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I switched the boot back to the sdd , it is a much faster boot & programs run faster. I would like to thank people for their help. Very much appreciated.

I figured out how to boot from either the hdd or ssd. I went into my bios to Boot then to Hard Disk drives & disabled one of them. That gave me the option to choose the hdd or the add. My question is: Which one would be better to boot from the ssd or hdd, there are so many different arguments...

The ssd is the c: & the cloned hdd is h: so how do you know which one it boots off. Is it better for it to boot from the ssd & use the hdd as storage or vice versa. So many conflicting arguments on this. I did a bios update, it was 4 years old. This is what shows up on the updated bios. Is...

I have a bit more info which may help.

I have a Dell xps 8700 pc with Windows 10 installed. I cloned my new wd hdd from a ssd card. In the bios under UEFI boot the hdd does not show up in the boot order, but does show up in the Legacy boot order. I played around for a few hours with this but to no avail. Any help to get it to boot...

This makes since. I will clone my hdd when it arrives. I will also look into those other options you suggested. Thanks for all your help. Much appreciated.

Yes, cloning was one of my options The other option I was thinking was to keep the ssd drive as my os & my programs & use the hd as storage for my files by going into windows 10 settings/system/storage & move my files to the hd. Is there any disadvantage to this option. Thanks for your help &...

The Seagate hdd as you can see is not detected (It does not spin -it is failed). Windows 10 boots from the ssd disc drive. I believe the msata slot proper name isMSATA1 is where the ssd card fits into (#11 in the mb diagram in the owners manual). the ssd card is the LITEONIT LMT256M mSATA...

The drive should be here late in the week as I ordered it through amazon. The failed one was hooked up to sata0 so I assume this hd was to boot up windows 10. Would windows 10 be installed in ssd card in the msata slot or what is the purpose of that. Thanks for your help.

Since I got into the bios, now I can go into windows 10 & do all my stuff in there. Is it normal to boot from the msata port with the ssd card, because that is what this pc does. It will run without the hdd, it is uninstalled because it has failed & I ordered a new one. When it arrives do i need...

went to staples & got a new keyboard. I am now able to get into the bios now. What should I change in the bios? What should the boot order be in the bios. I also downloaded Belarc & copied all the info off this pc plus I have the Windows 10 product key.

Forgot to mention on this mb the empty pci card slots are express ports & I can not see any ps/2 pci cards for these express ports.

I tried my keyboards on my laptop & my working pc & they don't detect the usb keyboards so I suspect the keyboards are suspect. I'll go to town today & pickup a new keyboard & give that a try. Thanks for the reply.

What I did in the meantime, i unhooked my Seagate external hd from my pc & hooked it up to this machine. When I turned it on it went straight to the Dell logo. So I think it was trying to boot from the external hd. So I think the hd on the pc is corrupt so it won't boot up. Is this what you guys...