Hi everyone,
My desktop PC has dual-boot options for WinXP and Win7. I usually boot into Win7 environment while WinXP is used for running legacy software. Everything has been working fine until recently when Windows startup says that it is unable to detect my Win7. I have 2 SSDs installed in my system , one for WinXP(Samsung ???) and one for Win7(OCZ Vertex4). Below are some of my observations and actions I had performed:
1) When boot into WinXP, it can see my Win7 drive and I can still access the files within the Win7 drive. Ran HDD Sentinel and Accronis Drive Monitor freeware and they do not detect anything wrong with my Win7 drive. No errors reported by S.M.A.R.T as well.
2) Booted into Bios and on the page which displays a list of HDD, I am unable to see my OCZV4 being displayed. So I go through each of the supposed empty SATA drive BIOS options and I could see my OCZV4 info, such as capacity being displayed under SATA 1 drive. In short, the "OCZV4"name does not appear to the BIOS.
3) Thinking it may be a SATA cable issue, I powered off my PC, unplugged existing SATA cable at my OCZV4 end, unplugged my DVD drive SATA cable end and plugged it into the OCZV4. Powered up my PC and boot into BIOS. Observed same symptoms as described in Step 2.
I'm
...So what are your advice guys? Motherboard dying? SATA port?
My desktop PC has dual-boot options for WinXP and Win7. I usually boot into Win7 environment while WinXP is used for running legacy software. Everything has been working fine until recently when Windows startup says that it is unable to detect my Win7. I have 2 SSDs installed in my system , one for WinXP(Samsung ???) and one for Win7(OCZ Vertex4). Below are some of my observations and actions I had performed:
1) When boot into WinXP, it can see my Win7 drive and I can still access the files within the Win7 drive. Ran HDD Sentinel and Accronis Drive Monitor freeware and they do not detect anything wrong with my Win7 drive. No errors reported by S.M.A.R.T as well.
2) Booted into Bios and on the page which displays a list of HDD, I am unable to see my OCZV4 being displayed. So I go through each of the supposed empty SATA drive BIOS options and I could see my OCZV4 info, such as capacity being displayed under SATA 1 drive. In short, the "OCZV4"name does not appear to the BIOS.
3) Thinking it may be a SATA cable issue, I powered off my PC, unplugged existing SATA cable at my OCZV4 end, unplugged my DVD drive SATA cable end and plugged it into the OCZV4. Powered up my PC and boot into BIOS. Observed same symptoms as described in Step 2.
I'm
...So what are your advice guys? Motherboard dying? SATA port?