Change the main hard drive in the BIOS
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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)
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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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/
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/
I haven't really looked into the other method since you said it was rather risky.
https://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/
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 :)
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