12-12-2025 03:37 AM
Greetings
My question looks simple - how to make my drives appear in the Boot priority?
CPU: 9800x3d (water cooled)
RAM: single kit 2x16GB F5-6400J3039G16GX2-TR5NS (this kit is on the QVL list for this board)
MOBO: Asus X870e-e gaming, with BIOS 1804
GPU: Sapphire 9070 XT Nitro +
PSU: FSP Hydro Ti 1000
Nvme SSD: WD 8100 4TB
SATA SSD: Samsung Evo 850 500GB (just tried with this one, it won't be part of the build)
I tried the WD nvme SSD from this list in my laptop, and it is fully working. I also tried with a SATA SSD I borrowed from an older PC, but both drives do not appear in the Boot priority menu.
In the last two days I tried a lot of advices found on-line. Run with EXPO, run without expo. Manually enter latencies. Reseat the drives, still nothing helped.
I have NO boot problems, just cannot access the drives...
Can anyone help where to look? I have attached a picture of my home screen in the UEFI.
Thank you
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12-12-2025 04:49 AM - edited 12-12-2025 04:55 AM
If here is no drive priority, mean the windows boot manager is not present or missing. with iout it you can not boot to windows. can be 1 of the following.
1. there is not boot manager No windows install present.
2. the nvme that has the os (if you have one) is on legacy not on uefi format. there are ways to fix this, not my speciality take to much time.
3. nvme is has a damage boot maneger. need to fix or reinstall windows.
4. will not apply since drive are present to the left.
5. if has a windows on one of those, and on some cases the old install VMD oir raid was use. base on the image show is not. but maybe not correct set
6. If you use a nvme from a laptop WILL NOT APPEAR if encryption was active on the laptop. THERE IS NOT WAY to do so unless you use the laptop and disable the windows encryption. most laptops has those active by defualt.
In case of the second one, go to boot F7), change UEFI to other OS from UEFI f10 and back to bios. if still does not say anything on boot priority is set on 1 or 3 above.
12-12-2025 04:49 AM - edited 12-12-2025 04:55 AM
If here is no drive priority, mean the windows boot manager is not present or missing. with iout it you can not boot to windows. can be 1 of the following.
1. there is not boot manager No windows install present.
2. the nvme that has the os (if you have one) is on legacy not on uefi format. there are ways to fix this, not my speciality take to much time.
3. nvme is has a damage boot maneger. need to fix or reinstall windows.
4. will not apply since drive are present to the left.
5. if has a windows on one of those, and on some cases the old install VMD oir raid was use. base on the image show is not. but maybe not correct set
6. If you use a nvme from a laptop WILL NOT APPEAR if encryption was active on the laptop. THERE IS NOT WAY to do so unless you use the laptop and disable the windows encryption. most laptops has those active by defualt.
In case of the second one, go to boot F7), change UEFI to other OS from UEFI f10 and back to bios. if still does not say anything on boot priority is set on 1 or 3 above.