[SOLVED] Having trouble booting with new SSD

[Bennybenben]

Hi guys,

I have already cloned my HDD to my new M.2 SSD and installed it into my computer. But I am now having trouble changing the Boot Order in BIOS.

BIOS recognizes my M.2 SSD, however, when I go to select it as my 1st Boot Priority it does not show up. All I can see if Windows Boot Manager, On-board NIC (IPV4), & On-board NIC (IPV6).

I have tried disabling Secure Boot and changing the Boot List Option from UEFI to Legacy. However, when I do that I am not able to select a specific hard drive either. I set 1st boot priority to Hard Drive and restarted, but my computer was unable to boot. So I loaded back the BIOS defaults.

Any suggestions are appreciated!
Cheers!

 

[rocktalkrock]

You need to identify your motherboard or the model name if it's a prebuilt/laptop.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

"Windows Boot Manager" is the proper selection when using UEFI

 

[santan686]

Yes, like above poster said. Windows Boot Manager for UEFI. Also check in bios for something like
BootOrder/BBS and that it shows all bootable drives.

I have Win10 / Win7 and WinXP on different bootable drives. LOL

 

[Bennybenben]

"Windows Boot Manager" is the proper selection when using UEFI

So how do I get it to boot off of the SSD instead of the HDD then?

 

[ex_bubblehead]

So how do I get it to boot off of the SSD instead of the HDD then?

The "Windows Boot Manager" takes care of all that. It knows where things live. You DON'T boot directly from a drive when using UEFI.

 

[Bennybenben]

The "Windows Boot Manager" takes care of all that. It knows where things live. You DON'T boot directly from a drive when using UEFI.

Ohhhh I see. So, if I have Windows on both the HDD and SSD all I have to do is remove it from the HDD and it will boot from the SSD?