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Computer won't boot with both hard drives

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DragonReborn

Senior member
Ok..so weird problem:

I was using my computer and everything was great (been using Win7 RC for a few months now and it's been superb). Then had the hardest crash i've ever seen. Just pure lock up. Cursor working (moving) but couldn't click on anything, no blue screen, just hanging there. Turned off the computer manually and tried to reboot.

Hung on the win 7 logo for more than an hour. Didn't budge. Just hung.

tried to boot into safe mode. No dice, hung.

i then tried to boot into Win 7 dvd...hung on logo as well.

Finally i unplugged my main hard drive (150gb raptor) and bam, booted into the dvd. so i'm thinking my main drive failed but on the off chance something else weird was going on i unplugged my 2nd drive (2tb WD) and bam, booted into win 7 dvd.

so now i was officially confused.

i kept the WD 2tb drive unplugged and tried to boot into windows and bam, booted just fine.

so what's the deal? My culprits are PS, then maybe the WD 2tb drive, and finally the mobo.

help!! =)

help!! =)
 
Very confusing report. Do both HDDs have an OS - a different OS?
 
just Win7 on my main drive/raptor.

im returning my 2tb drive and getting a new one (the new non green series one) and see if that's the problem.

if it's STILL won't boot with both drives then i'll get a new PSU.

if it doesn't boot then....well...i guess mobo, new sata cables...etc
 
also, randomly, not sure if this is related in the slightest, but it always takes me awhile to boot into the win7 dvd or any windows install dvd for that matter. just hangs on the blue loading screen for maybe 5-7min and then finally gets to the "do you want to install windows."

more annoying than anything else...not sure what it's looking for that takes so long
 
Originally posted by: DragonReborn
...not sure what it's looking for that takes so long
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I think it is busy - creating a RAM drive and loading files into it. That is usually step 1.

 
someone recommended that i should try and plug the 2nd drive in while win7 was running and see what happens.

personally, im not sure that would help because if it stalls then i still don't know if it's the hard drive, psu, or mobo.

i dunno.
 
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