Windows 10: New ssd not in boot order

Replaced hdd with ssd. New ssd isn't in boot order. Didn't migrate anything was just gonna do fresh windows install. Do I have to install windows on new ssd before it shows in boot order. Would like easiest solution possible since I'm new to this.

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exact boot order

Having problems with PC booting at all. a couple of days ago I noticed windows updates had been installed and required a restart.

so shut all apps, go to start-restart and update, return 20 mins later to a WHITE screen that says something not found and suggests

the steps to do in order to restart. first, run a bunch of hardware diagnostics, all tests pass. then suggests restoring to previous point created

by windows before updates. no success. loops back to run diagnostics again. no success. finally I click continue and new screen appears

with QR code and a url that I could not see before it loops back to the start again to run diagnostics again.

so I decide to reboot. NOTHING. this is a Dell PC, 6 months old, SSD and mechanical HD. ssd is boot drive.

SOOOOO.... Dell tech here twice w/new mobo. no success. what is the chance it's NOT a hard/ssd problem?

have Acronis backups but wondering why no error code or message. no post beep, seems more like something is wrong

in boot sequence before looking for boot device. Dell coming back monday w/new CPU.

WHAT DO YA THINK?

 

new ssd, installed win 10, first in boot order but still boots from old hard drive.

I have a pc with a standard hard drive running windows 10 just fine. I got a new SSD. I unplugged all the hard drives, installed the SSD and installed windows 10 on it. I would boot just fine. I then plugged the old hard drive back in thinking I
could switch between these boot drives using the bios boot order. I was able to switch back to booting from the hard drive but now when I change the boot order to the ssd first it always skips over it and boots the from the second option which is the old
hard drive. I thought hard drive data was just data and the bios could choose which drive to boot from but it doesn't. I can see that the old hard drive is listed as active in disk management. It seems like windows will mark only one hard drive as active
and the bios must boot from that no matter what the boot order is. Is that how it works? Is there a way to switch between booting from either drive without opening up the pc and unplugging the other drive each time?

 

New windows 10 installtion on New SSD - wont boot unless old SSD present

It seems you installed Windows while the both SSDs were connected. This would have caused your current problem. Maybe it is sufficient to do this:

1. Launch the Disk Manager.
2. Right-click drive C:, then mark it as "active".
3. Shut down Windows
4. Open the BIOS and tell it that the new SSD is the primary boot device.
5. Disconnect the old SSD.
6. Boot up normally.

If this does not work then you might have to do this:

1. Disconnect the old SSD.
2. Re-install Windows on the new SSD, using the Media Creation Tool.