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04-24-2024 12:28 AM
i have a hp laptop (HP Laptop - 14s-cf3006tu) it has 1tb hdd and 4 gb ram. Recently i installed a 256gb m.2 gen3 nvme ssd to make my laptop boot faster. I installed it correctly and is showing online in my system, then i made a clone of my :C drive (only :C drive) in my new ssd to boot my OS thru SSD. I used the Macrium Reflect Software for this clone.
Now the problem is when i go into my bios to change the boot priority and change it to ssd, my new ssd is not showing in that.
I have tried my best but could not figure it out.
I would really be thankfull to any of u expert who help me thru this.
04-24-2024 07:09 AM - edited 04-24-2024 07:09 AM
Unfortunately, there isn't a way to change the boot priority.
The Windows boot manager determines what drive to boot from and when you have a 2.5" SATA drive installed plus a M.2 SSD the notebook will always want to boot from the SATA drive first.
Notebooks that come with dual drive configurations from the factory have no operating system on the 2.5" drive and it is only to be used for storage only.
What normally works is for you to temporarily disconnect the 2.5" drive so the Windows boot manager switches back to the NVMe SSD.
Run the notebook that way for a short while to make sure everything is working properly.
Shut down, restart, etc.
Then reconnect the 2.5" drive.
If the boot manager switches back to the 2.5" drive, you will have to clean and format the disk using the diskpart command to completely remove all traces of Windows and boot files from that drive.