XPS 8700 - installed new SSD but still the HARD drive boots

I just installed a Samsung 840 Pro in one of my 8700's. I used the software of Samsung cloning and cloning has been a success, as far as I know.

Then, I changed the cables between the factory-installed HDD and SSD so that the SSD is now connected to the lower SATA port.

After I stopped and turned on, this thing is always the start of the original HDD and I cannot understand exactly how to change what must be changed, so it starts on the SSD.

The original HARD drive still appears as the 'C' drive while the SSD has a drive letter of the 'P '. AHCI is selected in the installer and I couldn't see all the other parameters that would load the PC to boot from SSD.

I just need to change the drive letters? What I'm missing here? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again, but this has been SOLVED!

It seems that the only and only a step that I had to do was unplug the original HARD disk.

After that I disconnected the drive HARD original, the computer booted from the SSD without problem.

I hope this will help someone facing the same problem in the future.

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