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[LUG]Re: Computer not finding boot drive

 
Hi All
Thanks for all the help on this one. I tried the various approaches suggested and in doing so discovered that I have 6 sata slots and whilst I assumed I could simply use any, this was not true. I found that I had to plug the boot drive into one of two slots along with any other drives using the other of two slots. Then I can add other drives and peripherals into the remaining slots. 

Rich


On 02/03/2023 17:01, Michael Everitt wrote:

On 02/03/2023 12:08, Richard Brown wrote:

Hi All
I bought a new 2tb ssd which was to replace the 1tb ssd. I loaded into the computer and ran Manjaro of a usb drive and installed. The ssd was recognised and Manjaro installed with no problems. However, when I rebooted the drive was not recognised as a boot drive. I went into BIOS and the drive is seen as a SATA connection but not as a boot drive. I reinstalled the old drive and that is no longer recognised on boot either. The only other change I made to the system was to remove a 2tb 3.5" hard drive which I am putting into a different system.
The motherboard is an ASRock B250M-HDV and it has 6 slots for SATA drives. I am wondering if I am meant to fill the SATA ports in a certain order? I am unsure what to do next. Any help would be gratefully received. 

Huge thanks.
Most BIOSs and even UEFI implementations, have some weird ideas about 'priority' when it comes to storage devices, and they will change their internal "memory" of what devices are plugged-in on an almost daily (boot-time) basis. When OS's install, they invariably tinker with this to exert some kind of perceived 'preference' but this doesn't always reflect reality...
TL;DR - go into your BIOS/etc and tinker with -all- the Boot settings .. there are usually separate ones for Hard Disks (physically connected) and other boot devices (USB, network) and turn on/off 'Secure Boot' to see if this affects it too. I've had some lovely quirks getting UEFI-boot working correctly on a semi-compliant motherboard, where it whitelists 'Windows loader' as a pre-requisite to booting in the internal firmware. Google is your friend here (other search engines are available...). One disclaimer I will note - whilst I say 'tinker' - do this in at least a semi-methodical fashion - make notes [mental or physical] as you go so that you can reverse anything undesirable, and/or note what Works so you can repeat it if something else inadvertently changes. Of course, if you're even vaguely familiar with computer hardware, you know the kinds of prompts to search for (often worded differently), and where they get 'hidden' by different vendors, but be inquisitive .. see where it takes you! :) 
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