- Oct 11, 2013
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I'm not sure if this is the right sub forum or not.
Hello, I'm trying to get my pc to boot after some weird things happened when I attempted a safe mode boot. I am going to try and give an accurate account of what occurred with as much info as I can remember.
So, I needed to boot into safe mode to remove some unwanted software, but the safe mode boot failed/got stuck.
I heard my HDD (F: drive) spinning up when it attempted to boot into safe mode as if my pc was trying to read windows from it instead of my SSD (C: drive). I powered off and unplugged the HDD (F: drive) and the safe boot worked and I successfully removed the unwanted software.
Next, I changed back to normal boot, powered off, and plugged back in my HDD (F: Drive). However, windows still will not boot up. My pc gets stuck on the loading part of the windows boot, the part right before you can enter the password and my HDD (F: drive) spins up every time I try to boot into windows.
Some back history of my drives that might help with a solution: My sata cables have been in the wrong order for 3 years, ever since I installed W10 on an ssd (i didn't know there was a specific order). The HDD (F: drive) is #0, the SSD with W10 (C: drive) is #1, but I switched the order in BIOS so the SSD would load first. I have had no problems until now.
Did some partition get put on the HDD upon the attempted safe mode boot since the cables were in the wrong order?
Or, is did something else go wrong?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Hello, I'm trying to get my pc to boot after some weird things happened when I attempted a safe mode boot. I am going to try and give an accurate account of what occurred with as much info as I can remember.
So, I needed to boot into safe mode to remove some unwanted software, but the safe mode boot failed/got stuck.
I heard my HDD (F: drive) spinning up when it attempted to boot into safe mode as if my pc was trying to read windows from it instead of my SSD (C: drive). I powered off and unplugged the HDD (F: drive) and the safe boot worked and I successfully removed the unwanted software.
Next, I changed back to normal boot, powered off, and plugged back in my HDD (F: Drive). However, windows still will not boot up. My pc gets stuck on the loading part of the windows boot, the part right before you can enter the password and my HDD (F: drive) spins up every time I try to boot into windows.
Some back history of my drives that might help with a solution: My sata cables have been in the wrong order for 3 years, ever since I installed W10 on an ssd (i didn't know there was a specific order). The HDD (F: drive) is #0, the SSD with W10 (C: drive) is #1, but I switched the order in BIOS so the SSD would load first. I have had no problems until now.
Did some partition get put on the HDD upon the attempted safe mode boot since the cables were in the wrong order?
Or, is did something else go wrong?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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