- Sep 21, 2018
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My computer is a Dell XPS 8700 which is configured with a forth gen i7, 16gb ram, and three hard drives. First a Samsung 250gb SSD, second a 1tb WD HDD for data, and the third being a 500gb WD Raptor HDD for backups.
I was running out of room on my SSD so I went out and bought a Samsung 500gb SSD. I used their migration software to clone the new SSD via USB. That went fine, and when I was changing out SSDs, I decided to blow out my computer internally with canned air and change out the 2032 battery. I switched SSDs and tried to boot back up, but it wouldn't boot. It was acting like it didn't find any OS, ran through Windows repair mode, couldn't fix, and would shut back down. So I switched back to the 250gb SSD thinking something went wrong with the cloning process. Same thing happened. Then I started thinking I had blown something loose on my Mobo.
I unplugged all the USBs in the back, for my printer and my hub, plugged in a wired mouse and keyboard, unplugged both HDDs, and tried to boot back up, but still the same thing. I booted up again and hit F2 to enter Bios and made sure it was booting how it should. It was on a different boot schedule, so I move the SSD to the top to boot. Now everything comes back up properly.
My problem now is when I hook up the HDDs, in Bios, it doesn't recognize my SSD, it's not even available. I have changed out the SATA cables to all drives, but still the same thing.
My brother told me that there's another setting in the Bios that allows me to pick either ACHI, Serial, or IDE for the configuration. He said the SSD likes ACHI settings. I asked him about updating the Bios but he said that's probably not the issue. He said I could also go into My Computer, Manage, Disk Manager, and try to resolve it there, but I'm getting lost. I would do that but the minute I plug in one or both of the HDDs, the SSD no long shows up in Bios and that's my boot.
If anyone has any suggestions, I would love to hear them.
I was running out of room on my SSD so I went out and bought a Samsung 500gb SSD. I used their migration software to clone the new SSD via USB. That went fine, and when I was changing out SSDs, I decided to blow out my computer internally with canned air and change out the 2032 battery. I switched SSDs and tried to boot back up, but it wouldn't boot. It was acting like it didn't find any OS, ran through Windows repair mode, couldn't fix, and would shut back down. So I switched back to the 250gb SSD thinking something went wrong with the cloning process. Same thing happened. Then I started thinking I had blown something loose on my Mobo.
I unplugged all the USBs in the back, for my printer and my hub, plugged in a wired mouse and keyboard, unplugged both HDDs, and tried to boot back up, but still the same thing. I booted up again and hit F2 to enter Bios and made sure it was booting how it should. It was on a different boot schedule, so I move the SSD to the top to boot. Now everything comes back up properly.
My problem now is when I hook up the HDDs, in Bios, it doesn't recognize my SSD, it's not even available. I have changed out the SATA cables to all drives, but still the same thing.
My brother told me that there's another setting in the Bios that allows me to pick either ACHI, Serial, or IDE for the configuration. He said the SSD likes ACHI settings. I asked him about updating the Bios but he said that's probably not the issue. He said I could also go into My Computer, Manage, Disk Manager, and try to resolve it there, but I'm getting lost. I would do that but the minute I plug in one or both of the HDDs, the SSD no long shows up in Bios and that's my boot.
If anyone has any suggestions, I would love to hear them.
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