Extra SSD causing computer to not fully boot to Windows.

[sixzoseven]

I have a few drives/SSDs that work perfectly fine, however if I plug a certain OCZ Vector 256 gb ssd into ANY of my sata ports, my computer just hangs at the windows icon while booting, showing the circular loading icon (it still moves, so not a total freeze). Again, I have tried switching ports, power cables, power supply, sata cables, and messed around with boot priority.

In my ASUS BIOS, the it accurately detects the drive and properly displays its name as well as its capacity and which port it is currently connected to.

Any reason why it prevents me from properly booting? As soon as I disconnect it, my computer boots fine. (My boot drive is a samsung 840 ssd)


Running Windows 10...
Asus z97 motherboard
Corsair 850 watt psu
i7 4790
gtx 980
etc...

 

[bliq]

that's weird. is the vector empty? try using a linux LiveCD to boot and see if that works with the vector plugged in.

 

[mbarnes86]

Is it a old drive from the time before ocz went bankrupt and Toshiba bought the ocz brand
They had a bad reputation for reliability including doa

Try only this ocz ssd and a windows boot dvd or usb
See if you can boot up then format the ocz ssd
If it stops you starting and or wont format it has serious problems
If under warantee try rma
If not dispose of responsibly as electronic waste

Regards
Mike Barnes

 

[sixzoseven]

Is it a old drive from the time before ocz went bankrupt and Toshiba bought the ocz brand
They had a bad reputation for reliability including doa

Try only this ocz ssd and a windows boot dvd or usb
See if you can boot up then format the ocz ssd
If it stops you starting and or wont format it has serious problems
If under warantee try rma
If not dispose of responsibly as electronic waste

Regards
Mike Barnes

I do recall having some old coworkers mention the unreliability of the drive I had. I'm pretty sure this was around late 2012/early 2013 when I got the SSD. I know it has data on it, and I'd like to be able to see what was on it.

How likely is it that I actually recover data? Or is it going to have to be formatted/scrapped/RMA?

 

[bliq]

Like I said, try removing all drives except this SSD and boot from a liveCD/liveUSB drive to linux and see if you can read the drive that way. You should be able to say, copy the contents of the SSD to a USB drive or external HDD or something if it's readable at all. If the SSD is truly borked, you probably won't get anything off it unless you have a ton of money and it's worth it for you to pay to try.