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July 13th, 2025 05:47
Booting from m.2 nvme on Pavilion P6000
I have a Pavilion P6000 model # P6777c and a Optiplex 3886 neither of these has bios support for booting from a m.2 nvme . With the 3886 I am able to use the Clover boot loader on a usb drive to boot from a Pci nvme drive but just can't have any luck with the P6000 . Heck with the P6000 when I try to use the Clover boot loader the computer can't even boot to the clover menu. And yes the Clover usb is using MBR and formated in fat32. But I noticed something else strange I have a Hirems boot CD ( that's it's name ) well I have it on a USB drive formated with MBR and using fat 32 and the computer won't boot from it either but will boot from other bootable usb drives. Oh I have another computer and don't need to run a nvme in this one but still would like to it's a shame Dell couldn't have an updated bios to do that.
ejn63
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July 13th, 2025 10:53
We can't speak to the HP system, but the 3886 must be an Inspiron, not an OptiPlex, and it supports only SATA drives. It does not support NVMe drives.
That's a separate issue from USB booting (unless you've installed the NVMe drive in a USB external case).
Woodyat
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July 13th, 2025 12:45
@ejn63 Boy is my face red serves me right I posted this before coffee . I have a HP P6000 that I am having trouble with so shouldn't have posted here. And I have a inspiration 3668 and with it I am able to use the Clover Boot loader which then provides support for booting NVMe drives and it works quite well.