Installed Win7 with 1 SSD and 1 HDD plugged in, BIG mistake, need help

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       #11

    clean worked, ran a chkdsk, it came back good. Computer booted perfect with both drives plugged in. Went in to manage, activated it as GPT, tried to use the format wizard and assigned it a drive letter. The formatting failed. Any ideas?
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  2.    #12

    Delete partition and attempt to initiate MBR from Disk Mgmt.

    If further problems test the HD with maker's HD Diagnostic
    scan.
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  3. Posts : 9
    win7 64bit ultimate
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       #13

    I was able to convert it to MBR, but the formatting still failed and the system upon reboot would not load past the windows screen. So, I went through the previous steps using diskpart to clean it and convert back to GPT and was then able to fully boot.

    I was reading some of your other previous posts on this matter, as it seems there's been quite a few over the years, and maybe my SSD was not formatted correctly? In the image in this post it shows 3 partitions on the boot drive and I'm only showing 2 partitions on mine (System and Primary). Thanks again from trying to help me on this.

    EDIT: As a side note, my win7 disk is prior to service pack 1. Not sure if this matters when using UEFI.

    EDIT: used the Manufacturer's HD Diagnostic Tool and it failed the quick test, called manufacturer and they are RMAing the HD. Thanks for all the help! I'll mark this as solved.
    Last edited by fsunate; 16 Apr 2015 at 15:19.
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    win7 64bit ultimate
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       #14

    UPDATE: received the new HDD, installed it, formatted it GPT and everything is running perfectly.

    Thanks again for your help.
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  5.    #15

    Glad to hear it. Thanks for reporting back. If this is resolved you can mark the thread Solved at top.
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