Hard Drive Boot Problem

Guest · Oct 8, 2017

So, I planned to upgrade to a better hard drive so I unplugged the first drive for some reason. Now when I plug it back in there's that message that goes like "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key". The thing is, I set the boot priority to that hard drive but for some reason it still won't show. Anyone know what the problem is?

Thanks.

Rogue Leader · Oct 8, 2017

Did you disconnect it while it was on?

Can you try removing all drives and only connecting the one you want to boot from?

mark.potocnik555 · Oct 8, 2017

Is it a HDD or SSD because your computer may not support some types of drives. And if you would provide a picture of the message would be REALY helpful.

Guest · Oct 8, 2017

Rogue Leader :

I didn't disconnect it while I was on and I just answer no .2 and still no luck

Guest · Oct 8, 2017

mark.potocnik555 :

It's an HDD. This is my old drive that I plan to get rid of when I upgrade to a new one. I'll post a picture of the error in one moment. My SSD on the drive is also working just not the HDD

Guest · Oct 8, 2017

https://imgur.com/a/svXvX

mark.potocnik555 · Oct 8, 2017

I may have a solution to this. Well that old disc that doesent work must be a "slave" and the new one as the "master". That will make the new one be the first that system will boot in and the old one that doesent work will be loaded later. If your lookinv to recover data this is a great choice. Also the message was there because your old hard drive might be damaged. If you took the good care of it after pluging it out then its too old.

Guest · Oct 8, 2017

mark.potocnik555 :

I may have a solution to this. Well that old disc that doesent work must be a "slave" and the new one as the "master". That will make the new one be the first that system will boot in and the old one that doesent work will be loaded later. If your lookinv to recover data this is a great choice. Also the message was there because your old hard drive might be damaged. If you took the good care of it after pluging it out then its too old.

Well the thing is the hard drive's only a few months old, and the new hard drive is a completely different problem (not compatible) so I'm have the new one unplugged

SkyNetRising · Oct 8, 2017

How many drives do you have in the system?
It's possible, that bootloader partition is not on the same drive, where OS is installed.
Try changing boot priority to other drives (if you have more of them).

Guest · Oct 8, 2017

SkyNetRising :

I have 2 (SSD and HDD). I tried doing that but also no luck

SkyNetRising · Oct 8, 2017

Connect back only those drives, that were connected before your upgrade.
Try changing boot priority until you find one, that boots normally.

Rogue Leader · Oct 8, 2017

When selecting the drive to boot from you may need to select UEFI safe boot for the drive. If its only a few months old and using Windows 10 it should be set up like that.

Guest · Oct 10, 2017

After toggling with BIOS I hit the restore defaults and it seemed to work (I don't know how since the only thing I've ever touched is the boot priority) but it seems to be working now. Sorry for any trouble caused.

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