Recent content by Torq2

Hi, Here is exactly what it is saying with hdd disconnected. "Reboot and select proper boot device, or insert boot media in selected boot device and press any key". I looked in bios at startup and the ssd drive is first in line followed by two other internal drives. It is as if it thinks that...

Yes, I have another hdd. I disconnected both and restarted, but I got the same result. It did say though, "please reboot to a bootable hard drive." or words to that effect. Which is again strange, as when I go into bios, the ssd drive is the boot drive and the external drive isn't listed.

Thanks. The same thing did occur to me, but I couldn't see how the files could have gotten into the drive. When I installed windows, I only had the ssd drive connected. Anyway, the new drive arrives tomorrow and I'll back up the old drive onto that, then format it, and hopefully all will be...

Sorry. I'll try and clarify. The PC will only start with the hdd connected. If I disconnect it it shows only a black screen and flashing cursor. If I connect the hard drive it will start up but very slowly, and the pc runs very slowly. So what I do is start the pc up until I have the log in...

Hi, I'm not sure what you mean. I have 4 partitions on the drive. Each one contains files for different interests. I.E music, photos etc. my system is on a seperate ssd drive.

Hi, I have a weird problem with my PC startup. I have a WD 2Tb external hard drive connected through usb. Last week the PC started running very slowly. I ran a few virus checker tests which showed clear. I then run a check disk on my drives. The WD 2Tb drive checked fine until I checked the...