Hey guys.
I have an asus p8z77-v LX, Core i7, 8GB Ram.
Ran 2 OS on two distinct physical drives :
1. Win 8.1 on Samsung 840 pro 256GB
2. Win 7 Ultimate on WD 1TB
also have a 4TB WD without OS.
Now the boot order was that the SSD is first, with the 1TB connected too but as a slave. It was the main OS I used.
When I wanted to load Win 7 instead, I would just disconnect the SSD and the 1TB Win7 load. I would also connect another old 150GB drive as slave. At some point it started to constantly try to chkdsk for all or some of the drives on startup (while still a black screen).
When I tried to put back the SSD win 8.1 and change the boot order in it`s favor, I would usually encounter a problem loading, some of the problems would include:
* Windows would take several minutes to load (instead several seconds)
* Stuck for a long time after login to windows
* different windows startup error messages
* Stuck on Asus MB screen then restart
* "No proper boot device" message
* PC is on but screen is off
etc.
Also the 4TB WD would be constantly 100% busy (maybe because of drive letters mix)
A month ago, the problem has escalated so that Win 8.1 was dead totally. I formatted the SSD, then used samsung magician to erase and restore the drive to manufacturer settings. Installed win 7 on the SSD.
When I went back to the 1TB win7 to download some drivers, then came back to the SSD win 7 - it didn`t load but with an error message relate to a recent hardware chagnes.
Now it says select a proper boot device, it won`t even detect the SSD.
Those boot changes must cause trouble.
A. What to do now ?
B. Is there a way to use 2 OS on different drives without causing problems ?
Please help.
I have an asus p8z77-v LX, Core i7, 8GB Ram.
Ran 2 OS on two distinct physical drives :
1. Win 8.1 on Samsung 840 pro 256GB
2. Win 7 Ultimate on WD 1TB
also have a 4TB WD without OS.
Now the boot order was that the SSD is first, with the 1TB connected too but as a slave. It was the main OS I used.
When I wanted to load Win 7 instead, I would just disconnect the SSD and the 1TB Win7 load. I would also connect another old 150GB drive as slave. At some point it started to constantly try to chkdsk for all or some of the drives on startup (while still a black screen).
When I tried to put back the SSD win 8.1 and change the boot order in it`s favor, I would usually encounter a problem loading, some of the problems would include:
* Windows would take several minutes to load (instead several seconds)
* Stuck for a long time after login to windows
* different windows startup error messages
* Stuck on Asus MB screen then restart
* "No proper boot device" message
* PC is on but screen is off
etc.
Also the 4TB WD would be constantly 100% busy (maybe because of drive letters mix)
A month ago, the problem has escalated so that Win 8.1 was dead totally. I formatted the SSD, then used samsung magician to erase and restore the drive to manufacturer settings. Installed win 7 on the SSD.
When I went back to the 1TB win7 to download some drivers, then came back to the SSD win 7 - it didn`t load but with an error message relate to a recent hardware chagnes.
Now it says select a proper boot device, it won`t even detect the SSD.
Those boot changes must cause trouble.
A. What to do now ?
B. Is there a way to use 2 OS on different drives without causing problems ?
Please help.
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram