W7 Closed suddenly, won't restart, need to repair (not restore) W7

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  1. Posts : 37
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    W7 Closed suddenly, won't restart, need to repair (not restore) W7


    I have a Lenovo W520.
    I put a mini-SDD in and copied the operating system there.
    Everything worked fine for months.

    Today, working and it suddenly W7 shuts down, no way to stop it.
    When I turned on the machine next, I got a windows recovery screen (lenovo background) that said it would fix any errors - and then that it couldn't fix them, suggesting that the next step was the Microsoft Favorite "Fix" - restoring the OS from scratch.
    Lenovo doesn't give you W7 discs, there's a recovery partition from which you can print restore discs, but I don't want restore discs.
    With some trouble, I got the BIOS screen to come up and re-set the HDD as the boot disc.
    Not only am I in the computer, but it seems to have all my latest configurations, the browsers even come up with the tabs I last had open - I'm not sure how that can be, but it is.
    Anyway, I need to fix windows on the SDD without losing all the data and configurations there.
    Any ideas?
    My gratitude in advance!

    It's a Lenovo W520
    Intel Core i7-2720QM 2.20 GH
    8GB mem
    64 bit OS
    80GB SDD
    300GB HDD
    In disc management, both show as healthy
    I'm submitting this, but I'll try to add more information.
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  2. Posts : 11,269
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    How did you have the SSD and HDD configured to work together? That information may be helpful to determine how to resolve the problem.
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  3. Posts : 37
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    HDD in the original HDD slot, the SDD was in the slot for the... what's it called? The card that allows the computer to connect to the internet wirelessly via the phone signal (not the router signal).

    Does that answer the question? If not, help me to answer it better, please!
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  4. Posts : 11,269
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    What data configuration were they using? Did you have user files stored on the HDD or SSD? How was the pagefile set up? Where did you install programs?
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  5. Posts : 37
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    As I recall, I printed restore discs, then removed the HDD and installed the SSD and restored the system.
    Then, leaving the SSD set as the boot drive, put the HDD back in for storage.

    As it happens, I have data files on both discs.

    The odd thing is that, although I've now managed to boot from the HDD, which has its own copy of the OS, all the configuration changes (desktop, toolbars, etc.0 I've made since I switched to the SDD are there.
    Two browsers (FF & Opera) correctly remember the windows they were shut with before the crash (all that has to be on the SDD).

    The SDD is available, I copied the most crucial files onto a flash drive for now.

    BUT Open writer - while it does remember the files that were open when Windows closed - is NOT able recover the files that had not yet been saved with their own names.

    Does that answer the questions?
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  6. Posts : 37
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    And thanks for the attention and, hopefully, help!
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    wombatpete said:
    As I recall, I printed restore discs, then removed the HDD and installed the SSD and restored the system.
    Then, leaving the SSD set as the boot drive, put the HDD back in for storage.

    As it happens, I have data files on both discs.

    The odd thing is that, although I've now managed to boot from the HDD, which has its own copy of the OS, all the configuration changes (desktop, toolbars, etc.0 I've made since I switched to the SDD are there.
    Two browsers (FF & Opera) correctly remember the windows they were shut with before the crash (all that has to be on the SDD).

    The SDD is available, I copied the most crucial files onto a flash drive for now.

    BUT Open writer - while it does remember the files that were open when Windows closed - is NOT able recover the files that had not yet been saved with their own names.

    Does that answer the questions?
    please post a full blown screenshot of "disk management". And tell me what disk 0 and disk 1 is (HDD or SSD)
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  8. Posts : 37
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  9. Posts : 37
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    Disc 0 is the HDD
    Disc 1 is the SSD
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  10. Posts : 11,269
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    Note that disk 1 has the C: drive on it. That means you are currently loading Windows off the SSD.
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