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@RS_ND wrote:

Laptop Dell Vostro 3590

Disc originally installed 1TB HDD

Windows 11

Background

• Machine became very slow and started hanging

• Started getting a message that HDD was bad

• Decided to install SSD

• Purchased and added a 500GB Crucial NVME M.2 SSD - Model CT500PSSD8

• Changed the BIOS settings from RAID to AHCI . Includes having to deal with Win11 issues which were resolved by reading up on the subject.

• SSD is visible/accessible in Windows explorer. Formatted and partitioned.

• Decided to do a clean install of Win10 on SSD and move everything to SSD by re-installing all apps and copying data to SSD.

Problem

Even though the SSD is listed in the "System Information-> Hardware->Storage->Disks" and is also fully accessible in Win Explorer and laptop boots off the Win 10 install on the SSD , the SSD is not visible in BIOS in the boot sequence options.

Help requested

How can I ensure that the BIOS is acknowledging the presence and availability of the SSD as a boot device so that I can get rid of the legacy HDD and install a 2.5 inch SSD in it's place?

Will appreciate any help to sort the mess. Thanks.

 

Cheers

Edit:

PS: Have today updated the BIOS to the latest update from Dell. Problem still remains unresolved.

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Clone the HDD to an external USB hard drive as an image

Remove the HDD

Install SSD.

Image the SSD with the file from the external USB hard drive.

I recommend using Macrium Reflect Free.

Read their tutorials on doing this.