How to Make Crucial P3 NVMe SSD Bootable on hp Pavilion gaming

[Yash_007-]

I am experiencing difficulties with my HP Pavilion gaming laptop recognizing the Crucial P3 NVMe SSD as a bootable device. Despite installing the SSD correctly and confirming its presence in the system, it does not appear in the boot manager options. As a result, the laptop defaults to booting from the HDD instead of the faster NVMe SSD.

Symptoms:

• The Crucial P3 NVMe SSD is installed correctly in the designated M.2 slot on the motherboard.
• The SSD is detected in the system BIOS/UEFI settings and appears in the storage configuration.
• However, when accessing the BIOS/UEFI boot manager, the Crucial P3 NVMe SSD does not appear as a selectable boot device.
• The laptop consistently boots from the HDD, despite attempts to prioritize the SSD in BIOS settings.

Troubleshooting Steps Taken:

• Verified physical installation of the SSD and ensured it is securely seated in the M.2 slot.
• Updated the laptop’s BIOS/UEFI firmware to the latest version available from the manufacturer’s website.
• Checked for specific BIOS settings related to NVMe or M.2 SSD boot priorities and ensured they are correctly configured.
• Attempted to manually add the Crucial P3 NVMe SSD as a boot option using BIOS/UEFI setup utilities.
• Tested the SSD on another system to confirm it functions properly and is recognized as a boot device.

Additional Information:

• Laptop Model: [HP Pavilion gaming laptop]
• SSD Model: Crucial P3 NVMe SSD 500GB

C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume3
path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject {3aae2e86-3d3b-11ef-8afb-e7c37996fcec}
displayorder {current}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 300

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.efi
description Windows 10
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {3aae2e88-3d3b-11ef-8afb-e7c37996fcec}
displaymessageoverride Recovery
recoveryenabled Yes
isolatedcontext Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {3aae2e86-3d3b-11ef-8afb-e7c37996fcec}
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard

Next Steps Requested: I am seeking guidance on how to resolve this issue and ensure the Crucial P3 NVMe SSD is recognized as a bootable device by my HP Pavilion gaming laptop. Any advice on adjusting BIOS settings, potential firmware updates, or alternative troubleshooting steps would be greatly appreciated.

[tk_srq]

@Yash_007-,

How did you install Windows on the SSD? Did you clone the hard drive to the SSD? If you installed Windows on the SSD with a Windows installation usb drive, did you leave the HDD in the system at the time of Windows installation to the SSD?

Try disconnecting the HDD and see if the system boots from the SSD. The laptop should boot from the SSD as long as Windows boot files are correctly installed to the SSD.

[Yash_007-]

Yes my HDD was connected at the time of the installation but i did install the os from usb stick but at the time of disk partition i did format the old os and instal os in new disk i had accidently installed same os twice also i did delete it also from now all i need is make my sdd show in boot manger so i can boot from it but i have disabled secure boot and enabled legacy boot now i can see it in leagacy ther i can see it but not in uefi boot manger 

[tk_srq]

Help me understand you clearly. You said:

"Yes my HDD was connected at the time of the installation but i did install the os from usb stick but at the time of disk partition i did format the old os and instal os in new disk."

If you "did format the old os" on the HDD, the system shouldn't be booted from the HDD, but your "laptop defaults to booting from the HDD."

This sounds to me the HDD is still bootable. There's the possibility that HP laptops tend to boot from an HDD first over an M.2 SSD with it not appearing in Boot Options Menu.

Try disconnecting the HDD to see if the system boots from the SSD.  You can later reconnect the HDD and reformat it if you need to use it for data storage.

You need to set legacy support back to disabled before trying to boot from the SSD.

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