Windows 10: dual boot on m.2 ssd

Discus and support dual boot on m.2 ssd in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; i have a laptop hp 15-ay503tx with core i5 6th gen 8 gb ddr4 ram 1 TB hdd 5400rpm. currently i am using dual boot windows 7 ultimate and windows... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by MD ABIDALI, Jul 21, 2018.

  1. dual boot on m.2 ssd


    i have a laptop hp 15-ay503tx with

    core i5 6th gen

    8 gb ddr4 ram

    1 TB hdd 5400rpm.


    currently i am using dual boot windows 7 ultimate and windows 10 both on same hdd on different partitions.


    i am going to install a

    860 EVO 250GB SATA III M.2 SSD
    on this laptop and want to use this ssd as windows partition.

    i want to install dual os both windows 7 and windows 10 on this ssd.

    want to know is it possible? experts gives opinion and also microsoft.


    thanks in advance.

    :)
     
    MD ABIDALI, Jul 21, 2018
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  2. Lagged Win User

    M.2 SSD not being able to boot from it, windows doesn't recognise.


    Ok, this is what happened after all the comments and suggestions, @Dude: Thanx for the video, my mb had non e of those settings, it had the raid/option memory gene or achi. Can only choose one or the other. @Saltgrass, my settings did point out auto and enabled the pcie x4, gen 3. I did an bios flash as suggested, because my bios was not the latest version, after a reformat the m.2 was picked up, still cant install OS onto it as it states legacy not found, removed my dvd rom from the sata port to another, and the drive was found and installed. Only issue now is that it's still not my OS drive but it at least now works and is installed, but on the Intel rst drive the obtain memory gene option to enable is greyed out, and shows as disabled. However the program lists the M.2 and it is working 100%,. I installed overwhatch onto it, it performs perfectly. But will update the intel driver tonight and see if that makes any difference. Seems the bios flash enabled the settings listed by @Dude that was not present pre-flash.

    So the m.2 drive works. I can game off it and install omnto it. Can not install windows on it, gene memmory is enabled, pcie x4 is on and on auto detect, Motherbaord lists all the drives connected, motherboard ahs been updated to latest bios. After flash new settings became available, m.2 is now on memmory gene enabled not achi, windows os is enabled and fast boost is enabled, intel rst is installed and lists all the ssds and the m.2, however the m.2 on memmory gene is dissabled and the option to enable is greyed out. Will update the driver as Essenbe suggested of the m.2 and see if anything changes. Thank you all for the help, I can now atleast use my m.2
     
    Lagged, Jul 21, 2018
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  3. ocir Win User
    m.2 ssd


    Hi all can you clone a ssd to a m.2 ssd, making the m.2 ssd the boot drive?
     
  4. PaulRujan Win User

    dual boot on m.2 ssd

    inaccessible M.2 SSD boot device

    Dear Sumit,

    many thanks for the tips. I used long ago to admin my Sun Workstation but never Windows. Your solution looked very promising, especially since I can access the SSD when I boot a similar Win 10 pro from a SATA disk on the same desktop. However, neither when
    booting with the SSD on the first place, nor when I am on the SATA system do I have the rights to perform the operations you suggest. In other words, when booting directly the system I cannot get to the system's cmd environment. The other cmd recovery option
    provides simply an external shell (I guess from memory) allowing me to do some simple operations but NOT accessing the dead system's data. Same, when I am admin on a parallel system running on the SATA disk.

    From a security perspective this is reassuring and the whole situation looks like closing the car trunk on your car keys. Nevertheless, I can just start the programs I need (Visual Studio and co) also from the SSD, which is somewhat surprising, so for the
    time being I wait for a solution.

    Since the only difference on the running and non-running variant is the type of storage (SATA disk vs M.2 SSD) I would bet that the error is related to the PCH driver (either Samsung, MS, or the MSI motherboard).

    Many thanks again for your time,

    With best regards,

    Paul
     
    PaulRujan, Jul 21, 2018
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