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Change the main hard drive in the BIOS

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GShock82 Posted messages 5 Status Member -  
GShock82 Posted messages 5 Status Member -
Hello,

I have a small issue with my main hard drive recognition in the BIOS.
I just installed a new hard drive, I did everything correctly, since yesterday everything was running perfectly,
Today I plugged in my old HDD to use it as a secondary storage drive.
I formatted it and started sorting my files.
However, when I restarted my computer, there was an error because it boots from my old HDD and not my SSD.. When I press F12 at startup to enter the BIOS:
I can see my SSD in P1 (it works perfectly when I boot from it) and my HDD in P0, and in Windows Boot Manager, I have my HDD, so I can't enter it to change my primary hard drive because it starts diagnosing an error and doesn't fix it. Of course, there’s no Windows on it.

Do you have a solution to make my computer automatically boot from my SSD?

Thank you in advance!

(I am on Windows 10)

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    brucine Posted messages 24928 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 179
     
    Hello,

    You need to boot manually from the SSD since it seems to still be possible, then modify the boot sequence by removing any references to the HDD either via the command line, but it’s quite cumbersome:
    https://www.malekal.com/bcdedit-modifier-demarrage-windows/
    or with an appropriate graphical utility, for example: https://www.commentcamarche.net/telecharger/utilitaires/8719-easybcd/
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    1. GShock82 Posted messages 5 Status Member
       
      I looked at the software a bit but I can only find paid versions; the free version is for Win 11 and I'm on 10.

      I haven't really looked into the other method since you said it was rather risky.
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    2. brucine Posted messages 24928 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 179 > GShock82 Posted messages 5 Status Member
       
      Easy BCD remains free for non-commercial use, I obviously don’t use it every day, but it works fine on Windows 10.

      https://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/
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    3. GShock82 Posted messages 5 Status Member > brucine Posted messages 24928 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      Indeed, I hadn't noticed the non-commercial use, I just installed it, but I'm really not skilled at handling this kind of tool
      What exactly do I need to do to boot from my SSD instead of the HDD?
      In "edit the boot menu," I only have one line "Windows 10," which is set by default
      In the other tabs, I'm a bit scared to touch them so I don't mess things up

      Thanks in advance :)
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    4. quentin2121 Posted messages 9063 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 313 > GShock82 Posted messages 5 Status Member
       
      In "add remove entries," in the left tab, choose remove, Windows, and the HDD to be removed at startup!
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    5. kaumune Posted messages 22605 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   5 159 > GShock82 Posted messages 5 Status Member
       
      Hi

      Before installing a utility (in your case), you should first change the boot order in the PC setup, not just in the Boot Menu

      Are you sure that with F12 you are in the PC setup?

      I think it's just the Boot Menu

      On my old (also) Gigabyte, the setup is Del (or Delete depending on the keyboard), not F12

      This is confirmed on page 34 of the manual
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  2. Don_Carlos Posted messages 382 Status Member 52
     
    <translated>Hi, what is the model of your motherboard?</translated>
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  3. GShock82 Posted messages 5 Status Member
     
    My motherboard is a Gigabyte G1 Sniper (it's really not that young anymore lol)

    @Brucine, thanks, I'll take a closer look at that tomorrow.
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