HDD not working with new SSD/components.

[Mortykai]

Today I finished my first big gaming build. I successfully installed a fresh copy of windows on my new SSD along with mobo drivers and graphics drivers. However, when I plug in my HDD alone or with my SSD, it goes straight to a blue screen where it gives me an error saying AslO.sys or something close to that. I have a feeling that windows files or old motherboard drivers may be conflicting with the new hardware and I'm looking for fixes. Any help would be appreciated!

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Hey Mortykai. It sounds like this might be the problem indeed. I'd recommend that you connect it externally via a SATA to USB cable or an external enclosure or a docking station and backup any important data which you my have on it. After that go ahead and wipe the drive clean. This should fix the issue and you should be able connect it to the mobo afterwards.

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD

 

[Mortykai]

Is this my only option? Thanks for giving me something to work with, at least.

 

[Boogieman_WD]

I think that this would be the better option. The issue is probably because of corrupted asio.sys registry, but having in mind your OS is on the SSD and this issue is with the HDD and the old OS which is still on it, if you try fixing the asio.sys registry corruption you might make things worse and many conflicts may arise. 🙁

 

[ArtPog]

Assuming your problem has arisen due to some involvement of that AsIO.sys file...

That file is not a MS Windows file, rather it's an ASUS driver file that I'm pretty sure is related to an ASUS audio driver. Your motherboard is an ASUS one, yes?

If so, you might want to check with ASUS to see if they can shed any light on this. Maybe there's an updated driver? You mentioned "old motherboard drivers" so I assume this means you're working with an older ASUS MB, yes?

BTW, the only reason I vaguely recalled that AsIO.sys file was because some years ago there was some virus or family of viruses that masqueraded by using that particular file name. You have a capable anti-malware program installed, right? Of course you have.

 

[Mortykai]

I got it all cleared up. Thanks guys.