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December 9th, 2020 05:00
Aurora R7, issue with new SSD as Boot drive
I recently installed a Samsung 860 EVO 500gbs into my Alienware Aurora r7 desktop. I wanted it to be the main boot drive and I going to wipe the old HDD and use it for storage. I cloned the HDD onto the SSD, I disconnected the HDD and confirmed that the SSD could boot to Windows no problem. I then reconnected the HDD and wiped it using the "Clean" command in DISKPART. I then reinitialized the old HDD and formatted it.
For some odd reason whenever I do a full shutdown and boot back up the Alienware SupportAssistant starts doing a scan for errors on the old HDD and I have to load the BIOs and save and exit in order for it to boot from the SSD. Once it boots the SSD still works no problem. And when I just do a restart instead of a full shutdown it boots to the SSD no problem. I'm not sure what else I can do cause I know that the old HDD has been wiped clean of Windows so don't know what else to do. Any advice would be appreciated.
Doghouse Reilly
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December 9th, 2020 06:00
I would suggest that you check to make sure that "fast startup" is not turned on. It should look like this...
"I have to load the BIOs and save and exit in order for it to boot from the SSD. Once it boots the SSD still works no problem."
If the "shut off the fast startup" doesn't help, then try the procedure in the service manual for clearing the CMOS.
It sounds like the BIOS is still looking for Windows on the old drive, must be nostalgic.
Doghouse Reilly
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December 9th, 2020 07:00
Give me a slow boot over no boot anytime...
r72019
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December 9th, 2020 07:00
@Rydarr77
It could have something to do with the default RAID setting between an optane m2 drive and HDD. And with that being turned off. What exactly is the situation with your m2 slot?
Disabling fast boot should bypass the issue if it only pops up on shutdown ("shutdown" by default in win 10 has been changed to mean hibernation, not a shutdown, if the optane link was severed it could be trying to resume windows from the old hdd information stored on your m2 optane drive for example).
Keep in mind disabling fast startup would probably increase boot times to some extent with a sata ssd.
Doghouse Reilly
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December 9th, 2020 07:00
Glad to be able to assist...enjoy your new SSD!
Rydarr77
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December 9th, 2020 07:00
That worked! Disabling Fast Startup let me computer boot straight to the SSD! Thanks so much! now i don't have to access my BIOs each time I boot up lol.
Doghouse Reilly
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December 9th, 2020 08:00
I was just being a silly goose...
r72019
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December 9th, 2020 08:00
"Give me a slow boot over no boot anytime...:"
What I was trying to say is if you fixed the problem instead of bypassing it, it could probably lead to improved performance with fast boot enabled or disabled, since the issue is probably slowing the boot under either scenario. But no worries. At least its resolved.