Installed Samsung 850 EVO SSD and Installed Fedora 24 Will Not Boot From it.

[Soared4Truth555]

I have an HP Envy Touchsmart 15-j000 laptop and I recently added a Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500 GB drive to it. It already had a port for the SSD, so no special mods or anything here. I managed to install Fedora 24 on it already, but I cannot get the computer to boot from that drive no matter what I do. It does not even show up on the boot list in the bios. The bios is an Insyde F.68. It is extremely limited with the options, and there is no ACHI options in the BIOS at all. I have no idea what to do. Any help would be appreciated.

Update: I tried the samsung migration tool in windows 8.1 and wrote Windows over the Fedora installation. I read that this is supposed to work and make the SSD bootable in another thread. I was skeptical though, and sure enough, it did not work. It still boots to Windows 8.1 on the HDD every single time. I am considering removing the HDD just to make this thing work. I am thinking that it is looking for the HDD before the SSD every time when POST is performed. However, there is no BIOS option to change this behavior, so I am at my wit's end here.

 

[Palorim12]

I have an HP Envy Touchsmart 15-j000 laptop and I recently added a Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500 GB drive to it. It already had a port for the SSD, so no special mods or anything here. I managed to install Fedora 24 on it already, but I cannot get the computer to boot from that drive no matter what I do. It does not even show up on the boot list in the bios. The bios is an Insyde F.68. It is extremely limited with the options, and there is no ACHI options in the BIOS at all. I have no idea what to do. Any help would be appreciated.

Update: I tried the samsung migration tool in windows 8.1 and wrote Windows over the Fedora installation. I read that this is supposed to work and make the SSD bootable in another thread. I was skeptical though, and sure enough, it did not work. It still boots to Windows 8.1 on the HDD every single time. I am considering removing the HDD just to make this thing work. I am thinking that it is looking for the HDD before the SSD every time when POST is performed. However, there is no BIOS option to change this behavior, so I am at my wit's end here.

Simple, don't use linux. 😍 :lol:

TLDR: I hate Linux.

 

[Soared4Truth555]

It appears that my laptop just has a completely retarded BIOS, so it will not boot from the SSD unless the HDD is removed. Even if there is no operating system on the HDD, and there is an OS with a functional boot loader on the SSD, it STILL just claims that there is no OS to boot. It is pretty aggravating how stupid HP is regarding their BIOS. There is also no way to get to advanced options in the BIOS without modding the BIOS, and I am not willing to risk bricking my laptop over this. Luckily, I think I did find a solution. I installed Fedora over both drives, and set the hdd as the boot drive and put the root partition on the SDD. It seems to be working and loading both the OS and applications much faster than it did before with the HDD, so I think it has worked.

To the moron, Palorim12, who didn't bother reading my post: Windows didn't work either, jackass, and besides Windows is malware. The very first thing I do when I get any new computer is remove it mlm. You contributed less than nothing. Anyone who happens to look at this in the future, please down vote that answer.

 

[Soared4Truth555]

I have an HP Envy Touchsmart 15-j000 laptop and I recently added a Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500 GB drive to it. It already had a port for the SSD, so no special mods or anything here. I managed to install Fedora 24 on it already, but I cannot get the computer to boot from that drive no matter what I do. It does not even show up on the boot list in the bios. The bios is an Insyde F.68. It is extremely limited with the options, and there is no ACHI options in the BIOS at all. I have no idea what to do. Any help would be appreciated.

Update: I tried the samsung migration tool in windows 8.1 and wrote Windows over the Fedora installation. I read that this is supposed to work and make the SSD bootable in another thread. I was skeptical though, and sure enough, it did not work. It still boots to Windows 8.1 on the HDD every single time. I am considering removing the HDD just to make this thing work. I am thinking that it is looking for the HDD before the SSD every time when POST is performed. However, there is no BIOS option to change this behavior, so I am at my wit's end here.

Simple, don't use linux. 😍 :lol:

TLDR: I hate Linux.

Windows not only didn't work (which you would know if you read my post), Linux is what fixed it for me. Windows is malware. Only people that too daft to use Linux use it. Linux is more secure, faster, exercises the hardware more, runs servers better, is more customizable, is free, and can do anything Windows can and more if you know what you are doing.

 

[Palorim12]

I didn't have a response, and i wanted to annoy my friend who loves linux, so I posted that.

You can believe what you wanna believe, still won't make me like Linux. If i could, i'd go back in time and erase it from the timeline. My friends and coworkers have argued against it, still would do it.

 

[Soared4Truth555]

I didn't have a response, and i wanted to annoy my friend who loves linux, so I posted that.

You can believe what you wanna believe, still won't make me like Linux. If i could, i'd go back in time and erase it from the timeline. My friends and coworkers have argued against it, still would do it.

Just about every professional server runs Linux. Running a windows server is pretty much like bringing a butter knife to a gun fight. The internet would suck a lot more without Linux. Don't hate just because you have no idea how to use it. Oh well, Windows ninnies like you are what make my salary higher as a Linux administrator since fools are too daft/stubborn to learn how to administrate a superior OS. Linux Admins are in huge demand and paid very well 😉

 

[Palorim12]

I didn't have a response, and i wanted to annoy my friend who loves linux, so I posted that.

You can believe what you wanna believe, still won't make me like Linux. If i could, i'd go back in time and erase it from the timeline. My friends and coworkers have argued against it, still would do it.

Just about every professional server runs Linux. Running a windows server is pretty much like bringing a butter knife to a gun fight. The internet would suck a lot more without Linux. Don't hate just because you have no idea how to use it. Oh well, Windows ninnies like you are what make my salary higher as a Linux administrator since fools are too daft/stubborn to learn how to administrate a superior OS. Linux Admins are in huge demand and paid very well 😉

I know how to mess with it, I'm not certified in it, I just don't like it. I do hate MacOS more than it, but I wouldn't say its the superior OS.

Also, since i work in tech support, Windows pc's are the easiest to diagnose and repair.