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--Connor wrote When I go into bios it only detects my ssd not my hdd

Check the connections and make sure it's plugged in properly then.

Thanks for that very helpful tip, I never though of that....
Be serious now


Ive never heard of an hdd not working when switching psu. Only thing I can think of is it somehow fried the HDD? But incredibly unlikely unless user error.

All I did was install some fans and switched the psu, powered up fine but for some reason the hdd is not on options for boot, could I have fried the hdd?


Was the pc fully off and power switch turned off when disconnecting the original power supply? Did you switch to a different SATA cable for any reason when switching?
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Jacob wrote
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Jacob wrote
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--Connor wrote When I go into bios it only detects my ssd not my hdd

Check the connections and make sure it's plugged in properly then.

Thanks for that very helpful tip, I never though of that....
Be serious now


Ive never heard of an hdd not working when switching psu. Only thing I can think of is it somehow fried the HDD? But incredibly unlikely unless user error.

All I did was install some fans and switched the psu, powered up fine but for some reason the hdd is not on options for boot, could I have fried the hdd?

Was the pc fully off and power switch turned off when disconnecting the original power supply? Did you switch to a different SATA cable for any reason when switching?


Yeah fully off and unplugged and no, it wouldn't boot at all with original cable, so used new one that came with psu because the connectors from old psu wouldn't fit it new one, when I switched it to a new sata cable it started fine, just won't boot hdd
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My best piece of advice would be to remove the connections, then plug them all back in, remove your ram and try with just 1 stick if you have 2.

Were you originally booting from the hdd, not the ssd? Cause if your boot is on the ssd your computer should be loading up fine even if the hdd is dead.
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D3skstool wrote My best piece of advice would be to remove the connections, then plug them all back in, remove your ram and try with just 1 stick if you have 2.

Were you originally booting from the hdd, not the ssd? Cause if your boot is on the ssd your computer should be loading up fine even if the hdd is dead.

I didnt even touch the ram or nothing and my boot is on hdd, my ssd is still there, I can install windows to my ssd, but I've lost all my stuff on my hdd
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D3skstool wrote My best piece of advice would be to remove the connections, then plug them all back in, remove your ram and try with just 1 stick if you have 2.

Were you originally booting from the hdd, not the ssd? Cause if your boot is on the ssd your computer should be loading up fine even if the hdd is dead.

I didnt even touch the ram or nothing and my boot is on hdd, my ssd is still there, I can install windows to my ssd, but I've lost all my stuff on my hdd


Well one problem at a time. And having your boot on your HDD was the first problem. Go install windows on ssd, try booting from there to get into windows and go from there. Future reference, if you have an ssd DO NOT put windows on an HDD
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Jacob wrote
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D3skstool wrote My best piece of advice would be to remove the connections, then plug them all back in, remove your ram and try with just 1 stick if you have 2.

Were you originally booting from the hdd, not the ssd? Cause if your boot is on the ssd your computer should be loading up fine even if the hdd is dead.

I didnt even touch the ram or nothing and my boot is on hdd, my ssd is still there, I can install windows to my ssd, but I've lost all my stuff on my hdd


Well one problem at a time. And having your boot on your HDD was the first problem. Go install windows on ssd, try booting from there to get into windows and go from there. Future reference, if you have an ssd DO NOT put windows on an HDD


Well ill do that from now on, how come from ssd not hdd anyway? I'm assuming it's fried, I've tried all my sata connectors, unplugged it all, checked everything in bios
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--Connor wrote
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D3skstool wrote My best piece of advice would be to remove the connections, then plug them all back in, remove your ram and try with just 1 stick if you have 2.

Were you originally booting from the hdd, not the ssd? Cause if your boot is on the ssd your computer should be loading up fine even if the hdd is dead.

I didnt even touch the ram or nothing and my boot is on hdd, my ssd is still there, I can install windows to my ssd, but I've lost all my stuff on my hdd


Well one problem at a time. And having your boot on your HDD was the first problem. Go install windows on ssd, try booting from there to get into windows and go from there. Future reference, if you have an ssd DO NOT put windows on an HDD


Well ill do that from now on, how come from ssd not hdd anyway? I'm assuming it's fried, I've tried all my sata connectors, unplugged it all, checked everything in bios


SSDs are significantly faster than HDD. That's why it's always used for Windows and programs etc. Meaning faster boot time. Go ahead and install windows on your ssd and go from there and see if you can find your HDD in windows anywhere, I doubt it since it wont show up in bios but it's worth a shot. I still dont understand how it could've fried the drive but then again I didn't switch it myself so I cant speak for that. Do you have a second pc?

I have a second pc and if it was me I'd throw the HDD in it and test it.
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Jacob wrote
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Jacob wrote
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D3skstool wrote My best piece of advice would be to remove the connections, then plug them all back in, remove your ram and try with just 1 stick if you have 2.

Were you originally booting from the hdd, not the ssd? Cause if your boot is on the ssd your computer should be loading up fine even if the hdd is dead.

I didnt even touch the ram or nothing and my boot is on hdd, my ssd is still there, I can install windows to my ssd, but I've lost all my stuff on my hdd


Well one problem at a time. And having your boot on your HDD was the first problem. Go install windows on ssd, try booting from there to get into windows and go from there. Future reference, if you have an ssd DO NOT put windows on an HDD


Well ill do that from now on, how come from ssd not hdd anyway? I'm assuming it's fried, I've tried all my sata connectors, unplugged it all, checked everything in bios


SSDs are significantly faster than HDD. That's why it's always used for Windows and programs etc. Meaning faster boot time. Go ahead and install windows on your ssd and go from there and see if you can find your HDD in windows anywhere, I doubt it since it wont show up in bios but it's worth a shot. I still dont understand how it could've fried the drive but then again I didn't switch it myself so I cant speak for that. Do you have a second pc?

I have a second pc and if it was me I'd throw the HDD in it and test it.
am installing it to ssd now, wanna get cod started before bed haha
Not worrying to much, ill end up getting another one then ill see if i can get it going
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--Connor wrote
Jacob wrote
--Connor wrote
Jacob wrote
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D3skstool wrote My best piece of advice would be to remove the connections, then plug them all back in, remove your ram and try with just 1 stick if you have 2.

Were you originally booting from the hdd, not the ssd? Cause if your boot is on the ssd your computer should be loading up fine even if the hdd is dead.

I didnt even touch the ram or nothing and my boot is on hdd, my ssd is still there, I can install windows to my ssd, but I've lost all my stuff on my hdd


Well one problem at a time. And having your boot on your HDD was the first problem. Go install windows on ssd, try booting from there to get into windows and go from there. Future reference, if you have an ssd DO NOT put windows on an HDD


Well ill do that from now on, how come from ssd not hdd anyway? I'm assuming it's fried, I've tried all my sata connectors, unplugged it all, checked everything in bios


SSDs are significantly faster than HDD. That's why it's always used for Windows and programs etc. Meaning faster boot time. Go ahead and install windows on your ssd and go from there and see if you can find your HDD in windows anywhere, I doubt it since it wont show up in bios but it's worth a shot. I still dont understand how it could've fried the drive but then again I didn't switch it myself so I cant speak for that. Do you have a second pc?

I have a second pc and if it was me I'd throw the HDD in it and test it.
am installing it to ssd now, wanna get cod started before bed haha
Not worrying to much, ill end up getting another one then ill see if i can get it going


Goodluck. Feel free to let me know if you figure it out
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The reason I asked about ram is a bad stick can stop you from booting properly, but looks like Jacobs got you sorted for the most part! Once your boot is on ssd it will be a lot easier to troubleshoot your HDD with a functional PC.
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