HDD & SSD Problems

fantoc1

fantoc1

fantoc1

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Hi guys,

I got a small (big) problem and I hope you can help me with it. I got a 500 SSS drive where I installed Win7 (this is a working disk). Then I have 2x 2TB disks also that I only use for storage. These 2 disks are split into two partition each has roughly 930GB. One of this partition is failing on me ( Im guessing the whole disk is failing then) When I open that disk I can see the folders however when I try and open further it freezes (ALWAYS - I tried numerous times and it does it every time). For better understanding let`s say that my SSD is drive A, my HDD 1 has 2 partitions = B and C, and HDD 2 has also 2 partitions = D and F - will use this as a reference. I run diskcheck fix and repair over night and it repaired a lot of indexes and there were lot of orphaned files etc however I did not fix the problem. The partition that is affected is partition B so I am trying to copy what I can into the other HDD 2 (that I believe is OK). I have copied almost all I could, then I powered down and disconnected that bad HDD 1 and restarted, but the system did not boot and I got that message that I need to select a correct boot drive (cant remember exactly what it was) and had to power down again. then I connected that HDD1 back up and disconnected HDD 2 and the system loaded up normally...? What the hell?? I am attaching a screen from disk management what it looks like - something weird happened to my drives. One of the partitions is showing 1.7GB free of 930 GB??? I need to put this back somehow and Im not sure what to do without damaging the date etc. I want to have the SSD with system bootable drive and the other disks just as a storage? Can anybody advice what to do and how to do it?

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Many thanks,
Tom
 
Hey man,

I thought of that and double checked it just now - no luck. SSD is set as BOOT 1 everything else is after it. I have even disabled everything else and tried it like that and the system DID NOT BOOT UP until I put it back to the way it was - it seems it only boots up when all disks (or at least HDD 2) is connected together otherwise the system does not boot up. How can I check if I am running RAID 0 or 1 or 2?? Anybody anything im sure this is something trivial that I am missing??
 
I did some testing just now:

1. When I disconnected physically both HDD`s in the tower the system does not boot up from the SSD that is connected (has win 7 and all on it) and this message comes up - @Reboot and select proper BOOT device or insert BOOT media in selected BOOT device and press a key.

2. When I disconnected ( H and F partitions = HDD 2) the system also does not boot up from the SSD that is connected and again I got the same message as example above.

3. When I disconnected ( D and E partitons = HDD1) the system does boot up normally - this is the only option when the system boots up or of course when all HDD`s are also connected.

Please give me an idea what I am missing and what to set up etc. I need to replace that failing HDD and can`t coz the system does not boot up???

Anybody anything??

I got sabertooth p67 MB if that helps??

Im desperate how to fix this,

Tom
 
I knew the dskmgmt looked weird - what would you suggest to do with this?? I had installed win7 on it and the HDD`s were connected..but had done it like this in the past without a problem???

Edit: Does that mean I need again re install win7, this time with all HDD`s disconnected and only SSD running??? After the install just connect the HDD`s and assign letter etc? Will i not lose any data?
 
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Yes, just did a clean install of win7 to that SSD with all HDD`s disconnected and it`s all working fine now, booting up from SSD every time no matter what configuration I am running. That seemed to have fixed that issue - thanks for pointing me out that direction.

I was also able to recover most of the date from that failed HDD with Recuva, let`s say 98% of what I had stored I had now copied over to the other HDD, however I will need to purchase another HDD as I only have that one 2 TB left.

I always used WD green HDD`s, but I`m not sure if my next buy should be also WD after this one failed - but I had it for over 5 years now.

What is a good buy when buying a HDD only for storage - would buy even 4TB? What is the real difference between RED, BLACK, GREEN, BLUE WD`s??
 
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