Change boot order in UEFI

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Everytime my pc boots up it checks media preference.
I think this is a problem with the boot order, so I tried changing my order in a UEFi but I don't see any c drive or ssd only "hard disk" "cd/dvd"
So how Do I boot in windows first?
How do u put the ssd first
 
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Awesome, I'm glad it's sorted!

To be honest, the cables were a bit of a stab in the dark. It would have been easy for me to check myself and I would have run that check had I been experiencing the same issue, but to the untrained eye it was a little work!

Apologies for making you look in the wrong place. I would have swept the BIOS...
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I have no idea what motherboard I have its a prebuild one
But here is what I mean with i don't have the option to put my ssd as first thing to boot in : https://i.imgur.com/sXCqUIP.jpg
 

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You download Piriform's Speccy here: https://www.ccleaner.com/speccy/download to check your motherboard model.

This is a slightly older BIOS, so it doesn't have the actual name of the device in the boot order as some newer ones do.
The current setting in 'Boot Option #1' [Hard Disk] is the correct setting for your SSD.

You could try a few things:

- If you also have a HDD in the system, make sure the SSD is connected to the lowest numbered SATA slot and the HDD follows afterwards. (Please give your mobo with Speccy so I can verify this is the correct information for you)
- Disable all other Boot Options other than 'Hard Drive'

Start with these and report back.
 
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http://prntscr.com/kyk4b0
and i have hdd and ssd and how do i change the sata slots? do i just pull them out and switch them ?
and how do i disable all other boot options?
 
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http://prntscr.com/kyk5z5
here is a better picture
 

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It's a matter of identifying which SATA cable is where and swapping them accordingly with the PC off. The motherboard's SATA order starts from the Bottom-Left (If the motherboard is upright in your case this will theoretically be Bottom-Right instead. See here: http://prntscr.com/kyxsyr

Disabling the other boot options is done by selecting the rest of the boot options and selecting 'Disable' rather than an actually option. Eg: Press enter on Boot Option #2 and select 'Disable' or 'None'.
 
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Well i wanna be extra carefull and know what i am pulling out and putting in so i wanted to know is this the sata parts u mean? : http://prntscr.com/kyy49a the red cables that are all grouped up?

 

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Apologies for the late reply.

Open this picture: https://prnt.sc/l0ucx3

The two red circles at the bottom indicate the SATA cables in question (the 2 all-black cables), and the larger circle indicates where both cables connect to your motherboard.

Ignore my first picture with the numbers on your motherboard, this one is correct: https://prnt.sc/l1iqlw

Your SSD should connect to slot #0, and the HDD to slot #1 as indicated.

Ignore anything from previous posts and leave everything else as-is.
 
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do i switch the ones on the drives or the ones on my motherboard because i don't know which one is slot 0 or 1
 

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Apologies I've linked the wrong screenshot in the last post. Here you go: https://prnt.sc/l1iqlw

You'll need to follow the cables from the SSD and HDD individually to identify which is which, and where they're currently connected to.
 
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mmh the cable management is special with this pc i really can't trace it back its all behind something where i can't really even come close should i just switch the cables at the motherboard ?
 
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my savior are you there?
 

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Is there no way to remove that other side panel so you can see behind it?
 
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looks like its completely sealed
 
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but i had this pc for over a year and it always booted first in ssd and now it boots in hdd, is it really the cables? or software?
 
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I fixed it, it had nothing to do with the cables.
I digged in the BIOS (UEFI) and found an option called HARD DISK BBS PRIORITY and it was on "disabled" and i changed it to "windows boot manager"
and boom fixed.
still thanks to Budge414 for trying to help me.
mmh seems like i can't pick my answer as best solution
Budge414 can you just reply to this answer and i'll pick that reply as best solution
 

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Awesome, I'm glad it's sorted!

To be honest, the cables were a bit of a stab in the dark. It would have been easy for me to check myself and I would have run that check had I been experiencing the same issue, but to the untrained eye it was a little work!

Apologies for making you look in the wrong place. I would have swept the BIOS too but again, explaining this would have been a process in itself!

Nice work on the fix.
 
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