Boot from the 2nd drive HARD modular bay adapter (satellite P20)

Hello

I have a SP20-102 and I replaced the stock model with a 120 GB Seagate HDD and moved the original disc in a Module Bay HDD adapter.

Is it possible to configure things so I can choose which HARD drive to boot from at the start, i.e. it is by default on the internal HARD drive but I can't choose to boot from the HARD drive in the modular Bay?

I tried pressing F12 to boot device selection screen, but am unable to choose the 2nd HARD drive.

Any ideas?

R.

Hello Robin

As far as I know that it is not possible to boot from the external HARD drive. It is not supported.

Good bye

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