1st Build - Major help needed

Try wiping that HD with Diskpart Clean Command to clear the boot code.

Reformat it Logical to avoid any chance boot files can be derailed to it if it must remain in DISK0 position which is sometimes unavoidable and due to how the BIOS reads the drives before the OS does: Partition / Extended : Logical Drives - Windows 7 Forums.

If that doesn't affect it then see if you can change its port.

Not all BIOS give a HD priority but if so it is likely listed under Storage. What is listed there now and is there a way to reorder them? You may have to dig to find the setting.

I can. Wouldn't time and such be messed up?

From doing what?

gregrocker said:

Try wiping that HD with Diskpart Clean Command to clear the boot code.

Reformat it Logical to avoid any chance boot files can be derailed to it if it must remain in DISK0 position which is sometimes unavoidable and due to how the BIOS reads the drives before the OS does: Partition / Extended : Logical Drives - Windows 7 Forums.

If that doesn't affect it then see if you can change its port.

Not all BIOS give a HD priority but if so it is likely listed under Storage. What is listed there now and is there a way to reorder them? You may have to dig to find the setting.

My head is telling me to go bed and I'm going to listen but...

I 'clean' the drive but did not format. Still tries to boot to the spinner but now instead of a small cursor in the top left corner I get the 'no boot device' dance.

Under storage
Sata 3_1 ssd
3_2 3tb hd
3_3 nada
3_4 3tb hd #2
3_5 1tb (the one that's being booted too)

So...this is strange and it's how I remember hooking up the drives. Seems like Disk 0 should really be 3_1 and not 3_5.

One more thing, at the BIOS quick boot all the drives are as such
AHCI - SSD (or HD) *except* for the 1tb that's being reverted to and that one says
SATA - 1tb drive (but gives the real code for the drive).

gregrocker said:

From doing what?

That was a reply to cheesed00d. I should have quoted him. He thought that CMOS battery might be bad or not connected.

Could you please tell us how these 4 disks in your screenshot are formatted - MBR or GPT?
Disk 0 = GPT
Disk 1 = ?
Disk 2 = ?
Disk 3 = ?

I shall ~ tonight.

I have the SSD as the priority. As a matta o' I have disabled all other drives as boot drives.


I don't have that board anymore. I have ASRock > A75 Pro4-M