HDD is in NTFS and hence isn't available in boot priority

[Girish Iyer]

I had my HDD in another system in which, I guess, it ran in NTFS mode. I have built my new rig and had installed the OS with only the SSD and an optical drive connected. Now, after installation, when I plug in my HDD, it gives a message that the HDD needs to be checked as it is in NTFS.
Even if I go into the UEFI, only the optical drive and the SSD are available as boot options even though all 3 are showing in the Boot menu.
Could you please provide the information as to how to change it in AHCI (which is the mode of the current set up. If that isn't the problem, please suggest what else it could be.

I would really appreciate any help. Thanks.

 

[mbarnes86]

Hi

Not sure what you mean by 'NTFS Mode'
you can format a partition on a drive in NTFS or FAT32 under Windows

partitions can be MBR or GPT type

GPT partitionig needed for bootable disks larger than 2TB and requiring UEFI and 64 bit Windows

none of this is anything to do with SATA Hard disk controller being in AHCI mode instead of IDE ATA compatible mode

Does Disk Management offer to check the hard drive for you?
(possibly using chkdsk)

was this hard disk previously the boot (windows) drive of an other PC ?
Probably not a good idea to try to boot from it in a different PC and it does not need to be bootable

(If it was a OEM Windows it will object to a new motherboard even if it did not hang due to differences in hard disk controller chipsets )

regards
Mike Barnes

 

[Girish Iyer]

Hi

Not sure what you mean by 'NTFS Mode'
you can format a partition on a drive in NTFS or FAT32 under Windows

partitions can be MBR or GPT type

GPT partitionig needed for bootable disks larger than 2TB and requiring UEFI and 64 bit Windows

none of this is anything to do with SATA Hard disk controller being in AHCI mode instead of IDE ATA compatible mode

Does Disk Management offer to check the hard drive for you?
(possibly using chkdsk)

was this hard disk previously the boot (windows) drive of an other PC ?
Probably not a good idea to try to boot from it in a different PC and it does not need to be bootable

(If it was a OEM Windows it will object to a new motherboard even if it did not hang due to differences in hard disk controller chipsets )

regards
Mike Barnes

"Does Disk Management offer to check the hard drive for you?
(possibly using chkdsk)"- Yes, it does.

I have the OS installed in the HDD but not as the primary boot option which is in the SSD now.

 

[mbarnes86]

Hi

Is the problem:-
you can not access the hard disk (under windows on the SSD)?
or you can not boot from the Windows on the HDD?

we do not know what version of Windows (possibly different versions)
or Motherboard make & model (so UEFI options available)
or details about hard disk
so can not give you a detailed reply

regards
Mike Barnes

 

[Girish Iyer]

I am able to boot from the SSD with the HDD installed and the OS of the old rig still present in it. Just that on boot up, the computer performs a check to verify the HDD saying that it is in NTFS. Thus my thinking was that as the SSD is in AHCI, is the HDD present in NTFS a problem. If I got it totally wrong in my guess, please forgive me.

I am running Windows 7 in the SSD and 10 in the HDD.
The motherboard is the Asus H97M-E and the HDD is a Toshiba product (unsure of the exact model number).

Could you find any reasons for the problem happening with the above info?
Thanks.

 

[mbarnes86]

Hi

are those the exact messages as they dont make sense to me?
(disk controller in AHCI mode affects both SSD & HDD and is recomended setting)

I suggest run Western Digital Data Lifeguard for Windows on HDD to look for bad sectors
(or Seagate equivalent)

then
run chkdsk on HDD

what size is Toshiba HDD ?
what size are the partitions are on it?

regards
Mike Barnes

 

[Girish Iyer]

Sorry for the late reply. I have checked for any bad sectors and there weren't any in my HDD. I couldn't figure out how to run chkdsk on HDD. Could you please explain how to do it?
The HDD is 1 TB and is divided in to 150, 345 and 435 GB partitions.

Note: After a few restarts, the HDD check isn't being done by the computer on start up, but still the HDD isn't available in the Boot priorities option in the UEFI though it is plugged in.