Question Newer SSD and HDD aren't booting on somewhat old pc

[hugope]

I have a Dell Inspiron 580s with BIOS A07 11/13/2010.

It works normally with the HDD it has on Windows 10 pro. However, when I replace that drive for a different one the system won't boot. I've tried a Crucial ct275mx300ssd1 and also a Toshiba mq01abf050. The screen goes black and that's it. If I enter the bios they are detected with the appropriate name. If I set those drives as secondary drives, I can use them for back up purposes. I do not want that though, I want to be able to boot on either of them.

Could it be that the BIOS is so old that these newer drives simply aren't compatible? What can I do to boot the computer using my Crucial SSD or my Toshiba HDD?

 

[USAFRet]

Did you actually install an OS on either of the new drives?

Details of exactly what you did, please.

 

[Paperdoc]

For a computer to be able to boot up and run, you MUST have an Operating System (e.g. Windows) installed on a storage device (e.g. a hard drive or an SSD) so it can load up that software to work. Without that your system can do nothing. That is why USAFRet asked whether you actually did install an OS on your SSD.