nvidia boot agent error after removing hdd

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I had two hdd's but one died so i'm removing but when i did i got this message(see pic) I have tried moving hdd to first boot option, any other ideas? My new drive boots fine as long as the other is attached to the cables, but as soon as its removed i get this error? My new drive is a sata 3 and old one is a sata 2 btw.
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Look at the screenshot it seems the HD isn't being detected at all. The BIOS is first trying to boot from CD and then the network. Is there a key you can press to bring up a boot menu when it first powers on - often F12 does this? If so, see if it lists an option of booting from your new HD.

I'd also suggest connecting the new HD to the same power and Sata cable that the old HD was using - that way you know it's not the cables that are causing the issue.

Edit: also maybe try disabling every boot device (floppy/CD/USB/network) except HDD in the BIOS - and see what message you get.
 
The first thing i did was to use the same cable outlets, so its not that, i tried removing all other boot options then i get a "disk boot failure" error, in the bios "hard disk boot priority" my hard drive is set as 1. And if i insert my O/S disk and go to load drivers my hard drive is recognised in there, so the pc knows its there, this is so weird. Another strange thing, i went to the seagate website and downloaded their utility to find my hard drive details and it didn't recognise any hard drive at all, even when i was on it at the time, :confused:

I have installed EasyBCD to change the boot priority to my new drive which is the only reason i can use it at all, with my old one connected. And i have tried removing my old one from the boot list but this makes no difference.

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ed79 said:
Look at the screenshot it seems the HD isn't being detected at all. The BIOS is first trying to boot from CD and then the network. Is there a key you can press to bring up a boot menu when it first powers on - often F12 does this? If so, see if it lists an option of booting from your new HD.

I'd also suggest connecting the new HD to the same power and Sata cable that the old HD was using - that way you know it's not the cables that are causing the issue.

Edit: also maybe try disabling every boot device (floppy/CD/USB/network) except HDD in the BIOS - and see what message you get.
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