[NatPC]

im having a hard drive problem. i put in a old hard drive in my pc (hard drive had stuff on it) and what happen was when i turn my pc on it ask me to put a cd in to boot >< it was like my hard drive was deleted and i lost everything and the OS was gone too and when i try to load my hard drive my pc ask to put put a CD in. and my other hard drive when i put it in my pc my mobo say theres no hard drive detected??? what do i do to fix this?

and no i dont use raid 0-1-2-5 etc when i use a hard drive i plug the other one out when my pc is turned off.

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[tpi2007]

Are you using those drives on your sig rig ?

If so, you are not removing the SSD with the OS on it, are you ?

You should just connect the harddrives to your PC as secondary disks, letting the PC boot normally from the SSD.

Make sure to check in the BIOS / UEFI BIOS that the SSD is configured to be the first boot device.

The first HDD you mention is probably formatted and has nothing on it, hence if you are trying to boot from it, the computer asks for you to put a boot disk.

The second HDD you mention is probably not even formatted. Once you boot properly from the SSD and into Windows, you can then go to "Disk management" (use the search function to find it) and format it properly so it appears in the "My computer".

 

[NatPC]

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Originally Posted by tpi2007;14848258
Are you using those drives on your sig rig ?

If so, you are not removing the SSD with the OS on it, are you ?

You should just connect the harddrives to your PC as secondary disks, letting the PC boot normally from the SSD.

Make sure to check in the BIOS / UEFI BIOS that the SSD is configured to be the first boot device.

The first HDD you mention is probably formatted and has nothing on it, hence if you are trying to boot from it, the computer asks for you to put a boot disk.

The second HDD you mention is probably not even formatted. Once you boot properly from the SSD and into Windows, you can then go to "Disk management" (use the search function to find it) and format it properly so it appears in the "My computer".

sig rig? im using the pc under my comments and like i side i plug out the ssd and i dont want my harddrive connected and the ssd connected at the same time. i checked my bios and it was no help first boot device didnt work

"The second HDD you mention is probably not even formatted. Once you boot properly from the SSD and into Windows, you can then go to "Disk management" (use the search fucntion to find it) and format it properly so it appears in the "My computer"." good idea i'll try that

 

[tpi2007]

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Originally Posted by NatPC;14848354
sig rig? im using the pc under my comments and like i side i plug out the ssd and i dont want my harddrive connected and the ssd connected at the same time. i checked my bios and it was no help first boot device didnt work

"The second HDD you mention is probably not even formatted. Once you boot properly from the SSD and into Windows, you can then go to "Disk management" (use the search fucntion to find it) and format it properly so it appears in the "My computer"." good idea i'll try that

"Sig rig" means signature rig, or in other words, the computer you have listed below your comments.

I don't understand your problem. You can't plug out the SSD which has the Operating system in it and expect the HDD, which has no OS on it, to boot.

Of course it won't boot. What the BIOS is telling you is that the HDD does not have an OS on it and is asking for you to put a CD/DVD with a boot program in the CD/DVD drive (normally either an operating system installer, a rescue disk, or simply a boot disk).

 

[NatPC]

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Originally Posted by tpi2007;14848440
"Sig rig" means signature rig, or in other words, the computer you have listed below your comments.

I don't understand your problem. You can't plug out the SSD which has the Operating system and expect the HDD, which has no OS on it, to boot.

Of course it won't boot. What the BIOS is telling you is that the HDD does not have an OS on it and is asking for you to put a CD/DVD with a boot program in the CD/DVD drive (normally either an Operating system installer, a rescue disk, or simply a boot disk).

my ssd has a os and my HDD has a OS and yes u can plug out the cables u take out the sata and power plug for the ssd or hdd

the problem is when i plug my hdd in say theres no OS and my mobo ask me to put some boot cd in. its like my hard drive lose the os and i know i had windows 7 on there

 

[Xinoxide]

If the bios wont find it, but it spins when power is connected, I would look up a replacement PCB for the drive, this can be far less expensive than replacing the drive outright especially if the drive Isn't an old EOL part.

This is how I have so many HDD's and my rig only cost $250. I fixed everything ( almost ).

 

[Erick]

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Originally Posted by NatPC;14848474
my ssd has a os and my HDD has a OS and yes u can plug out the cables u take out the sata and power plug for the ssd or hdd

the problem is when i plug my hdd in say theres no OS and my mobo ask me to put some boot cd in. its like my hard drive lose the os and i know i had windows 7 on there

Jesus, try to put some commas and dots in your post.

You probably had that old HDD with a different motherboard/cpu, they have different drivers and your new motherboard/cpu(different BIOS) wont detect the OS in your HDD because of that.

When i changed my motherboard i had to put the new motherboard's installation disk, find the sata driver (raid in my case), load it and only then i was able to 'see' my old hdd in bios.

Just plug in both drives(ssd+hdd), boot with the ssd, and copy all your files to your ssd or do whatever you need to do.

 

[NatPC]

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Originally Posted by Erick;14848570
Jesus, try to put some commas and dots in your post.

You probably had that old HDD with a different motherboard/cpu, they have different drivers and your new motherboard/cpu(different BIOS) wont detect the OS in your HDD because of that.

When i changed my motherboard i had to put the new motherboard's installation disk, find the sata driver (raid in my case), load it and only then i was able to 'see' my old hdd in bios.

Just plug in both drives(ssd+hdd), boot with the ssd, and copy all your files to your ssd or do whatever you need to do.

"put some commas and dots in your post" lol i would if i knew where they go any ways im not gonna change the mobo mine looks sooo sexy omg and it has a mouse in the bios and i was actually using another mobo and the same thing happen then i change my mobo not cuz of that but cuz i like the mouse in the bios better and it looked cooler then the mobo i was using thats why i changed it

 

[GfhTattoo]

Well seems like to me the spare hd took over as main boot drive go into bois look for boot disk or boot make sure the ssd is 1st in list ,or as pc boots up and 1st screen pops up u can hiy f8 (in most bios) well bring up boot optoins but will only change it one time

 

[Erick]

I can't understand what you are saying, it's so hard to read..

I didn't tell you to change your motherboard, I'm telling you to plug both hard disks, that you have on the motherboard and boot from the disk you are using now.

Then browse through the 'old' disk and copy whatever data you have there, whatever is relevant.

If you really don't know how to punctuate your phrases, I would feel very sorry for you.

 

[tpi2007]

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Originally Posted by NatPC;14848474
my ssd has a os and my HDD has a OS and yes u can plug out the cables u take out the sata and power plug for the ssd or hdd

the problem is when i plug my hdd in say theres no OS and my mobo ask me to put some boot cd in. its like my hard drive lose the os and i know i had windows 7 on there

OK, now I understand, you also have Windows 7 on your HDD. The problem is, like you aknowledge, that Windows 7 installation is from another computer. It won't boot properly in a different computer than the original one because that Windows 7 installation is configured with the other motherboard's chipset drivers, graphics card drivers, etc.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erick;14848570

Just plug in both drives(ssd+hdd), boot with the ssd, and copy all your files to your ssd or do whatever you need to do.

Exactly!

 

[NatPC]

im going to bed and tomorrow i'll try everything u guys said

 

[GfhTattoo]

O i thought he installed os on ssd on that pc. Ya recommed full reinstall if reuseing hard drive as boot .

 

[NatPC]

i tried everytihng and it doesnt work. when i put my hdd in i can hear it spin and my pc cant find it when im in the bios or in the os its like my hdd is dead

 

[tpi2007]

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Originally Posted by NatPC;14856976
i tried everytihng and it doesnt work. when i put my hdd in i can hear it spin and my pc cant find it when im in the bios or in the os its like my hdd is dead

Do you have AHCI enabled in the BIOS ?

With some computers with AHCI enabled you can't see the HDD's in the main BIOS page. You have to go to the "Boot priority" where you can see them.

Besides, can you see it in the "Disk management" application in Windows ? If it is working but not formatted, or improperly formatted or corrupted, it might not show in "My computer", but it will show in "Disk management", where you can format it.

 

[NatPC]

Quote:

Originally Posted by tpi2007;14857055
Do you have AHCI enabled in the BIOS ?

With some computers with AHCI enabled you can't see the HDD's in the main BIOS page. You have to go to the "Boot priority" where you can see them.

Besides, can you see it in the "Disk management" application in Windows ? If it is working but not formatted, or improperly formatted or corrupted, it might not show in "My computer", but it will show in "Disk management", where you can format it.

it doesnt show in boot priority.

im gonna change the cables and see what happens

 

[NatPC]

ok i fix it

my sata plug on my mobo broke some how after having it for a few days any ways i plug my hdd in a different port and it works then i didnt everything u guys side and it worked thx a lot

and i actually have both drives connected in my mobo cuz i only like to have one drive plugged in but now i have both

 

[tpi2007]

Glad you sorted that out!

 

[NatPC]

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Originally Posted by tpi2007;14857809
glad you sorted that out!

:d