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Only1hpleft
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I have a Win7 x64 OEM installed on a 6-core Phenom II CPU, Crosshair V mb with 8gb ram, and nvida GEforce 770 gfx card, and 2 hard drives: a 3tb (storage, mostly empty) and a 4TB (the boot drive). Due to something unknown, which I suspect a windows update last night, Windows now thinks the boot drive's volume is D, and finds an installation in D/Windows. I wouldn't mind, but when I attempt to boot it fails to find the boot device.
Steps I have taken:
1. Ensure the drive can be read (It can)
2. Change ports on the mb (just in case)
3. System restore using OEM disk (the restore points do not work; "System restore did not complete successfully" 0x8000ffff)
4. Startup Repair on OEM disk (Finds no error to fix)
5. Yelling at it.
None of these worked. I did confirm that UEFI is configured correctly, and BIOS is set to boot in UEFI, as that is how it was installed and has worked for years. I am fairly certain the HDD is not failing, as chkdsk finds no errors. Thoughts?
Update: Disconnecting the storage drive (3TB) makes windows see the installation in the C: again, but no go on actually booting.
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Steps I have taken:
1. Ensure the drive can be read (It can)
2. Change ports on the mb (just in case)
3. System restore using OEM disk (the restore points do not work; "System restore did not complete successfully" 0x8000ffff)
4. Startup Repair on OEM disk (Finds no error to fix)
5. Yelling at it.
None of these worked. I did confirm that UEFI is configured correctly, and BIOS is set to boot in UEFI, as that is how it was installed and has worked for years. I am fairly certain the HDD is not failing, as chkdsk finds no errors. Thoughts?
Update: Disconnecting the storage drive (3TB) makes windows see the installation in the C: again, but no go on actually booting.
Continue reading...
