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November 6th, 2020 08:00
XPS 8930, NVMe SSD, need help setting boot sequence
I cloned the only storage in my dell 8930 which was a slow hdd and installed a new nvme ssd and I took out the hdd and am working successfully off new fast ssd but the start up takes 2 minutes as its not in correct boot order. If I show pictures can you help me each step so the computer starts and boots from ssd?
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Hippyvicky
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November 6th, 2020 14:00
OMG your the best! I was so unsure about what the onboard nics and ipv4 and 6 were..totally nervous being in this section..lol.. but I took your advice and moved that to the top and voila! 🥳 it went from a 2 minute start up to a 17 second start-up! We bought this fancy new xps i9-9900 and didn't know anything about ssd drives and just had a 2TB hdd and oh my it slow as heck and noisy..now with this nvme 2400 speeds..super fast and so quiet! I wish I didn't spend 3 days figuring it out before I asked you..but hey I waste time no more!! Thank you kindly 🤩
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November 6th, 2020 12:00
@Hippyvicky The problem is that the Windows Boot Manager should be the first option, so in the BIOS under Boot Option Priorities, change Boot Option #1 to Windows Boot Manager.
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November 6th, 2020 16:00
@Hippyvicky I am happy that solved your problem. If you wish to reinstall your 2TB HDD to use as additional storage you need to boot up using the F12 Boot Menu to select to boot from the NVMe SSD. You can read about the F12 boot sequence in the Service Manual, page 87. After you are sure you are booting from the SSD, you can use DiskPart to reinitialize the HDD to use as additional storage. Here is the DiskPart procedure: https://macrorit.com/partition-magic-manager/initialize-disk-gpt-mbr-from-cmd-diskpart.html
Be sure you use the 'list disk' command to identify the HDD and the 'select disk' command to select the HDD to initialize.
In Windows 10 it is easy to specify another drive for additional storage. Go to All settings / System / Storage / click on "Change where new content is saved" / then change where new apps, new documents, new music, new photos, new movies, etc. are saved. Note that existing documents, music, photos, movies, etc. remain in their current locations and have to be moved (copied to the new locations and deleted (if you wish) from the old locations. Existing apps have to be uninstalled and reinstalled, except that some apps prefer to be installed on the OS drive. Also, some apps default to saving content on the C drive.