[SOLVED] PC won't boot with hard disk plugged in ?

[BhavyaJoshi123]

I had a WD 1 tb blue hard disk and recently it had stopped booting . So i got it replaced and now if i plug in my hard disk and power on the computer it wont boot and the Vga LED keeps on lighting in the motherboard and if i remove the harddisk and and connect only the SSD, the system will boot without any issue ?
Please help

 

[egda23]

Tried different SATA cables and connectors on the motherboard ?

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

The original HDD which stopped booting may have failed, rendering it unusable and causing the boot failure when it's installed in the PC (even though it's no longer the boot drive it can still cause boot problems if connected to the system internally).

 

[BhavyaJoshi123]

Tried different SATA cables and connectors on the motherboard ?

Yes tried 3 different Sata cables and changed the power connector , still not booting

 

[BhavyaJoshi123]

The original HDD which stopped booting may have failed, rendering it unusable and causing the boot failure when it's installed in the PC.

Can you please explain in detail and What am i supposed to do if thats the case

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Can you please explain in detail and What am i supposed to do if thats the case

Remove the bad drive and buy an external HDD enclosure for it, but don't connect it your PC until Windows has loaded.
Worth a try. If Windows can't read it, the drive is toast.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

It sounds like your pc is trying to read from that drive. Disconnect the drive and try to boot up. If it does you can try to connect it once the system is up long enough to try to read data from it. If you can’t read data, your drive is probably gone. In that case don’t connect anymore and move on.