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Dave Kraklio

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my windows 7 will not load past the windows glowing boot logo only if I have the slave driver connected while booting up... If I disconnect the problem drive before reboot it'll boot right away , making me think my current o.s. has a virus that locks me out of it with the "important" (problem) HDD hooked up so I can't access it, Iknow it's not a boot order problem never had windows installed on the slave and it wouldn't get to the glowing logo if it wasn't already booting from the primary
Another thing is in my Asus bios >Advanced mode, there's a built in bios flasher program and it let's me search for a bios firmware file on any media device hooked up ... That's where I can actually find the "problem" HDD and let's me go through all the folders on that drive since it only looks for bios files I can't use that to recover my data from said drive but if that can access it then im guessing it has something to do with my current windows 7o.s. and maybe another o.s. will be able to access problem HDD my only hope is booting from a live o.s. preferably windows and made a CD like that years ago but haven't had anything but bad luck trying to make one since this problem started its like my computer is purposely preventing me from "getting to that step" any advice or help will be greatly appreciated
 
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Phillip Corcoran
I'm not aware of any virus or other malware which effectively locks you out of a secondary drive and causes Windows startup problem when said drive is connected.

Try putting the slave drive in to an external enclosure but don't plug it in to your computer's USB port until Windows is up and running. You can then test it with Seagate SeaTools for Windows which can test any make of drive:
http://www.seagate.com/gb/en/support/downloads/item/seatools-win-master/

I'm thinking maybe that drive has a problem, perhaps failing, and in that case nothing to do with the OS.
The BIOS is more tolerant of a faulty drive than Windows is (provided it's not totally screwed up of course), which is why you are able to navigate folders on the drive...
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thx1138v2

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I've never had this problem so this is just a guess. Boot with slave drive connected and go to Control Panel->Device Manager. Then go through every device right clicking its icon and selecting Properties, click the Driver tab and then the Driver Details button and look for a file that is coming from the slave drive's assigned drive letter.

If you locate something, you'll probably need to re-install those drivers on the master drive, reconfigure if necessary, and reboot. Don't stop at just one. Go through every device, make the change. When all are complete power down, disconnect, slave drive and try again.
 
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I'm not aware of any virus or other malware which effectively locks you out of a secondary drive and causes Windows startup problem when said drive is connected.

Try putting the slave drive in to an external enclosure but don't plug it in to your computer's USB port until Windows is up and running. You can then test it with Seagate SeaTools for Windows which can test any make of drive:
http://www.seagate.com/gb/en/support/downloads/item/seatools-win-master/

I'm thinking maybe that drive has a problem, perhaps failing, and in that case nothing to do with the OS.
The BIOS is more tolerant of a faulty drive than Windows is (provided it's not totally screwed up of course), which is why you are able to navigate folders on the drive using the BIOS updater utility.

Anyway, testing the drive will at the very least confirm if it's faulty or not,
 
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Dave Kraklio

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I won't see it in device mgr since it won't boot with connected if I reconnect while in windows it'll crash I just have to do what was said and connect it as an external HDD which I don't have the accessories for that but worth the money if it works on to find an external case for the HDD
 
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External hard drive enclosure is always a useful item to have, not just for your particular problem.
You can put a healthy drive in it to use as an all-important backup drive (an important task which many people still don't even think about until it's too late).

And because drive installation in to an enclosure is a 5 minute job at most, you can use the enclosure to read the contents of any hard drive should the need arise in the future.

So certainly not a waste of money even if it doesn't help with your current problem.
 
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