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Inspiron N7110r 2nd HDD boot issue
hi,
I have a DELL Inspiron N7110r 2nd gen laptop. I've installed an ssd and switch it with the internal wd hdd and made the orginal hdd as external via esata.
Due to the limmited space offered by an ssd and the inconvenient of adn external hdd, i've purchased a 2nd hdd caddy from ebay. It is a sata caddy for 2'5" hdds. So... i placed the hdd in the caddy and placed the caddy into the dvdrw bay.
In bios, the 2nd hdd appers in the first screen as "sata odd western digital..." just under "fixed hdd ocz vertex...". But in the boot section it doesn't appear at all. And if i want to boot from it i just can't beacause its not appearing anywere. I can only use it as a storage device. Why? Why i can't boot from it? I have a windows installed on this hdd and it boots from esata but not from internal sata...
ejn63
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January 24th, 2012 09:00
That would be a question for whoever manufactured the caddy you bought - that's the device that's preventing the SSD from being seen as a boot device.
ma3x
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January 24th, 2012 11:00
how so? i think that the caddy has only a simple sata 22pin to sata 16pin adaptor for power connector. I don't think it is a caddy problem, i think that it is a bios/option problem. How could be the caddy involved in this? how could the cudd change anything? The only options i'm having in my mind are:
1. the bios/southbridge is developped in such a manner that it only recognyzes optical devices on that sata port.
2. the bios is setting that port as slave or the caddy is setting the hdd as slave.
trinitz
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March 14th, 2013 17:00
Hi !
Did You find any solution for your boot problem ??????
ma3x
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March 15th, 2013 04:00
hi,
unfortunately no...i've made 2 partitions on the hdd, one with windows already installed and one with bootable windows setup but it doesn't boot in any way.
i've also tried different programs that "force boot" but without result.
i think that the bios is specifically constructed is such a manner so that you cannot put a 2nd hdd on that port. I don't know why... i've not called on dell support but you can try.
now i boot from the designated internal sata port my ssd and if i want to boot from the caddy hdd i have to put i out and connect it into the esata port.
if ypu call the dell support please get me an answer.
thanks
trinitz
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March 16th, 2013 05:00
Hi ! Thx for your reply !
Did You try this one :
" I had a similar problem when I installed my Samsung 840 Pro + cadddy in my ODD. I have a 17R Inspiron N7110.
The SSD is recognized in the main BIOS screen but not in the boot order screen. I set my boot order like below and changed the HDD to inactive from active. It booted the SSD first.
This boot order boots the SSD first:
CD/DVD
USB storage device
removable drive
eSATA
- Hard Drive
--- ST1000 hard drive
- Network
--- Realtek PXE B03 DOO"
Check this on : en.community.dell.com/.../19495680.aspx
Bye !
ma3x
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March 16th, 2013 08:00
ok... so i find what are you talking about and it might work... but... if i change the ssd from active to inactive and this solution doesn't work... how can i put it back to active? the os will still boot in this inactive state?
Omar Al-Dabbagh
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July 20th, 2013 01:00
i guess the system was designed not to boot from caddy , though i still do not get it why it boots from ODD and with a caddy it doesn't , Regards