SSD disappears then comes back in boot menu then disapperas again

95Joda

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Not sure if this is even the right forum to post in, sorry if not, first time on tom's.
I know there are many threads out there with a similar problem but non of them seems to help my case unfortuenalty.

I have never had this issue or anything like it before on this stationary computer. My SSD can't be found in the bootmenu unless it is the only drive plugged in. When I find it and boot from it i can start up windows normaly but right after log in windows freezes. I can move my cursor but can't click anything. Then I get a bluescreen, and my computer restarts but instead of booting from my ssd again i get "Reboot and Selec proper Boot device" "or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key"

What I tried so far is to use different sata cables and ports. As soon as I plug in my other disk (regular hard drive) the SSD cannot be found in the bootmenu again. Only plugging in my ssd results in finding it in boot menu again but then my problem repeats itself.

If it's driver or software related I can't do anything about since windows only freezes whatever I try to do after log in.

Any solutions out there?
 
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Welcome to Tom's Hardware, 95Joda!

I think that you are dealing with a faulty SATA cable maybe, so I'd suggest you to try changing it and see if that will help you boot properly into the SSD. If it's not the cable, I'd try plugging the drive in a different SATA port on the motherboard.
It could also be the SATA connector on the SSD itself, so I'd also recommend you to plug it on a different computer and see how it will get recognized there.

Keep me posted with the troubleshooting. Good luck!
SuperSoph_WD
Welcome to Tom's Hardware, 95Joda!

I think that you are dealing with a faulty SATA cable maybe, so I'd suggest you to try changing it and see if that will help you boot properly into the SSD. If it's not the cable, I'd try plugging the drive in a different SATA port on the motherboard.
It could also be the SATA connector on the SSD itself, so I'd also recommend you to plug it on a different computer and see how it will get recognized there.

Keep me posted with the troubleshooting. Good luck!
SuperSoph_WD
 
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