Problem with OS load

John, do you have "quick boot" enabled in the BIOS?

Just thought about something else here. You said that you are having slow loads on ALL of your drives now, correct? So are you just reconnecting the SATA cable from port 1 to the different Drives? If so, you may have a bad SATA cable. May be nothing, just a thought.

New disk management pic please:
HOW TO POST A SNAPSHOT OF DISK MANAGEMENT DISPLAY
Run disk management:
WIN | type DISKMGMT.MSC | ENTER
WIN=key with Microsoft logo on top.


Maximize the output of Disk Management:
ALT-Spacebar key combo | X key (selects Maximize) |
Drag the field separators (such as between Status and Capacity) to show entire field.


Make a snapshot:
WIN | type SNIPPING | ENTER | New
Drag the cursor around the area you want to snip.
File | Save as | select save location and name | Save


Post the snapshot:
Post a File or Screenshot in Seven Forums

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thanks, karl

Here is the shot Karl and James I might even try renewing the cables too.

In any case I think I am going t have to start fron ground 0 again but no probelm as long as I can get the darn thing right.

I agree with you.

A fresh start is a good idea.

Let us know, before you install other programs, if all is working correctly.

thanks,
karl

No folks all going horribly wrong and the machine is getting slower and slower to boot up to three to four minutes.

Have changed cables checked the BIOS - quick boot enabled done the procedure four times now and am going to try and install back on a 500GB HDD as at least it will boot is a reasonable time

The only good thing is the drive is showing in Computer > storage now.

Clean Install Windows 7

John, what's the make and model of your SSD?

Crucial M$ 128GB James and karl yeah mate I have clean installed it four times now and each time I secure erased the lot and diskparted it with ever increasingly disastrous results.

Am just secure erasing a 500GB Samsung as the secure erase killed the Seagate - dead as.

A secure erase is never going to kill a disk. You may have had a problem, but the cause was not a secure erase.

Secure erase is not a part of the instructions in the link for a clean install.