Question Weird HDD recognition problem in bios menu

[Mhmmdr]

Hi guys,
I have a Samsung NP300E laptop and just added a new SSD (ADATA SU630) as main drive and used a HDD caddy for my previous HDD and replaced the optical drive with that. The problem is when I go to bios menu, both SSD and HDD drives are shown in SATA connections but in boot order menu the SATA HDD is not shown as if it don't exist. When I load the windows all drives are shown properly.

The main problem is that when I start up the laptop the windows doesn't load and the screen keeps getting on and off as if it's continually restarting. The only trick to bypass this stage is that I insert a bootable flash USB and when the massage "press any key to boot from USB" comes up I do nothing and then the windows loads automatically.

Can you please suggest what's wrong?

 

[rocktalkrock]

Does the new SSD use MBR or GPT partitions?

 

[Mhmmdr]

Does the new SSD use MBR or GPT partitions?

Both of them (SSD and HDD) are MBR partitions.

 

[rocktalkrock]

1. In the boot order menu do you see more than 1 option?
2. In the BIOS is Fast BIOS Mode enabled or disabled?
3. In the BIOS is Secure Boot enabled or disabled? Try switching to disabled and change "OS Mode Selection" to "UEFI and Legacy OS".

 

[Mhmmdr]

1. In the boot order menu do you see more than 1 option?
2. In the BIOS is Fast BIOS Mode enabled or disabled?
3. In the BIOS is Secure Boot enabled or disabled? Try switching to disabled and change "OS Mode Selection" to "UEFI and Legacy OS".

The bios menu is Phoenix securecore utility and none of your mentioned options is available in bios menu.

 

[rocktalkrock]

Samsung has likely removed certain options in the BIOS to reduce your ability to make changes to the laptop.
Is your new SSD set as "Primary Master" in the BIOS?