I would put any HD that makes physical noises...cockroaches, crickets,
or badgers...in the "not much life to live" basket and prepare for its
demise post haste. Translation: get yer data off that pup and toss it
ASAP...life's too short.
Mike Copeland
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [NF] Win7 Install Woes - Part II...
From: Kurt @ VR-FX <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: 7/10/2013 2:40 PM
I also don't know why there seems to be this kind of "confusion".
Just now - I connected in one of those "other" drives - along with the
SSD - and I checked the Boot Disk order via the BIOS - and the SSD was
1st in the Boot up sequence. So - I let it boot up - and this time it
DID properly try to boot into Win7.
However, the one drive - it made strange noises before - and was doing
it now - almost like big cockroaches or Crickets inside the drive.
And, now - after it started to boot into the OS - the OS claimed there
were problems with one of my HD's (probably the one with the noises) -
and now it running the whole Disk Check thing - and finding errors -
and Deleting Corrupt Attribute records - and also finding File Record
segments Unreadable. Man - what a mess...
-K-
On 7/10/2013 2:08 PM, Mike Copeland wrote:
The BIOS should allow you to specify the boot order, and whether a
device (USB Stick, Network Card, CD/DVD, Hard drive(s)) can be booted
from.
My concern is that the SSD drive has been "confused" (for want of a
better word) by something...some process... because when things are
working normally, you just specify the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, boot devices in
the BIOS and the BIOS will work through those devices looking for
something to boot from, and then it will boot from that device.
I've never had two devices conflicting for the boot process. I can't
imagine why that would be necessary or even a good idea.
Mike Copeland
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [NF] Win7 Install Woes - Part II...
From: Kurt @ VR-FX <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: 7/10/2013 12:50 PM
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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