Windows suddenly will not boot with Samsung 840 pro SSD

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alanme123

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Hi guys, I have a problem that i cannot find the solution for.

My computer today suddenly gave me the message Reboot and select proper boot device" message. It was working fine yesterday and I have no idea why it is giving me this message.

I checked bios and it is detecting the ssd hard drive.

Anybody have a solution to this? I need to use my computer for work..


I cannot start windows.

Thanks in advance
 
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spawnkiller
Maybe the SATA and or SATA power was disconnecting themselves and while moving and touching them, Bam, work again ?!?!

Running the latest firmware is always the best but sometimes you'll need to reformat the whole thing so unless it's a listed issue corrected in the firmware note, it can be tricky...

PS: you could also check motherboard BIOS update as maybe the SATA controller sometimes disconnect (you still see the devices but it's not trading data with them)
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However, I do have another HDD and it recognizes the windows on there... However, it won't start windows. It says error and it tells me to go to startup repair. The SSD doesn't even do that. It won't recognize windows at all.
 
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Ok, then the SATA ports seems to be ok, do you used the same SATA cable when testing the other HDD ??

Also, do you have you system OS disc (windows 7 or 8), if so you can try to repair the install, maybe some file are corrupted due to a manual shutdown, power loss, etc...
 
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if the disc don't see the partition, you'll need to format and reinstall completly windows... If the install crash, your SSD drive may be dead...

I suggest that you contact samsung, maybe it's a well known issue and they have a new firmware that corrects that, it would also be easier to RMA it if it's still not working after that as they would be aware of the issue...

PS: i expect that you're not driving RAID and/or encrypted partition, am i ok ?
 
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Maybe the SATA and or SATA power was disconnecting themselves and while moving and touching them, Bam, work again ?!?!

Running the latest firmware is always the best but sometimes you'll need to reformat the whole thing so unless it's a listed issue corrected in the firmware note, it can be tricky...

PS: you could also check motherboard BIOS update as maybe the SATA controller sometimes disconnect (you still see the devices but it's not trading data with them)
 
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