Hard drive boot issue!

Synesthesia · 07-15-2008, 12:57 AM

This is becoming very annoying. A few weeks ago i bought a Samsung 750gig hard drive and installed it with relative ease. Unfortunately it ended up corrupting all of the files I had put on it, but none on the master 250gig Samsung HD. So I returned it for a replacement that I received yesterday. I booted up windows, and tried to format it. I woke up this morning and it claimed it had finished, yet it would not show up in my computer, or in the format/partition window I used. I then restarted the computer to see if the bios could see it....it couldn't. Then upon trying to start up Vistax64 the boot failed. I tried 10 times in various different ways but to no avail. I finally unplugged the new HD and guess what, it booted. My friend told me that I have to set it as a slave drive.....unfortunately neither my original or new hard drive came with any jumpers! They have the pins, but nothing to connect them. I looked through the manual and apparently not having any of the jumper on sets the 750gig to slave. So, what gives??? He even suggested that I install Vista on the new one with the main one unplugged, which did not work either and ended up both times with the computer freezing while starting the installation process. I do not know what to do.....and besides those problems the 750gig makes a clicking noise when it starts up, like a sata cable tapping against fan blades (all of my cables are secure). Is it broken? It didn't make that noise when I attempted to install it yesterday. Could Vista have completely destroyed it while attempting to format it? Ahhh!

StrangleHold · 07-15-2008, 01:32 AM

There is no Master/Slave jumpers on SATA drives. As far as your boot problem till you removed the drive, it probably had your boot order threw off, you need to make the drive with your OS the main boot drive in the bios. If the drive is new and making clicking sounds,RMA it or take it back to the store even if its the second one you tried!

Synesthesia · 07-16-2008, 02:36 AM

I found the boot order area of the bios, but the new HD doesn't show up. This sucks! If you are right, the only way to make it boot right is to change the boot order, but to change the boot order, I have to have it boot correctly! Time to RMA it again and suffer the shipping charges. Should I go for a different HD?

afma142 · 07-16-2008, 03:05 AM

I have a similar problem!

StrangleHold · 07-16-2008, 03:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Synesthesia

I found the boot order area of the bios, but the new HD doesn't show up. This sucks! If you are right, the only way to make it boot right is to change the boot order, but to change the boot order, I have to have it boot correctly! Time to RMA it again and suffer the shipping charges. Should I go for a different HD?

I suppose this is a SATA drive, have you tried a different SATA port and made sure the power connector is pressed in good? Or is it a IDE drive?

07-15-2008, 12:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
Synesthesia Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 100	Hard drive boot issue! This is becoming very annoying. A few weeks ago i bought a Samsung 750gig hard drive and installed it with relative ease. Unfortunately it ended up corrupting all of the files I had put on it, but none on the master 250gig Samsung HD. So I returned it for a replacement that I received yesterday. I booted up windows, and tried to format it. I woke up this morning and it claimed it had finished, yet it would not show up in my computer, or in the format/partition window I used. I then restarted the computer to see if the bios could see it....it couldn't. Then upon trying to start up Vistax64 the boot failed. I tried 10 times in various different ways but to no avail. I finally unplugged the new HD and guess what, it booted. My friend told me that I have to set it as a slave drive.....unfortunately neither my original or new hard drive came with any jumpers! They have the pins, but nothing to connect them. I looked through the manual and apparently not having any of the jumper on sets the 750gig to slave. So, what gives??? He even suggested that I install Vista on the new one with the main one unplugged, which did not work either and ended up both times with the computer freezing while starting the installation process. I do not know what to do.....and besides those problems the 750gig makes a clicking noise when it starts up, like a sata cable tapping against fan blades (all of my cables are secure). Is it broken? It didn't make that noise when I attempted to install it yesterday. Could Vista have completely destroyed it while attempting to format it? Ahhh! __________________ 3.6 Ghz Oc of E6750 at 1.45v, P5N-D motherboard (Arctic Silver NB and SB modified), 4gigs 1000 Mhz (800 originally) OCZ Reaper Ram @ 2.1v, Zero Therm Nirvana Cpu HS, Thermaltake Tsunami, MSI NX8800Gt OC'd to 720X2020, HT Omega Sound Card, Antec 850 PSU, 1TB (250+750) Samsung HD, Samsung Dual Layer DVD/CD Burner, Silenx 120mm thermal sensing fans. 14,400 3D Mark 06 Score Boycott StarForce for the betterment of the gaming community!!!!!! http://www.glop.org/starforce/

07-15-2008, 01:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a realm of unknown Wonders Posts: 7,504	There is no Master/Slave jumpers on SATA drives. As far as your boot problem till you removed the drive, it probably had your boot order threw off, you need to make the drive with your OS the main boot drive in the bios. If the drive is new and making clicking sounds,RMA it or take it back to the store even if its the second one you tried! __________________ NZXT Apollo Athlon 64 X2 5600-3.3ghz. Gigabyte GA MA770 DS3 G Skill DDR2 1066-944mhz. 4gbs. PNY 8800GT/VD964 Cooler W/D Sata 3.0 500gb RE2 Humans are curious creatures and by nature insane. Lock us all in a room together and within hours we're dividing into groups, creating Gods and plotting on how to kill one another.

07-16-2008, 02:36 AM	#3 (permalink)
Synesthesia Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 100	I found the boot order area of the bios, but the new HD doesn't show up. This sucks! If you are right, the only way to make it boot right is to change the boot order, but to change the boot order, I have to have it boot correctly! Time to RMA it again and suffer the shipping charges. Should I go for a different HD? __________________ 3.6 Ghz Oc of E6750 at 1.45v, P5N-D motherboard (Arctic Silver NB and SB modified), 4gigs 1000 Mhz (800 originally) OCZ Reaper Ram @ 2.1v, Zero Therm Nirvana Cpu HS, Thermaltake Tsunami, MSI NX8800Gt OC'd to 720X2020, HT Omega Sound Card, Antec 850 PSU, 1TB (250+750) Samsung HD, Samsung Dual Layer DVD/CD Burner, Silenx 120mm thermal sensing fans. 14,400 3D Mark 06 Score Boycott StarForce for the betterment of the gaming community!!!!!! http://www.glop.org/starforce/

07-16-2008, 03:05 AM	#4 (permalink)
afma142 New Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3	I have a similar problem! __________________ I use a Toshiba Satellite A215-S4747, 2 gigs crucial ram, Dual Core AMD Turion 64 X2 1.8 GHz , 200 GB HD, 15.4" Display electronics for sale

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