Hard Drive Will Not Boot

[PeterOz]

Plug into port 0(zero)
If no zero Port 1

[BobGoblin]

Plug into port 0(zero)
If no zero Port 1

how do I find Port 0/1?

I just see a cluster of cables, haha

[PeterOz]

A torch and page 25

https://download.msi.com/archive/mnu_exe/mb/E7C56v2.1.pdf

[PeterOz]

If still no good clear the cmos Page 38

[PeterOz]

could I use Macrium Reflect Premium

Do you already own this?

[BobGoblin]

Do you already own this?

Yes

[BobGoblin]

A torch and page 25

https://download.msi.com/archive/mnu_exe/mb/E7C56v2.1.pdf

Torch? Maybe fingers crossed that the cable just somehow disconnected from the mobo when I was opening up the thing

[PeterOz]

Not quite off topic.
If this computer is used for games, As Rustys pointed out why use a slower hdd in place of a faster ssd.
This machine comes with M2 slots which are much faster than ssd.

Step 1) plug the 1TB drive into sata port 1 and see if it boots.
if no boot
Step 2) clear cmos and see if machine boots with 1tb
Step 3) If machine boots with 1tb. Use Macrium to make an image of the drive on an external or network drive.
replace drive with 8tb and restore image.
Step 4) Make C drive larger, it has run out of space and I am surprised the computer boots.

If still no boot from 8TB it could be the system does not support 8TB drive.

[PeterOz]

Torch?

one of these torch - Google Suche

[BobGoblin]

Ohhh, i didn’t know my mobo supported an m2 ssd.

i’ll get one of those bad boys!!!

Okay - so my issue has kinda pivoted here…how can I make my 1TB drive bootable again?

fdisk seems to show everything is still in tact

owner@OwnerDesktop:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb
[sudo] password for owner:
Disk /dev/sdb: 931.51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Disk model: USB 3.0 Destop H
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 33553920 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 700C0D33-ACB2-435A-8CFA-71D04773155A

Device          Start        End    Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sdb1        2048     923647     921600   450M Windows recovery environment
/dev/sdb2      923648    1128447     204800   100M EFI System
/dev/sdb3     1128448    1161215      32768    16M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sdb4     1161216 1952476022 1951314807 930.5G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sdb5  1952477184 1953521663    1044480   510M Windows recovery environment

[PeterOz]

Ohhh, i didn’t know my mobo supported an m2 ssd.

Page 25 in my link above.

Have you connected the 1TB to sata port 1(only this drive connected)
Have you cleared the cmos.

WHEN YOU DO THIS ARE YOU TOUCHING METAL TO GROUND YOURSELF

[BobGoblin]

@PeterOz - i have not yet. Planning to do it today.
I’ve connected the 1TB to the same cables that it was originally connected to, that’s what’s throwing me.

to touch metal to ground myself? Is the metal frame of the case acceptable? I don’t want to injure myself

[PeterOz]

Is the metal frame of the case acceptable?

Yes
It is to discharge static electricity

[BobGoblin]

okay - did these steps, and have tried to boot and same result.

It almost seems to me like BIOS sees the hard drive, but when windows tries to pick it up it’s not found…
[ATTACH type=“full”]11894[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH type=“full”]11893[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH type=“full”]11892[/ATTACH]

[PeterOz]

on the mb are 4 lights one is labeled boot does it come on?
When you restart press F11 this should give you a boot menu
If you choose the drive will it boot