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windows 8.1 Pro fail to boot when adding Hard Drive - moemedimrtn - 09-08-2014
I have done Dual Boot with wind 8.1 and 7 on 500 HD. Durring this dual boot i removed 2TB HDD.
Problem occurs when i add back 2TB HDD Drive.
Windows 8.1 fail to boot again... But when i remove 2TB HDD Drive it works.
How can i force wind 8.1 to see the 2TB HDD Drive like windows 7...? without formating...
RE: windows 8.1 Pro fail to boot when adding Hard Drive - nsm0220 - 09-08-2014
(09-08-2014, 07:06 AM)moemedimrtn Wrote: I have done Dual Boot with wind 8.1 and 7 on 500 HD. Durring this dual boot i removed 2TB HDD.have you cheek if that hard drive been making clicking noises or other odd things happening to it
Problem occurs when i add back 2TB HDD Drive.
Windows 8.1 fail to boot again... But when i remove 2TB HDD Drive it works.
How can i force wind 8.1 to see the 2TB HDD Drive like windows 7...? without formating...
RE: windows 8.1 Pro fail to boot when adding Hard Drive - moemedimrtn - 09-08-2014
(09-08-2014, 07:17 AM)nsm0220 Wrote:(09-08-2014, 07:06 AM)moemedimrtn Wrote: I have done Dual Boot with wind 8.1 and 7 on 500 HD. Durring this dual boot i removed 2TB HDD.have you cheek if that hard drive been making clicking noises or other odd things happening to it
Problem occurs when i add back 2TB HDD Drive.
Windows 8.1 fail to boot again... But when i remove 2TB HDD Drive it works.
How can i force wind 8.1 to see the 2TB HDD Drive like windows 7...? without formating...
2TB is working fine the problem is when i add it blue screen appears and wind 8.1 reboot ....
RE: windows 8.1 Pro fail to boot when adding Hard Drive - ray - 09-08-2014
hi moemedimrtn have you checked in your bios that's its set to boot from the disk you want and if you enter the bios does it show both disks, also when you put in the 2tb the bios maybe not recognizing your win 8.1 system as the first boot option by default, some older bios wont recognize large drives, when you setup did you put windows 8.1 on one drive and windows 7 on the other, or did you just partition one drive and put them both on there ie the one you cant boot from at the moment, maybe members can shine more light on you problem if you can tell us what bios you have on your PC one last thing when it fails to boot what error message are you getting if it shows one at all
RE: windows 8.1 Pro fail to boot when adding Hard Drive - moemedimrtn - 09-08-2014
(09-08-2014, 08:10 AM)ray Wrote: hi moemedimrtn have you checked in your bios that's its set to boot from the disk you want and if you enter the bios does it show both disks, also when you put in the 2tb the bios maybe not recognizing your win 8.1 system as the first boot option by default, some older bios wont recognize large drives, when you setup did you put windows 8.1 on one drive and windows 7 on the other, or did you just partition one drive and put them both on there ie the one you cant boot from at the moment, maybe members can shine more light on you problem if you can tell us what bios you have on your PC one last thing when it fails to boot what error message are you getting if it shows one at all
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i used GPT partition table.
Partition 1: wind 8.1
Partition 2: wind 7
F2 Bios of 2011
Hard Drive boot priority is fine, placing 500GB as 1st, 2TB as 2nd Hard drive.
check attachment... similar error
RE: windows 8.1 Pro fail to boot when adding Hard Drive - Britec - 09-08-2014
You can try https://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/
This will let you rebuild your dual boot and repair it.
RE: windows 8.1 Pro fail to boot when adding Hard Drive - moemedimrtn - 09-09-2014
(09-08-2014, 11:39 AM)Britec Wrote: You can try https://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/
This will let you rebuild your dual boot and repair it.
how can i install easybcd, if windows 8.1 does not boot in..
RE: windows 8.1 Pro fail to boot when adding Hard Drive - TopFreeware - 09-09-2014
You can create a bootable usb / dvd from another computer.
Please look at this page:
https://neosmart.net/wiki/easybcd/dual-boot/bcd-based/
At the end of the day, you might need a local tech to assist you with this.
I hope that does not offend you in anyway.
RE: windows 8.1 Pro fail to boot when adding Hard Drive - Britec - 09-09-2014
Try this Fix MBR in Windows 8
RE: windows 8.1 Pro fail to boot when adding Hard Drive - ray - 09-09-2014
not try to take you off course but the 2tb did it come from another PC, I took one out of a old DVD HD (500GB) recorder a time ago and it was not recognized till i reformatted, if you don't have any important data on it try that, or disconnect your win 8 /7 drive and try install a linux or another windows system on the 2TB one just to see if its working bit of elimination thing you have no need to go set all the software just get to the desktop, then put in your win 8/7 drive back in and boot to windows 8 and look if its recognized your 2TB drive go into computer in windows 8 / 7 if you see the 2TB drive is showing then you can reformat it, are you just using it for a backup the 2TB, if so you can buy a external hard-drive caddy and put it in there, i not the best at explaining but just trying to help if mods think this will not help please remove no problem good luck