Set OS on SSD as boot?

captain_Woof

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Hello!

So today I used EaseUs ToDo backup Free edition to clone my C-drive partition to my SSD (256gb OCZ Vector. I ticked the box Optimized for SSD) and I want to use it as my boot drive, but in the BIOS, it does not show up under "boot drives". I searched around and tried some things, but could only find the solution of switching the physical HDD and SSD around? Could someone help me or point me in the right direction? Or show the right option in EaseUs Partition Master? I don't want to mess this up. I attached a screenshot of the current setup in EasUs Partition Master. Disk 2 is the SSD.

P.S: This is on an Asus G75VX with the latest bios and the SSD has the latest updates as well. There are 2 bays in the laptop.

Thank you! :)

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I forgot to add, I have done it before on the same computer with an old SSD, but that was with a different version of Easus Partition Master and Todo and on Windows 8. Now it is 8.1 and the program seems different. I can't remember much from last time.

The SSD is also not recognised in the Boot override. I can access it in Windows itself though. And the CD-ROM drive is nowhere to be found in the BIOS either!

Any help? Anyone?
 
Capt Woof: Does your computer use UEFI to set your BIOS settings? I had the same problem with my new Asus motherboard, and found the correct setting after a lot of searching. Since I need to shut down my computer to find the setting, I'll wait to hear whether it's even necessary. If you have the old style BIOS, I can't help you.