HDD not recognized...

[THERION]

Hi all,

 

I just build my new system and now I have the problem that my HDD is not recognized correctly - I cannot boot the system,
I always get into the bios.

 

My motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming Z590-Plus

CPU: I5-11600K / LGA1200

RAM: Crucial 32 GB 3200

SSD: Samsung 970 EVOPlus

GPU: MSI 1070 8 GB

 

I updated the bios to newest release. Storage information show both drives, but the HDD, which is 1 TB is displayed as 2 TB.
The HDD is the one with my Windows 10 (up to date). And yes, it worked this morning and I was flying yesterday evening
without any issues.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks in advance

 

Cheerio

[ZachariasX]

HDD? You mean SSD? You are stating one SSD, but what are „both drives“? Did you install the OS on a spinning disc?

 

If it worked and suddenly stayed dark at some point, I would remove the item that is no more recognized by the BIOS and plug it in a different computer. If it is not detected there, your HDD(?) is probably toast. At least to a point where I would not use it again and thus send it for repair. A common occurrence.

[THERION]

9 hours ago, ZachariasX said:

HDD? You mean SSD? You are stating one SSD, but what are „both drives“? Did you install the OS on a spinning disc?

 

If it worked and suddenly stayed dark at some point, I would remove the item that is no more recognized by the BIOS and plug it in a different computer. If it is not detected there, your HDD(?) is probably toast. At least to a point where I would not use it again and thus send it for repair. A common occurrence.

 

Hi Zach,
 

thank you for your reply. I sorted it all out (puh!). My OS is actually on a spinning disc. As I said, it works perfectly on the old crate.

Now, for all of you building a new gen computer, your HDD (spinning device) might not be recognized correctly, although seen in the BIOS.
The main raison, especially in my case, I migrated from Win 7 to Win 10 on my old computer with that said HDD (1TB).

 

- The thing apparently is Win 7 does format resp. allocates the HDD differently as Win 10 would do with a brand new install.

- Thus, the HDD will not be recognized correctly on new gen motherboard, especially the ones designed to have SSD type of hard drives.

- I checked the BIOS again and enabled the compatibility mode to ensure old devices like my HDD will be recognized properly (legacy mode).

- After this change and a lot of praying, my HDD was finally recognized and my new rig booted correctly. What a journey!

 

Cheers

[ZachariasX]

Yes, that moment where you power up your rig and it stays dark…

[ST_Catchov]

Or the system freezes in windows and you can't click on anything so you hard boot and go through all boot checks and diagnoses .... only to find it's a faulty mouse.

[unlikely_spider]

Therion, am I reading this correctly - you have Windows on a hard drive from an older build, and want to plug it into a newly-built PC and carry on?

 

That is not something I would ever do. There are so many registry entries, drivers, and other unseen components tying that Windows install to the old hardware that are likely to remain forever. Some people say that it can be done, but I would not trust that any issues (performance issues, BSODs, etc) were not caused by Windows being originally installed on completely different hardware.

 

If I were you I'd do a completely clean Windows install. New motherboard=new Windows, for me.

[THERION]

19 minutes ago, unlikely_spider said:

Therion, am I reading this correctly - you have Windows on a hard drive from an older build, and want to plug it into a newly-built PC and carry on?

 

That is not something I would ever do. There are so many registry entries, drivers, and other unseen components tying that Windows install to the old hardware that are likely to remain forever. Some people say that it can be done, but I would not trust that any issues (performance issues, BSODs, etc) were not caused by Windows being originally installed on completely different hardware.

 

If I were you I'd do a completely clean Windows install. New motherboard=new Windows, for me.

 

Hi Spider,

you're absolutely right - the HDD move was only intended as a first step. Btw. when I first started the new rig it took some time as my Windows detected all the
new environment and hardware. I know, a fresh new install would be good, but I intend to use an SSD and to install Windows on this new drive. The HDD will
be obsolete after this next step. With my limited budget, I chose this way. Thanks for your input anyway.

 

Cheers