Problem with my build- SSD and program freeze problems

[ctomster]

Sorry, if any of you notice this as a double post. I realize that this may be a more appropriate thread.

Here is my build.

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CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($62.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($125.19 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card ($184.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Green 530W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($135.97 @ Outlet PC)
Monitor: Asus VH236H 23.0" Monitor ($157.58 @ Newegg)
Mouse: Razer RZ01-00350200-R3U1 Wired Laser Mouse ($65.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $1145.65
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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I have had recent problems. My build has been running smoothly for the past few months. I now have 2 problems.
1) My computer for some odd reason no longer boots from the SSD
2) the computer seems to freeze up after about an hour. I'm not sure if it is the time length but I only have a few programs up. Chrome, spotify, and a simple game called "stronghold kingomds hd". None of the following requires an extensive amount of cpu or ram. Yet they random "do not respond".

Boot Problem.
I have problems with it booting from my HD instead of my SSD. I continued to restart and it continues to boot from the HDD.
I went through the BIOS and reset it so that the SSD is the primary boot drive. It works but when I restart it boots through the HDD again.

Freezing
I am really not sure of what is causing this problem. It may be because I stupidly did not restart my computer for an entire week. I had some start up errors that the windows had to auto-fix. Possibly this caused corrupted data? I really have no clue.

Currently I am running with the HDD and CD drive unpluged. It works fine and boots off the SSD. I have only been on for 20 min and no program freeze ups (yet).

Does anybody have any help/suggestions? Thanks

 

[crewton]

Do you have the same operating system on two drives running at the same time? If you want it to boot from your ssd remove windows from your hdd and only have it on the ssd. I'd imagine that would fix a lot of your driver errors and you can use the ssd!

 

[ctomster]

Do you have the same operating system on two drives running at the same time? If you want it to boot from your ssd remove windows from your hdd and only have it on the ssd. I'd imagine that would fix a lot of your driver errors and you can use the ssd!

I do have the same OS. Thanks for the tip, I'll definitely do this.
Is there a simple way to do this the google searches I found seem slightly complicated.

However, I don't think this will be a fix because I am currently running my computer with only the SSD. I still have the freeze problems occuring.

Any other thoughts?

 

[crewton]

The only real answer is to just reinstall windows. You can mess around for weeks trying to find where windows is acting up but the easiest way to solve it is to reinstall (the repair tool doesn't work very well either ). I'd also pop the cmos battery out wait a minute and pop it back in to reset your bios. Then if you are still getting freezes with a reset bios and fresh install, it's a hardware problem >.> and nothing in your hardware is shaddy maybe the psu but that'd be it.