I'm usually fairly competent when it comes to computers and all - but I'm stumped at the moment. The easiest way to explain this is my computer's history.
So I got the computer with 1 hard drive, windows installed etc. After a couple of years and some re-installs of windows, I got a 60gb SSD, which I put games on. Recently, I wanted to install windows on the SSD (I kept the win 7 disc), so I did that - reformatted etc. I had my other hard drive disconnected when I did this. Eventually, I got it to boot properly, but only when I set the hard drive type to IDE and used windows boot manager as my primary (and only) boot option. If I tried to boot straight off the SSD, it would attempt to "repair" windows - and get stuck on a blinking underscore line. When I plugged in my old HD, it wouldn't boot (I had removed windows from it) from my SSD - it seemed to want to repair the old version of windows on my HD. So I reformatted the entire thing on another computer (which booted completely fine with this hard drive in it), copied the files back and got the same result. I have cleared my CMOS twice, with no result. I basically just want to use this drive as storage.
TL;DR - I can't boot my computer unless I set the boot option to "Windows Boot Manager", but if I then plug in my old hard drive (which I used to boot off of), it doesn't work.
So I got the computer with 1 hard drive, windows installed etc. After a couple of years and some re-installs of windows, I got a 60gb SSD, which I put games on. Recently, I wanted to install windows on the SSD (I kept the win 7 disc), so I did that - reformatted etc. I had my other hard drive disconnected when I did this. Eventually, I got it to boot properly, but only when I set the hard drive type to IDE and used windows boot manager as my primary (and only) boot option. If I tried to boot straight off the SSD, it would attempt to "repair" windows - and get stuck on a blinking underscore line. When I plugged in my old HD, it wouldn't boot (I had removed windows from it) from my SSD - it seemed to want to repair the old version of windows on my HD. So I reformatted the entire thing on another computer (which booted completely fine with this hard drive in it), copied the files back and got the same result. I have cleared my CMOS twice, with no result. I basically just want to use this drive as storage.
TL;DR - I can't boot my computer unless I set the boot option to "Windows Boot Manager", but if I then plug in my old hard drive (which I used to boot off of), it doesn't work.
. So a fresh install looks like mine.
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