Yo Stephen!
I know this was the case w/IDE drives - re:Master & Slave (maybe that's
where Depeche Mode got the name of that song for Master & Servant!). And
- I know that in the old days w/SCSI Drives - you actually had to set a
kind of Sequence #. But, I didn't think this was the case w/SATA. So - I
just pulled out the SATA HD drive - and, nope - I saw NO switches or
places for Jumpers to set anything like that!
Any more thought Stephen?
Also - since I was just thinking about it. Since U sold Ur Mom's house
up here on Long Island - I suspect you will NOT be coming to LI any time
soon???
L8r,
-K-
On 7/10/2013 4:59 PM, Stephen Russell wrote:
Just a guess but one/both of the SATA drives have the setting for master.
It creates a conflict with SSD.
On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Kurt @ VR-FX <[email protected]> wrote:
Mike - I did as suggested.
Of those TWO Other regular HD's - when I plugged them in by themselves -
the one had No OS or Boot ability. The other, It had Some OS on there - and
THAT one was requesting a Fix. But, I did NOT run the Fix!
But - yeah - if I ONLY Connect in the SSD Drive - it boots No Problem!
However, if I connect Either of the other 2 drives - along with the SSD
Connected - it gives a problem.
What about the SATA Connections on the Motherboard? Is there any specific
order to connecting drives to them - which may control some kind of Boot
Order?
Again - sorry its taken me a few days to return to this problem - just
been busy...
-K-
On 7/6/2013 7:02 PM, Mike Copeland wrote:
That makes me wonder...did you do (somehow) any OS installation to, for
example, Drive #2 while Drive #1 was also connected? (Drive #1 being the
SSD.)
To get things back to "understandable" I would
1. Disconnect all drives except the SSD, Drive #1
2. Boot and accept any offer to repair...unless you see the word "format"
used. Win 7 shouldn't do anything destructive...will probably just rewrite
the boot sector.
3. Once you're able to boot Drive #1 to Win7 and everything is normal...
4. Disconnect Drive #1 and connect only Drive #2.
5. Boot, see if it boots (whatever OS is on it) normally.
6. Repeat for Drive #3, #4, to whatever...always having ONLY one drive
connected at a time.
Then, and only then, would I go back and connect Drive #1 + Drive #2 (and
no others) and set the BIOS to boot to the SSD. Boot and see what happens.
I suppose it is possible your BIOS is not handling the SSD well, although
my experience is that SSDs are presented as standard SATA drives to the OS.
Although the OS needs to go a little above and beyond the Windows 98 level
of disc IO, that shouldn't affect how it boots.
You might Google whatever BIOS you have (Phoenix, Award, whatever)
including the version and see if it has any info about incompatible with
SSDs. I'm sure it's possible but I wouldn't expect it unless you're using a
Mainboard that is 12 to 15 years old...and then it wouldn't have SATA
connectors, just IDE.
Mike Copeland
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [NF] Win7 Install Woes - Part II...
From: Kurt @ VR-FX <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: 7/6/2013 5:21 PM
Hey Mike - yes, sorry if I wasn't clear. Yeah - the SSD is the one I
just installed the OS on - to get this baby up & running. But, upon
connecting these Other 2 HD's (traditional - not SSD) - its not booting
right. And, I did go into the BIOS and tell it that I want the SSD to be
the BOOT HD. But, it was still giving me problems. I just disconneted ONE
of those other HD's - before I just read your reply here - and, the thing
attempt to boot - but, then claims it needs to Repair the OS during the
boot process - which I said NO to!
So - still not understanding why its giving me boot problems - but ONLY
when I attached these other 2 HD's!
-K-
On 7/6/2013 6:10 PM, Mike Copeland wrote:
I've reread your post twice and it's not clear...
You have 1 SSD and 2 standard rotating HDs in the system?
The SSD has ONLY Win 7 installed on it, while "other" OSs are installed
on the two mechanical HDs?
The BIOS of the Mainboard will, typically, allow you to choose which HD
to boot from. If you have 1 or 100 HDs installed in a system, only one will
be the boot disc. The others may, or may not, be accessible as file storage
devices (probably as drives E, F, G, H, and so on), depending on their file
storage formatting. But the second and subsequent drives won't interfere
with the booting from the "chosen" drive in the BIOS.
If they are (interfering) then you should be able to simply disconnect
them and the SSD should boot fine.
Mike Copeland
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [NF] Win7 Install Woes - Part II...
From: Kurt @ VR-FX <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: 7/6/2013 4:57 PM
OK - so, I got Win7 installed - and I am rockin' & rollin'. But, now I
have a new issue...
The main HD is an SSD. And, now, I'm trying to get some other older
HD's running on the system - there are 2 of them - and they are SATA
drives. But, now - when it tries to boot up - seems there must be some
kinda Clash - as the OS claims to try to be starting up - and those
colorful swirling dots appear - but, like only 3 appear - and they start to
swirl - and then they just HALT & sit there! WTF?!?
Seems to me that maybe there is some kinda Clashing between the SATA
Drives. I'm NO HW expert - and I will admit that up front! So - I don't
really know exactly why it won't boot now.
Any suggestions???
TIA,
-K-
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