Question Can’t get ssd to boot

[Trash panda]

So I got a used pc to fix up for my wife. It’s some AM3 cpu with a 1060, ddr3 ram, and an old Toshiba hdd. I don’t know the password to the pc, so resetting isn’t an option. I bought a cheap PNY SSD to just plug in and run as a new system with my WIN 10 key. But I get a disc read error. I see that the boot priority is on the ssd but it’s set as slave instead of master. I don’t know how to change it to master. I’ve done a bios reset to defaults. I’m just stuck, any advice?

 

[rocktalkrock]

What is the motherboard? You need to check BIOS settings in the manual.

 

[USAFRet]

So I got a used pc to fix up for my wife. It’s some AM3 cpu with a 1060, ddr3 ram, and an old Toshiba hdd. I don’t know the password to the pc, so resetting isn’t an option. I bought a cheap PNY SSD to just plug in and run as a new system with my WIN 10 key. But I get a disc read error. I see that the boot priority is on the ssd but it’s set as slave instead of master. I don’t know how to change it to master. I’ve done a bios reset to defaults. I’m just stuck, any advice?

There hasn't been "master" "slave" drives in about 15 years.

 

[popatim]

Can you tell which motherboard you have?
Sometimes it is on the bios screen and sometimes you have to open the case and see what is written on the motherboard iself.

 

[herrwizo]

Disconnect all hard drives from the PC and leave only SSD inside.