- Mar 20, 2014
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Hey all,
I have had my 120 GB SSD for about 4 years now. It's an Intel SSD 320 Series I purchased from Best Buy. I had my Windows 8.1 operating system installed to it, and the majority of my programs have been installed to my secondary 500 GB SATA hard-drive.
About a month ago, I installed a new power supply unit after finding out online that my GPU was under-powered. After placing the new PSU in the tower, I had some boot drive malfunctions. I couldn't get the SSD to boot and the computer kept attempting to boot from my secondary 500GB SATA hard-drive. I went into Setup during launch and checked the boot order - the hard-drive boot order was correct (SSD first, then the 500GB SATA). After that, for reasons known only to god, the computer booted properly from the SSD.
Here it is a month later and it's doing the same thing - except this time it's worse. The boot order is correct and unchanged. I unplugged the 500GB SATA hard-drive and attempted to boot the SSD by itself, but received the message: "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key"
Setup is indicating the SSD has 0 GB free on it (despite the fact I know my SSD has at least 50 GB free on it). This concerned me, so I hooked up my SSD to my SATA-to-USB adapter and plugged it into my laptop. The hard-drive won't show up on the laptop's Windows Explorer (which rules out a bad SATA-to-motherboard cable).
I used HP Diagnostic during launch to check my SSD. The diagnostic tool claims the SSD "Passed"
Is my SSD toast? My 500GB SATA hard-drive came with the computer (which is nearly 6 years old) and is therefore older / less-advanced than the SSD. Are SSD's more fragile than old-school SATA hard-drives?
I'd appreciate any and all advice
- J
I have had my 120 GB SSD for about 4 years now. It's an Intel SSD 320 Series I purchased from Best Buy. I had my Windows 8.1 operating system installed to it, and the majority of my programs have been installed to my secondary 500 GB SATA hard-drive.
About a month ago, I installed a new power supply unit after finding out online that my GPU was under-powered. After placing the new PSU in the tower, I had some boot drive malfunctions. I couldn't get the SSD to boot and the computer kept attempting to boot from my secondary 500GB SATA hard-drive. I went into Setup during launch and checked the boot order - the hard-drive boot order was correct (SSD first, then the 500GB SATA). After that, for reasons known only to god, the computer booted properly from the SSD.
Here it is a month later and it's doing the same thing - except this time it's worse. The boot order is correct and unchanged. I unplugged the 500GB SATA hard-drive and attempted to boot the SSD by itself, but received the message: "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key"
Setup is indicating the SSD has 0 GB free on it (despite the fact I know my SSD has at least 50 GB free on it). This concerned me, so I hooked up my SSD to my SATA-to-USB adapter and plugged it into my laptop. The hard-drive won't show up on the laptop's Windows Explorer (which rules out a bad SATA-to-motherboard cable).
I used HP Diagnostic during launch to check my SSD. The diagnostic tool claims the SSD "Passed"
Is my SSD toast? My 500GB SATA hard-drive came with the computer (which is nearly 6 years old) and is therefore older / less-advanced than the SSD. Are SSD's more fragile than old-school SATA hard-drives?
I'd appreciate any and all advice
- J
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