Problem with booting from new SSD

[Rock-kun]

Win7 and WinXP are classified as "Legacy O/S" under UEFI, thus TS need the CSM to be Enable which is exactly why he/she can boot from the SSD with Win7 and HDD with WinXP.

So having CSM Enabled or Disabled is not an option for TS or rather not a concern in this case.

Not true. Being classified as Legacy has no bearing on its boot. As I have said earlier, his copy of Windows 7 is set to boot in EFI mode. It currently boots when he disables the old HDDs because CSM cannot find an appropriate OS that requires it to load (Windows XP). So EFI boot takes over and loads Windows 7.

Simply put, CSM means you are booting over BIOS, or whatever passes for the BIOS compatibility layer over EFI. It means that you are not using EFI at all.

It has nothing to do with whether the HDDs are in SATA0 or not. The BIOS / EFI is able to assign boot priorities adequately.

Im very certain that if he disables CSM right now, Win 7 will become the default boot device again without him needing to disable the XP HDDs.

TS, i suggest, if you are brave enough, to re-enable your HDDs, set the boot mode to Windows 8 and disable CSM. I believe you should be able to get a Win 7 default boot now, but be warned that there is an off chance everything goes haywire.

 

[commach]

My SSD is already at sata0 and my WD is at Sata 1. My old hdd are at Sata 4/5.

Good, 1st point checked.

These are some of the steps I have done.

Disabled my 2 old hdd and I set the boot up priority to windows boot manager first and SSD as second. The others option I put as disabled. Boot up no problem.

Disabled my 2 old hdd and I set the boot up priority to SSD first and the other options as disabled. Error message "reboot and select proper boot device"

Enabled my 2 old hdd and the boot up priority as windows boot manager first and SSD as second. Error message same as scenario 2.

Enabled my 2 old hdd and the boot up priority as SSD first and the other options as disabled. Same error message again.

Urgh. Any help?

Try connecting the WD HDD to SATA4/5 instead.

 

[RyanGiggs11]

Not true. Being classified as Legacy has no bearing on its boot. As I have said earlier, his copy of Windows 7 is set to boot in EFI mode. It currently boots when he disables the old HDDs because CSM cannot find an appropriate OS that requires it to load (Windows XP). So EFI boot takes over and loads Windows 7.

It has nothing to do with whether the HDDs are in SATA0 or not. The BIOS / EFI is able to assign boot priorities adequately.

Im very certain that if he disables CSM right now, Win 7 will become the default boot device again without him needing to disable the XP HDDs.

TS, i suggest, if you are brave enough, to re-enable your HDDs, set the boot mode to Windows 8 and disable CSM. I believe you should be able to get a Win 7 default boot now, but be warned that there is an off chance everything goes haywire.

I tried putting as windows 8 and then disable CSM. The windows boot error came up. Ask me to insert installaTion cd. I put in and the comp hang.

 

[Rock-kun]

I tried putting as windows 8 and then disable CSM. The windows boot error came up. Ask me to insert installaTion cd. I put in and the comp hang.

You shouldn't have put in the installation CD.

What are the options available for CSM in the BIOS menu?

Edit: Sent you a PM.

 

[commach]

I tried putting as windows 8 and then disable CSM. The windows boot error came up. Ask me to insert installaTion cd. I put in and the comp hang.

As this point in time, IMHO, you shouldn't bother about whether CSM Enabled or Disabled. You previously mentioned no problem booting up the system with all 4 drives Enabled, the only problem is not the Win7 you wanted it to be the one and only boot device.
Thus, there isn't any risk having all 4 drives Enabled as mentioned by Rock-kun.

I can't be bother to download the manual for your motherboard to precisely pinpoint the problem. Thus, If I'm facing this problem, I will connect the SSD with Win7 to SATA0 and the HDD with WinXP on another SATA controller different from SATA0's controller. Disable the boot option on the SATA controller for the HDD with WinXP to solve the problem, regardless of whatever Gigabyte choose to named it, it doesn't bother me at all.

 

[Rock-kun]

I was talking TS though his problem over the phone and this is what we obtained:

Windows 8 mode enabled + CSM disabled + XP HDDs disabled: Windows boot error

Windows 8 mode disabled (Other OS) + XP HDDs disabled + UEFI Boot mode + UEFI Storage Boot Option mode: Windows 7 boots
Windows 8 mode disabled (Other OS) + Legacy-only Boot mode + Legacy-only Storage Boot Option mode + XP HDDs disabled: Windows 7 boots

Which is already not right. Windows needs to be installed and booted in either UEFI mode or BIOS mode. You can't install in 1 mode and go booting off another mode. Still, the fact that Windows 7 boots in UEFI-only modes is clear this is an EFI installation we are talking about. Moving on:


Windows 8 mode disabled (Other OS) + 1 XP HDD enabled + UEFI Boot mode + UEFI Storage Boot Option mode: Windows XP boots
Windows 8 mode disabled (Other OS) + Legacy-only Boot mode + Legacy-only Storage Boot Option mode + 1 XP HDD enabled: Windows XP boots

My best guess at this point is that something in the EFI firmware is screwing around. XP should not be allowed to boot when the firmware is set to UEFI only.

 

[hlots123]

does this board have 2 bios modes, 3d & classic? if yes, can u try classic mode...?