- Oct 20, 2013
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Hi all,
Here's what I did:
1. Disconnected the old HDD
2. Set the SATA mode to AHCI
3. Installed Win7 from a USB
4. Booted up successfully
5. Reconnected the old HDD
6. Changed boot priority so it boots off of SSD (samsung 840 EVO 250Gb). Also changed SATA mode to AHCI
7. Started up and everything boots correctly from SSD and I can see the old HDD files in F: (I took the opportunity to optimise the SSD using the software supplied)
8. Switch computer off which prompts about 150 windows updates
9. Switch computer on, those updates try to install but stall at about 33% done which triggers an auto restart (note the computer was really slow to boot up this time, spent ages looking at the mobo splash screenn)
10. Computer makes another couple of tries at installing the updates and finally gets to 100%
11. Windows opens and all looks ok for about 10 seconds before I get BSOD
For now I've switched the boot priority back to the old HDD and things seem just as they were before step 1 though I'm surprised that it's all working since I haven't changed the SATA mode back to IDE.
Details of the BSOD:
STOP: 0x0000000A
Having googled this a bit I suspect a dodgy windows update may be the cause but I made several hardware and software changes in the space of two days so it's hard to be sure. Also, if that is the trouble then I'm not sure how to fix it since I can't get internet connectivity whilst in safe mode. Would the solution be to wipe the SSD entirely and start again?
Here's what I did:
1. Disconnected the old HDD
2. Set the SATA mode to AHCI
3. Installed Win7 from a USB
4. Booted up successfully
5. Reconnected the old HDD
6. Changed boot priority so it boots off of SSD (samsung 840 EVO 250Gb). Also changed SATA mode to AHCI
7. Started up and everything boots correctly from SSD and I can see the old HDD files in F: (I took the opportunity to optimise the SSD using the software supplied)
8. Switch computer off which prompts about 150 windows updates
9. Switch computer on, those updates try to install but stall at about 33% done which triggers an auto restart (note the computer was really slow to boot up this time, spent ages looking at the mobo splash screenn)
10. Computer makes another couple of tries at installing the updates and finally gets to 100%
11. Windows opens and all looks ok for about 10 seconds before I get BSOD
For now I've switched the boot priority back to the old HDD and things seem just as they were before step 1 though I'm surprised that it's all working since I haven't changed the SATA mode back to IDE.
Details of the BSOD:
STOP: 0x0000000A
Having googled this a bit I suspect a dodgy windows update may be the cause but I made several hardware and software changes in the space of two days so it's hard to be sure. Also, if that is the trouble then I'm not sure how to fix it since I can't get internet connectivity whilst in safe mode. Would the solution be to wipe the SSD entirely and start again?
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