Strange problem

azz72 · 21 Jun 2016 at 23:21

Hi guys,I just changed my case,and now when it boots up it gets to the gigabyte screen then shuts down everytime,if I disconnect my hdd it boots into bios menu,plug it back in and the same happens.

azz72 · 21 Jun 2016 at 23:45

I should add that I fitted an ssd during the swap.

mistersprinkles · 21 Jun 2016 at 23:55

Disconnect the HDD, set the optical or USB as primary boot device in BIOS and set the SSD as the secondary device.

Reinstall Windows to the SSD (which you should have done in the first place). Once that's done add the HDD, mount it and format it.

Alternatively, if you have enough space on the SSD to house the HDD contents, clone the HDD to the SSD.

However, I suspect some kind of issue with the hard drive if this is happening.

Borealis · 22 Jun 2016 at 00:15

I would have cloned the HDD to the SSD. It's then just plug and play.

You shouldn't need to re-install Windows if you're cloning the drive. Once you know the cloned drive works, then erase the old drive and use it as storage.

azz72 · 22 Jun 2016 at 06:02

Thanks guys ,my intention is to clone to ssd,longs I can get it to boot