I want to use this hard drive (Seagate Barracuda 500GB) from my old Dell Inspiron but I can't get it to work in my custom build. Everytime I put it in and start it up, it gets to a black loading screen right before you get to a screen where you enter the password, freezes, then a BSOD pops up for a split second then I get kicked to the boot menu.
I tried everything I could think of to make it work: I plugged it into different SATA ports.
I looked up the Serial ATA model (It's st3500418as) and it should be compatible with my motherboard (an ASUS Z97-A.)
I Even tried to reformat the hard drive to factory settings and it still didn't work.
I'm thinking it's programmed to only work on a Dell computer, but I don't know that much about hard drives to be certain.
I don't want to buy a new hard drive if I don't have to, because I don't have the money for it right now.
So If anyone can tell me whether or not it's possible I can use it, I'd greatly appreciate it.
I tried everything I could think of to make it work: I plugged it into different SATA ports.
I looked up the Serial ATA model (It's st3500418as) and it should be compatible with my motherboard (an ASUS Z97-A.)
I Even tried to reformat the hard drive to factory settings and it still didn't work.
I'm thinking it's programmed to only work on a Dell computer, but I don't know that much about hard drives to be certain.
I don't want to buy a new hard drive if I don't have to, because I don't have the money for it right now.
So If anyone can tell me whether or not it's possible I can use it, I'd greatly appreciate it.