Swapped drive with SSD, now have to use option key to boot
I recently replaced my HD in my Macbook Pro with an SSD. I used SuperDuper to create an image to an external USB drive that I had. I then removed the stock HD from the Macbook Pro, replaced it with the SSD, booted with the Lion install disc and went into disk utility, created a partition (Journaled, guid) and restored my SuperDuper image to it. Now, every time I reboot my MBP, it sits at the gray screen (no apple logo) for quite a while, then finally the apple will pop up and it will boot, although quite slowly. If I hold down the option key when I reboot, the option comes up right away for the SSD, I click it and it's very fast to boot. Once in the OS, the speed is awesome and no problems. I also used Onyx to check the startup volume, repair permissions, etc and everything went off without a hitch. No errors and according to that my startup volume is OK. Also updated to the latest 10.7.2 patch and that went fine too, although I had to use the option key on reboot.
Does anyone know what I could investigate that could be causing this boot issue. I'd like it to boot directly into the OS quickly without the option key. Is there somewhere that I have to specify a new primary boot device or something?
Go into sys preferences then startup disk and check highlight the SSD and select Reboot.
You also need to enable TRIM support.
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