I copied my C: from an IDE drive to an SSD and it booted up just fine the first time. The last reboot (days later) failed, displaying the IDE's O/S boot options.
I went into the BIOS and sure enough, the IDE was listed first in the priority so I moved the Sata SSD first and saved but on reboot, it again displayed the IDE's boot. Again the BIOS showed the IDE first and again I switched and saved, but the same thing happened.
I again moved the SSD first, left the menu and went back and it was how I left it with SSD first. I saved and rebooted - same problem.
Next, on reboot, I clicked ESC to manually choose the SSD boot drive. That worked.
So the BIOS sure likes to keep the IDE first. Anyone know what's going on?
A couple things I could try: removing the boot menu from the IDE; somehow redirect the IDE boot to the SSD.
Does it matter which Sata MB port is used - I did not think so?
Thanks,
Gary Davis
Webguild
I went into the BIOS and sure enough, the IDE was listed first in the priority so I moved the Sata SSD first and saved but on reboot, it again displayed the IDE's boot. Again the BIOS showed the IDE first and again I switched and saved, but the same thing happened.
I again moved the SSD first, left the menu and went back and it was how I left it with SSD first. I saved and rebooted - same problem.
Next, on reboot, I clicked ESC to manually choose the SSD boot drive. That worked.
So the BIOS sure likes to keep the IDE first. Anyone know what's going on?
A couple things I could try: removing the boot menu from the IDE; somehow redirect the IDE boot to the SSD.
Does it matter which Sata MB port is used - I did not think so?
Thanks,
Gary Davis
Webguild