I don't have ANY Idea what is on that Drive actually. I disconnected it
- and connected that OTHER Drive.
Strangely - I don't have Any Clue as to what is happening. But, that
other HD - I got it from some other old PC - not my own - had HP/Compaq
OS on it - this time - it DID Boot right - and now its booted with the
2nd HD - and the SSD is primary - and I Wiped that Extra HD of Data -
and now its working an in use!
WTF? All is well that ends well...
-K-
On 7/10/2013 5:57 PM, Mike Copeland wrote:
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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