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So I have an SSD and an HDD. I have windows 10 on my SSD. I created a linux partition on my HDD today (not entire drive, just partial). Now that I have 2 operating systems I'm running into issues. In my BIOS in the boot order it doesn't show my SSD. But it shows my HDD and DVD drive. So I can't order my SSD over my HDD. HOWEVER, when I click on boot options it recognized my SSD & I can just click on it and it'll boot right up. However...without going into the BIOS and clicking on that, it just defaults to my HDD, which now has an OS on it, going right into Linux. So right now the only way I can go into Windows is by manually going into the BIOS and clicking on my SSD to launch...as it doesn't show up in the boot order options........................motherboard is Asus z-97a. Help! Thanks.

Current PC build: [CPU: Intel i7 8700k] [GPU: GTX 1070 Asus ROG Strix] [Ram: Corsair LPX 32GB 3000MHz] [Mobo: Asus Prime Z370-A] [SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 500GB primary + Samsung 860 Evo 1TB secondary] [PSU: EVGA SuperNova G2 750w 80plus] [Monitors: Dual Dell Ultrasharp U2718Qs, 4k IPS] [Case: Fractal Design R5]

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I had a similar problem:

I had a HDD and SSD plug in. I did a fresh windows install on my SSD while windows was still installed on my HDD. I somehow could not boot from my SSD.

I found out that only my HDD had a MBR while my SSD didnt. So i had to manually disconnect my HDD from my PC while installing windows on it. Worked...

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Do you have GRUB installed?

Have you checked if the SSD will work without the other drive?

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I've had this happen before, fixed it by 2 ways: 1) Resized the partition simply by dragging the line or whatever all the way to the right giving me back all of my data storage and/or 2) I had to format and repartition.

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1 hour ago, ARikozuM said:

Do you have GRUB installed?

Have you checked if the SSD will work without the other drive?

Yeah. I've probably had this problem for a long time & didn't know. I only had 1 OS before so it defaulted to it. The OS on the SSD works just fine. It's shown in the BIOS but not in boot order....but I can manually boot from a device, and from there is shows my SSD, and it works fine..

Current PC build: [CPU: Intel i7 8700k] [GPU: GTX 1070 Asus ROG Strix] [Ram: Corsair LPX 32GB 3000MHz] [Mobo: Asus Prime Z370-A] [SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 500GB primary + Samsung 860 Evo 1TB secondary] [PSU: EVGA SuperNova G2 750w 80plus] [Monitors: Dual Dell Ultrasharp U2718Qs, 4k IPS] [Case: Fractal Design R5]

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49 minutes ago, phongle123 said:

I've had this happen before, fixed it by 2 ways: 1) Resized the partition simply by dragging the line or whatever all the way to the right giving me back all of my data storage and/or 2) I had to format and repartition.

I didn't even partition the SSD at all. I partitioned my HDD. So the SSD is untouched. 

Current PC build: [CPU: Intel i7 8700k] [GPU: GTX 1070 Asus ROG Strix] [Ram: Corsair LPX 32GB 3000MHz] [Mobo: Asus Prime Z370-A] [SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 500GB primary + Samsung 860 Evo 1TB secondary] [PSU: EVGA SuperNova G2 750w 80plus] [Monitors: Dual Dell Ultrasharp U2718Qs, 4k IPS] [Case: Fractal Design R5]

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Asus's bios is a little funky. Youll have to go into the advanced options in order to change which boot devices show up in the boot order. I know its under the boot tab, however I forget the exact way to do so. Ill shut down and check it out in my bios 

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15 minutes ago, Coldfuson said:

Asus's bios is a little funky. Youll have to go into the advanced options in order to change which boot devices show up in the boot order. I know its under the boot tab, however I forget the exact way to do so. Ill shut down and check it out in my bios 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxKhpUi0NjfKNnVCNHlCeWMxZmc/view?usp=sharing

Edit: Steps in advanced bios on my asus UEFI BIOS

i7 4930k \ Asus P9X79 LE \ Corsair H100i \ 16 GB DDR3 G.SKILL Ripjaw \ Asus Strix R9 380x 4GB \ Crucial 500 GB Sata III SSD \ Thermaltake TR2 RX 850W \ Corsair Crystal 460 Black \ Razer Naga Molten edition \ Razer Black Widow Ultimate \ Klipsch Promedia 2.1 speakers \ Hyper X Cloud Alpha \ 

 

i5 6600k\ Asus Z170-A \ Corsair H100i v2 \ 16 GB DDR4 G.SKILL Ripjaw \ Asus GTX 1060 6GB 4GB \ SanDisk 480 GB Sata III SSD \ Seasonic G Series550W \ DIYPC Skyline 06 black/green \ Razer Naga Epic \ Razer Black Widow Chroma \ Logitech 2.1 Speakers \ Logitech G430 \ 

 

 

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