Akoya E4251 boot from m.2

[Acelsp]

Hello,

I have a Medion Akoya E4251 and it has a m.2 slot. I am thinking about installing a new m.2 drive and my question is if windows can boot from m.2 drive (faster), instead of onboard drive (slower).

Thanks.

[Bodgekin]

Hi @Acelsp , 

Which E4251 do you have exactly? And are you sure that the harddrive you have currently is on the motherboard? The models I could find all seem to already have an M.2 SSD, and no integrated harddrive.

[Acelsp]

It is MSN 30025555 model. It has an integrated 64GB eMMC on board

[Bodgekin]

Hi @Acelsp , 

Then I don't see why it would not be possible to boot from the M.2 SSD, you should be able to install Windows on it using the Media creation tool.

[Acelsp]

In that case, I think I would need a windows key to use that tool. And in my case windows is already installed in eMMC drive, but I don’t have the key to reinstall it

[jjrodri07]

The windows key is usually in the system BIOS. So you should not ask it and windows will install perfectly.

When it's time to ask for the windows key, it will read it automatically from the BIOS and will not ask you.

This is usually done normally. And it should be like that in Medion Akoya E4251.

I'm going to do like you.

By the way the SSD that you are going to put is NVMe?

[Acelsp]

I was thinking in a sata m.2. I don’t think nvme is supported

[jjrodri07]

I have an NVME to prove it.
Out of curiosity, throughout the day, when I have a gap. I'm going to see if the Akoya E4251 can recognize it.

I'll tell you

[Acelsp]

Great!! Waiting for your results... Thanks!! 😊

[TPFLegionaire]

@jjrodri07 

We really appreciate your help, looking forward to your findings