# Not recognizing boot device - count your notches

**URL:** <https://community.frame.work/t/not-recognizing-boot-device-count-your-notches/9840>\
**Category:** Framework Laptop 13\
**Created:** [October 24, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/not-recognizing-boot-device-count-your-notches/9840 "2021-10-24T16:08:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![JPC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@JPC](https://community.frame.work/u/JPC)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/not-recognizing-boot-device-count-your-notches/9840/1 "2021-10-24T16:08:29Z")

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Removed a Samsung MZNLN128HAHQ-000H1 drive from a 3 year old working Intel 8th gen HP laptop that has no other drives. Installed it in Framework. Would not boot. No drive detected. Read the entire thread [Crucial P5 M.2 2280 - PCIe Gen3 - No boot device found - Framework Laptop DIY Edition - Framework Community](http://community.frame.work/t/crucial-p5-m-2-2280-pcie-gen3-no-boot-device-found/6379) posted by user Mr. Jeeves. My situation is similar. There is no boot device shown. A clean boot using Windows 10 on a USB device was attempted. Window Setup says “We couldn’t find any drives. To get a storage driver, click Load Driver.”

Since things were not working as hoped for, it was time to pay very close attention to details and consider a false assumption had been made. The part in question is a Samsung MZNLN128HAHQ-000H1. In case there’s someone else who bought a Thanksgiving special HP laptop from Costco for $300 in 2018 or $280 in 2019, this is for you. Searching for this part reveals it is a 128GB M.2 2280 SATA 6Gb/s SSD. It’s never going to work. Forget loading a driver.

Troubleshooting a drive swap should start with this: Does it have 1 notch or 2? If it has 2 notches, you’re going to have to buy something with 1 notch.

I will not be the only person in history to make this mistake. Then again, I hope I am. Maybe by posting this, no one else will waste their time on this specific problem. Where I went wrong is that I have two of those laptops and one had been upgraded to a Hynix 1 TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0. I took parts from two essentially identical laptops and swapped them into the Framework. One worked, one didn’t. It’s so obvious in hindsight.