Hi,
I spent today moving data around backing it up and consolidating it on a 2TB internal drive I just picked up, while also reinstalling windows onto an SSD. The problem is when I went to format the drive I had my OS installed on, after installing fresh windows onto my SSD a I got an error saying the format failed, and the device now appears as unreadable and corrupted. If I have it plugged in now, I get a boot error, but If I continue on windows loads fine. Just to be clear, I did the SSD windows install with no other drives plugged in, and made sure it booted windows off the fresh install. However, it appears that the computer is still trying to boot off the problem drive. My questions are:
What is going on with the booting?
Is my HDD busted? I would prefer that it be usable again, but there is no unique data associated with it.
Thanks
I spent today moving data around backing it up and consolidating it on a 2TB internal drive I just picked up, while also reinstalling windows onto an SSD. The problem is when I went to format the drive I had my OS installed on, after installing fresh windows onto my SSD a I got an error saying the format failed, and the device now appears as unreadable and corrupted. If I have it plugged in now, I get a boot error, but If I continue on windows loads fine. Just to be clear, I did the SSD windows install with no other drives plugged in, and made sure it booted windows off the fresh install. However, it appears that the computer is still trying to boot off the problem drive. My questions are:
What is going on with the booting?
Is my HDD busted? I would prefer that it be usable again, but there is no unique data associated with it.
Thanks