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will not boot from SSD when attach additional HDDs
I am upgrading my HTPC that i put together a few years back to have a SSD as a boot drive to increase space, quiet background running and speed up booting, etc.
Original:
Abit IP35 Pro
Boot drive: WD raptor 120gb
Storage: 2tb x 3
Win 7 32bit
New drive: crucial m4 256gb
Everything was running fine before trying to exchange the raptor for the m4. I had a big issue getting Windows installed on m4 but finally did a clean install when no harddrive was connected except the SSD to the original SATA port of the boot drive. Once I had windows installed, and i was able to boot up with only the SSD attached to the boot SATA port, I attached the 3 storage drives to their original SATA ports and got an error when booting... it paused in mid boot, then started searching for a boot disk in the DVD drive. I looked at the BIOS and the SSD is listed as 1st (port0) on hard drive boot order and hard drive is 1st boot priority. I unplugged all 3 storage drives and it booted up without an issue.
any thoughts on why alone it would boot up fine but when 3 other drives are attached does it not boot and look for a boot disk in the DVD? Thanks