Windows installation from the HDD to the SSD. I then installed the SSD into the optical drive bay using a SATA caddy.

While the SSD is fully functional in Windows (it appears in This PC and Disk Management, and I can access its contents), it does not appear in the BIOS under the OS Boot Manager. Only the original HDD is listed.

I have tried multiple BIOS settings, including:

  • Enabling/disabling Secure Boot

  • Changing boot modes

  • Resetting BIOS to defaults

However, the SSD still doesn't appear in the boot device list.

Please advise how I can configure the system to boot from the SSD installed via the caddy. Is there a known limitation with booting from the optical drive SATA port on this model?

Looking forward to your guidance.

Thank you.

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