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SSD Troubles
I am truly stumped. I am trying replace my C drive with an SSD. I purchased a Samsung SSD 840 Pro, 256 GB.
The install was straight forward, I used Samsung's Migration software to clone the OS onto the new drive. When I disconnect the old C Drive and try to boot from the SSD, the machine will start to boot normally, then just when the POST stops I get a black screen and a blinking cursor. I do not even get to the Windows splash screen. It stops just at the point the Windows start normally appears.
The OS is Windows 7, 64 bit
The hardware is: ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe, AMD Phenon II 1090T (not overclocked), 8 Gigs of RAM, Nvidia Quadro 2000 Video board. I do have 4 SATA HDDs and two USB drives hooked up. The machine is running in AHCI mode.
I have tried numerous fixes found here on the forum. They include the following:
Make sure the new drive is set to "Active"
Tried booting with all drive disconnect except the SSD.
I booted from the Windows DVD and ran "startup repair" 3 times (twice). The first run it said windows found problems, I clicked "Yes" to repair problems. All subsequent runs said no problems found.
I have also up dated my BIOS to the latest version.
I can simply reconnect my existing C drive and it will bootup, but I find it odd that I can't even get to the Windows splash screen.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.