- Aug 23, 2013
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So I have finished building my gaming pc and I installed windows and started using the computer. Suddenly I shut it down once and could not restart it. What would happen was it would boot and only get to pre-bios, where it would show a screen that showed the copyright of the motherboard. It would go through some codes at the bottom and stop at a2. I figured out that if I just unplugged my HHD and left my SSD (the one with windows) plugged in, I could go to windows just fine.
This means that I do have all of the cables and power plugged in, its just an issue with the HDD. I believe the reason for my issues with this HHD is before I shut it down that on fateful day, this is what happened;
When I installed windows, it went on the SSD. I didn't want to install all of my games on there, because it is only a 120gb drive. So I went to "Computer" and could not find any other drives then my HHD. I looked into it and found out that I needed to go into "manage" from my computer and "disk management" where I then made a partition on the HHD. I am not sure the exact settings I used, how ever there are two things I remember. First there was a pop-up with the format I wanted to use, and I left it with the one that was already selected. Then I also remember something about exFat, however I don't believe that was the format I was talking about... its just something I remember from that page.
So I believe that what is needed is some way to completely reset the HHD, and I'm not sure how to do that because I cant do anything or even boot while it is plugged in. Also there is the power and sata for the drive, and then also an 8-pin thing. I'm assuming this has to do something with master and slave, however those are also just words I have heard thrown around. I will post my computer specs down below, and if you want any pics or anything, just post a comment and i'll get to it. Any comments will be greatly appreciated, as I really want to get going!
Comp specs;
-NZXT Vulcan case
-i5-4670k
-asus 770 geforce
-120gb kingston SSD
-3tb barracuda HHD
-16gb corsair ram
-550 watt PSU
(I dont have the comp right here so I dont have the model number or anything, ask if you need them)
Thanks for reading!
This means that I do have all of the cables and power plugged in, its just an issue with the HDD. I believe the reason for my issues with this HHD is before I shut it down that on fateful day, this is what happened;
When I installed windows, it went on the SSD. I didn't want to install all of my games on there, because it is only a 120gb drive. So I went to "Computer" and could not find any other drives then my HHD. I looked into it and found out that I needed to go into "manage" from my computer and "disk management" where I then made a partition on the HHD. I am not sure the exact settings I used, how ever there are two things I remember. First there was a pop-up with the format I wanted to use, and I left it with the one that was already selected. Then I also remember something about exFat, however I don't believe that was the format I was talking about... its just something I remember from that page.
So I believe that what is needed is some way to completely reset the HHD, and I'm not sure how to do that because I cant do anything or even boot while it is plugged in. Also there is the power and sata for the drive, and then also an 8-pin thing. I'm assuming this has to do something with master and slave, however those are also just words I have heard thrown around. I will post my computer specs down below, and if you want any pics or anything, just post a comment and i'll get to it. Any comments will be greatly appreciated, as I really want to get going!
Comp specs;
-NZXT Vulcan case
-i5-4670k
-asus 770 geforce
-120gb kingston SSD
-3tb barracuda HHD
-16gb corsair ram
-550 watt PSU
(I dont have the comp right here so I dont have the model number or anything, ask if you need them)
Thanks for reading!
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