OK, here's what I've gotten into. Asus P8Z68-VLE, I3 SB, 8GBHyper-X ram, seagate 1TB HDD and 120GB Agility3 SSD. Everything went well until I started loading OS, forgot to unplug HDD. (Intention was to load win7 on SSD and use HDD as storage.) Caught mistake, reloaded OS onto SSD. Changed boot priority in bios. Then intermittently the HDD would vanish from bios and device mgr. Only SSD and Optical drive show in bios. (and in windows) I've tried every sata port, they are working (optical drive shows in all) I'm set in ACHI mode; in advanced bios the SSD and optical drive show up on the give port they are connected to.
When only SSD is connected, windows loads FAST, if the storage drive is connected win7 lags to boot.
When the HDD was being recognized I went back and reformatted in disk mgmt....I've tried so many different things I've lost track. I'm hoping you guys can give me some basic step by step stuff to try...Mfenn? Virtual Larry?? God this is frustrating. It was all smooth sailing with the first build...geezz this sucks. Please let me know if more/different info is needed. I've created a monster.
****Long story short, installed new HD, good to go. Thanks to all who replied!!!!*****
Thanks Guys
Dave
When only SSD is connected, windows loads FAST, if the storage drive is connected win7 lags to boot.
When the HDD was being recognized I went back and reformatted in disk mgmt....I've tried so many different things I've lost track. I'm hoping you guys can give me some basic step by step stuff to try...Mfenn? Virtual Larry?? God this is frustrating. It was all smooth sailing with the first build...geezz this sucks. Please let me know if more/different info is needed. I've created a monster.
****Long story short, installed new HD, good to go. Thanks to all who replied!!!!*****
Thanks Guys
Dave
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