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‎12-08-2024 08:15 AM

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Product: HP Laptop PC 15q-ds3001tu
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11

I have hp-15qds3001TU laptop. I recently brought new SSD for it as the of HDD is quite slow. But after i installed the SSD, it was detected in windows, but in bios, when i tried to make it a primary boot drive, it's not visible. Can someone please help me make SSD a primary device?? Without formatting old HDD if possible. 

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‎12-08-2024 08:21 AM

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You can't do it.

 

The only thing you can try is to temporarily disconnect the 2.5" drive so the Windows boot manager switches to the SSD.

 

Run the notebook off the SSD a bit, shut it down, restart it, etc..

 

Whan you are sure that it is working normally, shut down the notebook and reconnect the 2.5" drive.

 

If the Windows boot manager switches back to the 2.5" drive, you will have to clean and format the 2.5" drive and use it for storage only.

 

Notebooks that come with dual drive configurations have no operating system on the 2.5" drive.

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