Author Topic: Booting Windows (UEFI) on mSATA SSD (not allowed from BIOS)  (Read 6316 times)

matteo89

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Hi, i'm new in this forum and i'm here for a specific problem, hoping someone can solve it.
Thanks to plop (installed on the 2nd hard disk connected with SATA interface) for many years i have booted Windows (not in UEFI mode) from an SSD msata in my HP Envy notebook (i did use Plop because boot from mSATA slot is not allowed by BIOS  :-\ )
Some days ago the SSD in the mSATA slot stopped working so i have so i have replaced it and i have installed Windows again but this time in UEFI mode, i think is this the reason of this message and missing boot:


In the meanwhile i use the bootmenu of my notebook to reach up this file and boot Windows from mSATA SSD:


Any tips?

Elmar

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Re: Booting Windows (UEFI) on mSATA SSD (not allowed from BIOS)
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2018, 10:05:43 AM »
Hello,

the problem is that the Plop Boot Manager is not able to work with UEFI.

Best regards
Elmar

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Re: Booting Windows (UEFI) on mSATA SSD (not allowed from BIOS)
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2018, 21:28:05 PM »
What i can do to boot Windows in my situation?
Isn't available a complementary software which can reach up bootx64.efi?

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Re: Booting Windows (UEFI) on mSATA SSD (not allowed from BIOS)
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2018, 11:55:21 AM »
You have to configure your Bios to boot with UEFI.

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Re: Booting Windows (UEFI) on mSATA SSD (not allowed from BIOS)
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2018, 13:31:48 PM »
As i said BIOS doesn't officially permit boot from mSATA slot