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    m17xr4 just received and need to make new SSD 2nd bay Primary in bios. How?!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by nizmoz, Mar 22, 2013.

  1. nizmoz

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    Just received my M17x R4 and I installed my 16gb of ram, now 24gb total, and my 256GB M4 SSD in the open BAY (the middle one). I cloned it with Acronis and it was successful. Now how do I actually get the bios to use that bay as the primary boot c: drive for windows? It's still using the original OEM drive and I can't seem to figure out how to get the bios to switch to that one as it's not obvious. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
     
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    Okay nevermind! I didn't use the f5/f6 to change the boot order! :) Acronis did a perfect clone of the oem HD though!
     
    nizmoz, Mar 22, 2013
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    Great to hear that :) I was gonna say that you had to change the boot order but I'm glad you figured it out on your own, saved you some time. :p
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Mar 26, 2013
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    You can set it in the BIOS too, I saw the option in there, looked pretty easy too.

    I appreciate that Dell clearly labeled the two drive bays in there! Take out the drive, and there's a big "0" and "1" underneath them. one of the little details about the system that's soooo well thought out.
     
    Wolfpup, Mar 28, 2013
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