Hard drive won't be read on new windows install

Sandra_6

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So I just got my SSD today and I needed to do a clean install for windows. I kept my old install on my other hard drive just in case something went wrong. I installed windows successfully on the SSD and got to my desktop. I went to my computer to start moving stuff around and I noticed my 2TB storage drive wasn't there. I tried reconnecting it and whatnot, it didn't work All of my drives except my SSD are Seagate it read the 2 smaller ones (One having the old windows install on it) but the 2TB was not read. I booted up the old install of windows and it read all the drives perfectly fine.

Also I'd like to note that all of my harddrives are taking each other's names. For example my SSD was called Patriot but now when I try to boot from the patriot it makes me boot from my old drive and when I try to boot from my old drive it boots from my SSD.

I'm running windows 7 64 bit my motherboard is a Gigabyte 990FX UD3
 
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Hey there, Sandra_6!

Can you boot to Windows with just the SSD connected to the computer and try the same with just the HDD containing Windows, as well. Sometime when Windows is being installed, if there are other drives connected to the motherboard, some of the system files might be written on one of the extra drive, which could lead to conflicts and issues just like the ones you're having now.
I'd suggest that you backup any important data which you might have on the problematic drive and test it for error with the manufacturer's diagnostics tool, just to be on the safe side. If you can properly boot to Windows with just the SSD connected to the computer, go ahead and reformat the other drives (including the one with the old OS). Of...
Hey there, Sandra_6!

Can you boot to Windows with just the SSD connected to the computer and try the same with just the HDD containing Windows, as well. Sometime when Windows is being installed, if there are other drives connected to the motherboard, some of the system files might be written on one of the extra drive, which could lead to conflicts and issues just like the ones you're having now.
I'd suggest that you backup any important data which you might have on the problematic drive and test it for error with the manufacturer's diagnostics tool, just to be on the safe side. If you can properly boot to Windows with just the SSD connected to the computer, go ahead and reformat the other drives (including the one with the old OS). Of course after you've backed up everything important. When you're done just move all the data you need back on them.

Hope that helps. Please let me know how it goes.
Boogieman_WD
 
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