Hello, hopefully someone can help!
I have a new system that I have just built with a GB GA-Z77-DS3H motherboard and a brand new Vertex 3 SSD. I have installed W7 64bit from dvd and all seems well.
However, when I attached the old HD (samsung 1TB partition into 2 drives) it always attempts to boot from the old xp install on the samsung drive and I get an error and it won't boot. I have another 2TB drive (H) that has no OS on it and that is absolutely fine
I can boot without the samsung HD attached and then plug it in afterwards and read/write no problem. I have deleted the old XP partition (drive F) and reformatted it under W7 but that hasn't helped.
If I leave the drive as a deleted volume it all works fine but of course, I cannot use the drive!
I need to keep the second partition (Drive G) as it contains all my data (photos etc.)
I assume its something to do with the bios and Windows Boot Manager -
In the BIOS Windows Boot Manager is the boot preference and in fact it won't boot from drive C (the vertex SSD with W7 on) if I select it directly, only from WBM - I cannot get it to boot from the SSD (Drive C) directly and have deleted all the other HDs from the boot drive list but doesn't help
I have tried various options in the bios - disabling CSM support and booting in UEFI mode only but I really don't understand these options and I have only managed to get it to not boot at all.
How do I format my F drive so that the Bios doesn't think that there is an OS on it (which there isn't anymore) or how do I alter my BIOS so that it will only boot from my SSD?
Someone else thought I may have installed W7 in UEFI mode but I don't know what this means!
I could reinstall windows as the install is only a few days old but would need to know what to do to prevent the same mistakes!
Many thanks, Liam.
I have a new system that I have just built with a GB GA-Z77-DS3H motherboard and a brand new Vertex 3 SSD. I have installed W7 64bit from dvd and all seems well.
However, when I attached the old HD (samsung 1TB partition into 2 drives) it always attempts to boot from the old xp install on the samsung drive and I get an error and it won't boot. I have another 2TB drive (H) that has no OS on it and that is absolutely fine
I can boot without the samsung HD attached and then plug it in afterwards and read/write no problem. I have deleted the old XP partition (drive F) and reformatted it under W7 but that hasn't helped.
If I leave the drive as a deleted volume it all works fine but of course, I cannot use the drive!
I need to keep the second partition (Drive G) as it contains all my data (photos etc.)
I assume its something to do with the bios and Windows Boot Manager -
In the BIOS Windows Boot Manager is the boot preference and in fact it won't boot from drive C (the vertex SSD with W7 on) if I select it directly, only from WBM - I cannot get it to boot from the SSD (Drive C) directly and have deleted all the other HDs from the boot drive list but doesn't help
I have tried various options in the bios - disabling CSM support and booting in UEFI mode only but I really don't understand these options and I have only managed to get it to not boot at all.
How do I format my F drive so that the Bios doesn't think that there is an OS on it (which there isn't anymore) or how do I alter my BIOS so that it will only boot from my SSD?
Someone else thought I may have installed W7 in UEFI mode but I don't know what this means!
I could reinstall windows as the install is only a few days old but would need to know what to do to prevent the same mistakes!
Many thanks, Liam.
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