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How can I boot from a m.2 ssd that is connected to my motherboard by a pcie to m.2 adapter? I can’t see it on boot settings 

 

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I don't know if this will help you but, I found this
https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/cant-boot-from-m-2-nvme-ssd.3365143/post-20482537

 

Sounds straight forward enough to me. The BIOS isn't seeing your PCI-E drive because it lack the required EFI boot sector.

Put your BIOS in UEFI mode, CSM Disabled.

Boot onto a Windows bootable usb drive(formatted as GPT/UEFI no CSM, if you use RUFUS, it should default to the right settings) and it should see the m.2 through its own drivers.

 

If your PC is much older and doesn't have UEFI .... I don't know what to tell you.

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16 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

If your PC is much older and doesn't have UEFI .... I don't know what to tell you.

@CUDAcores89 said something earlier today about how some Samsung NVMe SSDs will work on boards without UEFI, but that will require a small degree of BIOS hacking.

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35 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

I don't know if this will help you but, I found this
https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/cant-boot-from-m-2-nvme-ssd.3365143/post-20482537

 

Sounds straight forward enough to me. The BIOS isn't seeing your PCI-E drive because it lack the required EFI boot sector.

Put your BIOS in UEFI mode, CSM Disabled.

Boot onto a Windows bootable usb drive(formatted as GPT/UEFI no CSM, if you use RUFUS, it should default to the right settings) and it should see the m.2 through its own drivers.

 

If your PC is much older and doesn't have UEFI .... I don't know what to tell you.

I’m sorry but I have no idea of what you mean by “Put your BIOS in UEFI mode... drivers” 

 

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What mobo, what M.2 SSD?

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4 hours ago, _VOIDNEXUS_ said:

How can I boot from a m.2 ssd that is connected to my motherboard by a pcie to m.2 adapter? I can’t see it on boot settings 

 

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Maybe you don't have support for NVMe in the BIOS of your Motherboard??

What Motherboard is it?

and what SSD Is it?


Is it an nvme or a SATA one?

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5 minutes ago, Stefan Payne said:

Maybe you don't have support for NVMe in the BIOS of your Motherboard??

What Motherboard is it?

and what SSD Is it?


Is it an nvme or a SATA one?

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1 minute ago, _VOIDNEXUS_ said:

MSI b85-g43 gaming

Intel 660p  512gb

nvme

Installed the latest BIOS?

Is it regognized in Windows?

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20 minutes ago, Stefan Payne said:

Installed the latest BIOS?

Is it regognized in Windows?

Yes

If you mean that if it's working, it is i initialized it, created a volume, and transferred files before formatting my whole pc

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Yeah, exactly.

In that case you just don't have a new enough motherboard that supports NVMe SSDs.


You can still use it. And from what i've seen the Intel P660 wasn't that great either and got beaten in some situations by better SATA Drives...

 

So you might want to stick with that.

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27 minutes ago, Stefan Payne said:

Yeah, exactly.

In that case you just don't have a new enough motherboard that supports NVMe SSDs.


You can still use it. And from what i've seen the Intel P660 wasn't that great either and got beaten in some situations by better SATA Drives...

 

So you might want to stick with that.

what is i get a m.2 to sata adapter will the bios recognize it?

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1 hour ago, _VOIDNEXUS_ said:

what is i get a m.2 to sata adapter will the bios recognize it?

It won't work - m.2 to SATA adapter is a passive connector - meaning it will only work with SATA SSD in m.2 form factor (like Samsung 860 EVO). Intel p660 is an NVME disk and will not work with the m.2 to SATA adapter.

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2 hours ago, _VOIDNEXUS_ said:

what is i get a m.2 to sata adapter will the bios recognize it?

What is if you put Diesel in your gasoline car?

That are two completely different things.

 

So you have two options:

a) get a BOard with NVMe Support, wich means getting rid of your Haswell and move to a modern Plattform

b) deal with it and use it for your Games and boot from a S-ATA Drive.

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If you can get a refund do it, then get a SATA m.2 like the 860 Evo. 

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