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Windows 7 won't boot with second SATA hard drive
Hello,
I've recently purchased two 30GB SSDs which I have set up in a RAID 0 array and I have installed Windows onto these drives. I have a second, 2TB Seagate Barracuda Green HDD that I have used to put my user profiles and additional programs/games on as it wouldn't fit on the SSD.
Everything was fine for a few days after installation. Then this morning I rebooted the computer and it just stalled on the flashing cursor (underscore) in the top left corner of the screen. I did the basic fixes (Windows repair, checking RAM) and nothing worked.
Then I thought that I should try disconnecting all but the SSD with the OS on it. SUCCESS! It booted to Windows but couldn't find any programs/user data so it created a new "profile". I shutdown the computer and tried reconnecting just the data hard drive...it hung again.
I have two additional hard drives (used for backups) that don't affect anything at all when I plug them in.
Does anybody know what could be the problem? I'm at a loss and I need the computer
for this weekend.
Help!
Thanks in advance for any advice that you can give me,
Kyle