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Hello everyone, I have a toshiba satellite p55 a5312, been using for awhile and it's really slow now.\

I wanted to install a ssd on it so took the Samsung EVO 850 from my PC and plugged in. It should work according to my limited knowledge but it didn't. The boot menu didn't recognized my ssd.

I don't want to spend money on something expensive unless I know it works, and everything is so overpriced here.

Sooo, anyone has nay ideas?

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2 minutes ago, tommy2712 said:

Hello everyone, I have a toshiba satellite p55 a5312, been using for awhile and it's really slow now.\

I wanted to install a ssd on it so took the Samsung EVO 850 from my PC and plugged in. It should work according to my limited knowledge but it didn't. The boot menu didn't recognized my ssd.

I don't want to spend money on something expensive unless I know it works, and everything is so overpriced here.

Sooo, anyone has nay ideas?

the installation on that 850 is probably GPT for UEFI systems, i bet your laptop is looking for MBR Legacy bootloaders

Home PC:

CPU: i7 4790s ~ Motherboard: Asus B85M-E ~ RAM: 32GB Ballistix Sport DDR3 1666 ~ GPU: Sapphire R9 390 Nitro ~ Case: Corsair Carbide Spec-03 ~ Storage: Kingston Predator 240GB   PCIE M.2 Boot, 2TB HDD, 3x 480GB SATA SSD's in RAID 0 ~ PSU:    Corsair CX600
Display(s): Asus PB287Q , Generic Samsung 1080p 22" ~ Cooling: Arctic T3 Air Cooler, All case fans replaced with Noctua NF-B9 Redux's ~ Keyboard: Logitech G810 Orion ~ Mouse: Cheap Microsoft Wired (i like it) ~ Sound: Radial Pro USB DAC into 250w Powered Speakers ~ Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise x64
 

Work PC:

CPU: Intel Xeon E3 1275 v3 ~ Motherboard: Asrock E3C226D2I ~ RAM: 16GB DDR3 ~ GPU: GTX 460 ~ Case: Silverstone SG05 ~ Storage: 512GB SATA SSD ~ Displays: 3x1080p 24" mix and matched Dell monitors plus a 10" 1080p lilliput monitor above ~ Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise x64

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Just now, tommy2712 said:

So is there any thing I can do?

A difference SSD or I'm stuck with the slow HDD forever?

no its just the way that windows has been installed on that 850, if it was installed as UEFI, then you will only be able to boot that drive on a UEFI compatible machine. If you want to use that 850 in your laptop, you will need to reinstall windows on it in MBR legacy mode so the laptop can boot it. Assuming that this is the problem of course

Home PC:

CPU: i7 4790s ~ Motherboard: Asus B85M-E ~ RAM: 32GB Ballistix Sport DDR3 1666 ~ GPU: Sapphire R9 390 Nitro ~ Case: Corsair Carbide Spec-03 ~ Storage: Kingston Predator 240GB   PCIE M.2 Boot, 2TB HDD, 3x 480GB SATA SSD's in RAID 0 ~ PSU:    Corsair CX600
Display(s): Asus PB287Q , Generic Samsung 1080p 22" ~ Cooling: Arctic T3 Air Cooler, All case fans replaced with Noctua NF-B9 Redux's ~ Keyboard: Logitech G810 Orion ~ Mouse: Cheap Microsoft Wired (i like it) ~ Sound: Radial Pro USB DAC into 250w Powered Speakers ~ Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise x64
 

Work PC:

CPU: Intel Xeon E3 1275 v3 ~ Motherboard: Asrock E3C226D2I ~ RAM: 16GB DDR3 ~ GPU: GTX 460 ~ Case: Silverstone SG05 ~ Storage: 512GB SATA SSD ~ Displays: 3x1080p 24" mix and matched Dell monitors plus a 10" 1080p lilliput monitor above ~ Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise x64

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Just now, tommy2712 said:

So I have to buy another SSD or install a fresh window on my 850 to know.

Thanks for the help :)

to confirm, you can put the 850 back in your rig, boot it, and type msinfo32 into the run box, and see what it says under BIOS type, if it says UEFI, then that's why it wont boot in your laptop

Home PC:

CPU: i7 4790s ~ Motherboard: Asus B85M-E ~ RAM: 32GB Ballistix Sport DDR3 1666 ~ GPU: Sapphire R9 390 Nitro ~ Case: Corsair Carbide Spec-03 ~ Storage: Kingston Predator 240GB   PCIE M.2 Boot, 2TB HDD, 3x 480GB SATA SSD's in RAID 0 ~ PSU:    Corsair CX600
Display(s): Asus PB287Q , Generic Samsung 1080p 22" ~ Cooling: Arctic T3 Air Cooler, All case fans replaced with Noctua NF-B9 Redux's ~ Keyboard: Logitech G810 Orion ~ Mouse: Cheap Microsoft Wired (i like it) ~ Sound: Radial Pro USB DAC into 250w Powered Speakers ~ Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise x64
 

Work PC:

CPU: Intel Xeon E3 1275 v3 ~ Motherboard: Asrock E3C226D2I ~ RAM: 16GB DDR3 ~ GPU: GTX 460 ~ Case: Silverstone SG05 ~ Storage: 512GB SATA SSD ~ Displays: 3x1080p 24" mix and matched Dell monitors plus a 10" 1080p lilliput monitor above ~ Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise x64

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2 hours ago, tommy2712 said:

Hello everyone, I have a toshiba satellite p55 a5312, been using for awhile and it's really slow now.\

I wanted to install a ssd on it so took the Samsung EVO 850 from my PC and plugged in. It should work according to my limited knowledge but it didn't. The boot menu didn't recognized my ssd.

I don't want to spend money on something expensive unless I know it works, and everything is so overpriced here.

Sooo, anyone has nay ideas?

try looking in your BIOS and change the sata to ACHI mode. might help. 

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2 hours ago, tommy2712 said:

So I have to buy another SSD or install a fresh window on my 850 to know.

Thanks for the help :)

if you have an external HDD reader, and your using the 850 evo, you can try doing the Samsung Data Migration software and it will clone your HDD to your SSD

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