(Same issue as this thread, however no answers work http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1765695/windows-suddenly-boot-samsung-840-pro-ssd.html)
Machine has worked fine for a long time (Samsung 840 240GB installed last year). This morning it didn't boot and there have been no hardware OR software changes made recently.
I plugged in one of my other machine's HDDs and booted up the OS on there, looked in Computer and the SSD reads fine, "WINDOWS" folder is there and looks in order (though I don't know the layout off by heart). So fall-back plan is to load that up and find somewhere to dump all my data and reinstall windows.
So now I downloaded a W7 ISO and put that on my USB, same error so I can't even run that (can't remember if there's a repair feature on the install disk, repair ISO doesn't work anyway though).
Side notes/what I've tried:
- I have no disk drive so repair disk isn't an option
- I put a repair disk ISO onto a USB and booted that, it said I'm not using the correct version of windows (my v: windows 7 x64, repair v: windows 7 x64).
- Boot menu recognises my drive fine
- SATA cable works fine, used the same cable for the backup HDD (also tried other SATA cables and ports)
- Followed this, left the machine for a good hour, doesn't work.
If you need any more information let me know, I've been at this for hours now and need my main machine for work.
DISKPART attempt on another machine:
Machine has worked fine for a long time (Samsung 840 240GB installed last year). This morning it didn't boot and there have been no hardware OR software changes made recently.
I plugged in one of my other machine's HDDs and booted up the OS on there, looked in Computer and the SSD reads fine, "WINDOWS" folder is there and looks in order (though I don't know the layout off by heart). So fall-back plan is to load that up and find somewhere to dump all my data and reinstall windows.
So now I downloaded a W7 ISO and put that on my USB, same error so I can't even run that (can't remember if there's a repair feature on the install disk, repair ISO doesn't work anyway though).
Side notes/what I've tried:
- I have no disk drive so repair disk isn't an option
- I put a repair disk ISO onto a USB and booted that, it said I'm not using the correct version of windows (my v: windows 7 x64, repair v: windows 7 x64).
- Boot menu recognises my drive fine
- SATA cable works fine, used the same cable for the backup HDD (also tried other SATA cables and ports)
- Followed this, left the machine for a good hour, doesn't work.
If you need any more information let me know, I've been at this for hours now and need my main machine for work.
DISKPART attempt on another machine:
Code:
Microsoft DiskPart version 6.1.7601
Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: SHINY
DISKPART> list disk
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 149 GB 0 B
Disk 1 Online 232 GB 1024 KB *
Disk 2 Online 15 GB 0 B
DISKPART> select disk 1
Disk 1 is now the selected disk.
DISKPART> active
There is no partition selected.
Please select a partition and try again.
DISKPART> list partition
Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 System 100 MB 516 KB
Partition 2 Reserved 128 MB 101 MB
Partition 3 Primary 203 GB 229 MB
Partition 4 Primary 29 GB 203 GB
DISKPART> select partition 3
Partition 3 is now the selected partition.
DISKPART> active
The selected disk is not a fixed MBR disk.
The ACTIVE command can only be used on fixed MBR disks.
DISKPART> select partition 1
Partition 1 is now the selected partition.
DISKPART> active
The selected disk is not a fixed MBR disk.
The ACTIVE command can only be used on fixed MBR disks.
DISKPART> detail disk
Samsung SSD 840 Series ATA Device
Disk ID: {55B1E1E1-49C9-4077-861E-FCF6F6ABBBC2}
Type : ATA
Status : Online
Path : 1
Target : 0
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : PCIROOT(0)#PCI(1F05)#ATA(C01T00L00)
Current Read-only State : No
Read-only : No
Boot Disk : No
Pagefile Disk : No
Hibernation File Disk : No
Crashdump Disk : No
Clustered Disk : No
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 1 D NTFS Partition 203 GB Healthy
Volume 2 New Volume NTFS Partition 29 GB Healthy
* Volume 3 FAT32 Partition 100 MB Healthy Hidden
DISKPART>