Hard Drive not showing up in Boot Order

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BlueCarrot

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Hi,
Today, I wall mounted my pc (very proud of it!) but when I turned it on and went into the bios to check if everything was good, my boot order looked strange. Looking closer, I found that I could only select my ssd and dvd drive for booting and not my two hdds. I have Windows installed on one of my hdds and just use my ssd for running games. My ssd and dvd drive are running from one says cable and my two hdds are running from a second data cable (each cable has two connectors). I am not a computer noob so don't be afraid to talk in pc speak to me ;)

Any help appreciated!
 
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Ck1_13
If the hard drives aren't showing up in the boot sequence, sounds like the BIOS isn't 'seeing' them at all under the main page, the one that shows you all your IDE/SATA attachments. If you can, try swapping SATA ports (unless you are running RAID), I've had issues where my 'd' drive disappeared due to a forced dismount, and wouldn't come back until I swapped ports. Also make sure the BIOS hasn't turned off the SATA controller, or maybe has it in the wrong mode. Really, if they have power and are plugged in, BIOS has to see them, maybe even try testing them one at a time, see if they detect.
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If the hard drives aren't showing up in the boot sequence, sounds like the BIOS isn't 'seeing' them at all under the main page, the one that shows you all your IDE/SATA attachments. If you can, try swapping SATA ports (unless you are running RAID), I've had issues where my 'd' drive disappeared due to a forced dismount, and wouldn't come back until I swapped ports. Also make sure the BIOS hasn't turned off the SATA controller, or maybe has it in the wrong mode. Really, if they have power and are plugged in, BIOS has to see them, maybe even try testing them one at a time, see if they detect.
 
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BlueCarrot

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Alright ill try all that and come back to you.
 
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