Windows 10: No option to Boot with HDD

Recently I installed a SATA SSD in my Dell Inspiron 14 3442 laptop and put the main Hard Drive in DVD Drive slot using a caddy. Currently I'm using SSD as my boot drive and Windows is also installed on my old HDD. Both the drives are working fine.Now I want to boot my laptop with the old HDD as some softwares are installed on that drive only. But when I go into the boot sequence menu, there is no option to set the HDD as 1st Boot priority. Both the SSD and HDD are not being shown in the boot sequence menu. There are only 3 options which you can see in the image attached below.So, how can I boo

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Re: All boot options are tried...

Hi Elda,

If the boot sequence didn't work, then we suggest try running the laptop in safe mode. To do this, here's a few steps to follow:

• Power down your laptop.
• Turn it back on again.
• When you turn it back on, press F8 repeatedly until the power on option appeared.
  
• If you see the boot option "Safe Mode with Networking", choose that option.
• See if you can boot up in Safe mode.

We'll look forward to your response.

 

Changing boot hdd

I downloaded PartitionMagic8.0, but the partition i want to make is not bootable.
So the system boots from the old, loud hdd, and when i unplug the old, it doesnt boot.
Any advice or suggestions how to change boot hdd without reinstalling Winxp?

 

laptop doesnt boot automatically

This is what happened.

1. Did a repair install and later disabled hibertnate in CMD.
2. Enabled legacy option ROM in BIOS.
3. After a few times startup ( i used the system in such mode for 5 days), changed boot option back to default.
4. Vola!! It boots automatically to win10 without any keypress. Tested it with many starts to confirm the same.
5. Re-enabled hibernate option using CMD and later selected Fast Startup.
6. System booted normally, without the need for any keypress.

I do not know exactly whether such steps resolved the problem or what else happened, hence cannot suggest above steps.

Many thanks to all members who helped to troubleshoot problems.