BootIt UEFI Installed vs. USB

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bbearren
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BootIt UEFI Installed vs. USB

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I have six SSD's, three are NVMe and three are SATA. In the installed BootIt UEFI v1.42 when I enter Partition Work, only the NVMe drives are available. If I boot the USB BootIt UEFI v1.42, all six drives are available.
What do I need to do in order to see all six drives via the installed BootIt UEFI?
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Re: BootIt UEFI Installed vs. USB

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Update the firmware or contact the mobo maker to update the firmware. It gets the list of drives from the firmware.
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Re: BootIt UEFI Installed vs. USB

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You could also check the BIOS for a setting to initialize all drives on startup. A lot have the setting disabled to boot up more quickly, but it may cause some drives to not show in some scenarios.
bbearren
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Re: BootIt UEFI Installed vs. USB

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All six drives are visible in the UEFI and labeled as to NVMe or SATA. As for, " It gets the list of drives from the firmware." doesn't that hold true for both installed BootIt UEFI and booted from USB? Where else would either get the list of drives?
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Re: BootIt UEFI Installed vs. USB

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Yes, which is why it's something with the firmware, booting in to the UEFI setup or booting a UFD may init all drives, booting without any intervention, may do the quick boot so look for that bios setting, sometimes it's also just called quick startup.
bbearren
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Re: BootIt UEFI Installed vs. USB

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Faststart or quick startup has been disabled on my PC's since its inception from Windows. There is even a warning about that setting in BootIt UEFI and BootItBM. I'm using the latest firmware.
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Re: BootIt UEFI Installed vs. USB

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bbearren wrote: Sun Dec 24, 2023 1:08 am Faststart or quick startup has been disabled on my PC's since its inception from Windows.
This is a different "fast". It's not the one you have disabled.
Look for something like Fast Boot in the BIOS.
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Re: BootIt UEFI Installed vs. USB

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Brian K wrote: Sun Dec 24, 2023 2:25 am This is a different "fast". It's not the one you have disabled.
Look for something like Fast Boot in the BIOS.
I finally found the correct setting about three layers deep in my ASUS BIOS. I have BootIt UEFI installed now, and it sees all of my SSD's.
Thanks.
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