Hello guys,
I ve just added a SSD to my HP notebook envy, i want to keep my HDD (replacing the DVD reader), but when I power on my PC : the PC boots from the HDD. When the HDD is not connected, it boots perfectly on the SSD.
The problem comes from HP which added to his BIOS ( i think) , an automatic detection of the former HDD, added to that i can't priorityze boots on the BIOS.
So that led me there with trying alternative solution : plop.
I add tried to install plop from a BOOTICE ( = software that helps monitoring back up , restore , partitionning etc..) and BOOTICE had in his packages "plop manager" that i couldn't select to install on my HDD.
So I thought I could install myself by downloading the package itself.
But when comes to the step : cmd, to install the package : i get the following " unable to get partition information 44"
I have seen some similar error on this forum, with partition information 120 but written in dutch, even with google traduction i don't understand... ( guess google is not perfect!)
THanks in advance for your help , i d like to add that I m quite novice at all this stuff. :-\
Dear Fellow :D :)
hello,
is your windows booted with efi? if yes, then the boot manager is not compatible.
best regards
elmar
Erhm ok, so i guess that leaves me the choice between option 1 : "uninstall or disable EFI option on my windows 8" else if option 1 not possible , formate my HDD install windows 7, put the bootmanager on it and then, reboot from my SSD with windows 8.1 ..
That's getting nasty :s. what do you think is best ? or maybe you have another idea.
Thanks Elmar for your time. :)