jimthebob
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- Mar 23, 2013
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So long story short, I got on my PC last night and played some Minecraft for several hours with zero issues. When I was done, I shut down for the night. This morning, I go to start my PC and it does the "Windows was shut down improperly, how do you want to start?" BS. Curious as to why it did that but brushing it off, I select start Windows normally and then...nothing. After several reboots, swapping in new SATA cables, trying different plugs on my PSU, disconnecting all other drives in the system, and even different onboard SATA ports that correspond to different onboard controllers, I have determined the following: when I turn on the PC from a cold boot, it will detect my 850 Pro long enough to get the Windows boot prompt but once it tries to actually start, it drops the drive. If I reboot, the UEFI won't detect the drive no matter what I do until I turn off the PC and turn it back on.
I'm kinda lost at this point. I'm currently booted off of a Windows USB boot drive and when I selected repair Windows (to see if it'd actually see the drive or what) it has been stagnant for quite a while now. It did what it does every other time the PC has tried to read from the drive: the drive activity LED will illuminate for a minute or so then go dark and I'm guessing not finding the drive.
What the hell can I try now? I'd rather not have to reinstall Windows but at this point that's not even an option as the drive won't stay detected long enough to install Windows!!
Thoughts guys? I of course have backups but I'd still hate to go to the trouble of a new drive, reinstalling, etc. It's got to be something else...right?
Of course, I could just use this as an excuse to build a new PC haha "Sorry honey, the PC died overnight, better build a new one". Yeah, I enjoy sleeping on the couch haha
I'm kinda lost at this point. I'm currently booted off of a Windows USB boot drive and when I selected repair Windows (to see if it'd actually see the drive or what) it has been stagnant for quite a while now. It did what it does every other time the PC has tried to read from the drive: the drive activity LED will illuminate for a minute or so then go dark and I'm guessing not finding the drive.
What the hell can I try now? I'd rather not have to reinstall Windows but at this point that's not even an option as the drive won't stay detected long enough to install Windows!!
Thoughts guys? I of course have backups but I'd still hate to go to the trouble of a new drive, reinstalling, etc. It's got to be something else...right?
Of course, I could just use this as an excuse to build a new PC haha "Sorry honey, the PC died overnight, better build a new one". Yeah, I enjoy sleeping on the couch haha