Can I use M + B M.2 on only M Adapter

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I bought a Samsung 850 Evo 250GB M.2 ssd and from what I can see it has both an M and a B key. I am looking to buy a PCIe adapter for my computer because my motherboard does not have an M.2 slot and I was wondering whether or not this adapter would work. It only has an M key but shouldn't the ssd fit right in anyways since it has both the M and the B key?

This is the link to the PCIe adapter:

https://www.amazon.com/Mailiya-M-2-PCIe-3-0-Adapter/dp/B01N78XZCH/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1491084147&sr=8-3&keywords=m.2+adapter
 
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Yes I am planning to boot from it. Shouldn't it just appear as a drive in the BIOS?

I have a MSI 990FXA motherboard with a FX-8370 processor. I am going to have Windows 10 and a few of the programs that I use most often on the SSD and other programs like Battlefield on my WD 1TB Black hard drive. This should be doable, right?
 
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You'll need to verify that this board can actually boot from a PCI-E connected drive.
Not all can.
And I do not believe this one can.
 
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I am not sure but from what I read off of this thread, it seems that I can boot from the PCIe drive as look as it is in UEFI mode.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3056411/990fxa-gaming-pcie-advise.html

I am not quite sure what the difference is between EUFI and other things. Is it something to replace BIOS, or does it have something to do with Legacy stuff. I don't know what Legacy is either so if you could give me a quick rundown of both I would really appreciate it.
 
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I was looking on the web and there does not seem to be that much information for my motherboard about booting from a PCIe device. I was wondering what made you think that my motherboard might not support the feature? Just want to know so I might have more of an idea of what to look for.
 
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