Windows 10: Windows 10 Home x64 New SSD not recognized in BIOS

Hello,I added a new SSD to my laptop. Next, I cloned the original drive to the SSD drive. The process completed successfully. I can see my new SSD drive in Windows Explorer. I can read and write to the drive without any issues. The problem I am facing is ... I wish to set the new SSD as the primary

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Windows 10 isn't recognizing new SSD

On startup the BIOS initializes the communication to the hardware and then hands it over to the OS. If the BIOS cannot see the SSD the OS (Windows) usually cannot either.

Your pc runs the newer UEFI per default but can revert to BIOS:

Check the BIOS settings if you can find anything about Legacy BIOS or UEFI.

Try changing it, reboot to test, then change it back and see if the SSD shows up in preboot.

Also some Mainboards have a SATA mode settings. Change that around to see if it makes a difference.

Once the SSD gets recognized its only a small step to get it mounted in Windows.

However it might not be possible to directly boot from the SSD using UEFI or even BIOS since the previous Installation cloned to it was stored on an SSHD and not an SSD which could cause problems.

My advise would be to perform a new Installation to the SSD once it gets recognized.

 

SSD not recognized in bios (laptop)

yeah it is listed elsewhere, so the bios does recognize it. but in priority list is not!, sorry bro i dont fully understand what i have to do!

 

Getting windows to recognize new SSD after cloning and swapping

Today I cloned my SSD (some OCZ Vertex where Windows 10 x64 is installed) to a bigger SSD (some Crucial M500) then swapped the drives. (I followed this guide, pretty much step-by-step.)

Everything has gone smoothly except that when I go to Device Manager, the old SSD is still listed under Disk drives:





I have ran a benchmark with AS SSD Benchmark and got numbers that match those for the Crucial M500. So does it matter that Device Manager has the wrong name? If I'd like Windows to recognize the new drive properly and display as such under Device Manager, how would I do that please?