Hello, everyone.. I have had an ongoing problem that I thought I had solved, but I am at a point of desperation and I have come to the community for help on this one.
I am running Windows 8.1 on my AMD Radeon R7 Series 480GB SSD which I got in November.
Since I have switched to this SSD, I have done a clean install of Windows 8, 10 tech preview, and even windows 7 Ultimate, and have still ended up having the same problem 1-2 months into my clean reformat. I bought windows 8.1 pro and I thought it fixed the problem because I was previously using unactivated OS from friend's ISO disks. My computer works perfectly fine for about 1-2 months until I turn it on and I get a black screen telling me to insert a boot drive upon startup.
Today it happened for the 5th time. I have no idea what triggers it, but this time I left my computer on after playing a couple games of League of Legends, and took a 1 hour nap. I awoke to see the "insert boot drive press any key blah blah" screen... I think I may have a failing SSD. I manually power off my PC and it hangs at the blue windows 8.1 logo with spinning balls. Somehow my windows files keep corrupting OUT OF NOWHERE and it is getting quite frustrating. However, I did rearrange my boot priorities in my bios, and I got it to start the automatic repair this time, with windows 8.1. I also have made a repair USB disk which also gets me to the windows automatic repair tool, but I seem to be getting stuck at the "Diagnosing your PC" screen (which I have left running for a couple hours prior to this post). I can also boot straight to the SSD and it will just leave me at the blue windows 8.1 logo with the spinning circles. Also, booting from the Windows 8.1 disk leaves me hanging during automatic troubleshooting.
I think that it might have something to due with automatic updates as well because last night one installed, and another one was to be installed upon shut down before I had went AFK.
My questions:
1) Do I have a failing SSD, or can it be something else? (I have already got a new motherboard thinking that was the problem)
2) Is there something I can do to fix my PC without reformatting? It's kind of a pain re installing Office 2013, all my games, software, drivers ETC...
3) If it is my SSD, is it too late to RMA it to the manufacturer?
4) If I purchase a new smaller SSD (50-120GB) and installed windows to that, can I access files on the existing SSD and/or use it as a storage device?
I will be able to provide more info if anyone needs it to help me.
My specs are:
AMD fx-8350
MSi 970 Gaming Mobo
Raidmax 630 Watt PSU
GTX 770 GPU
OCZ 480 GB SSD
Team Vulcan 16 GB ddr3 ram
Thanks in advance!
Cooling:
Corsair h100i
Corsair Air 540 case with stock fans
I am running Windows 8.1 on my AMD Radeon R7 Series 480GB SSD which I got in November.
Since I have switched to this SSD, I have done a clean install of Windows 8, 10 tech preview, and even windows 7 Ultimate, and have still ended up having the same problem 1-2 months into my clean reformat. I bought windows 8.1 pro and I thought it fixed the problem because I was previously using unactivated OS from friend's ISO disks. My computer works perfectly fine for about 1-2 months until I turn it on and I get a black screen telling me to insert a boot drive upon startup.
Today it happened for the 5th time. I have no idea what triggers it, but this time I left my computer on after playing a couple games of League of Legends, and took a 1 hour nap. I awoke to see the "insert boot drive press any key blah blah" screen... I think I may have a failing SSD. I manually power off my PC and it hangs at the blue windows 8.1 logo with spinning balls. Somehow my windows files keep corrupting OUT OF NOWHERE and it is getting quite frustrating. However, I did rearrange my boot priorities in my bios, and I got it to start the automatic repair this time, with windows 8.1. I also have made a repair USB disk which also gets me to the windows automatic repair tool, but I seem to be getting stuck at the "Diagnosing your PC" screen (which I have left running for a couple hours prior to this post). I can also boot straight to the SSD and it will just leave me at the blue windows 8.1 logo with the spinning circles. Also, booting from the Windows 8.1 disk leaves me hanging during automatic troubleshooting.
I think that it might have something to due with automatic updates as well because last night one installed, and another one was to be installed upon shut down before I had went AFK.
My questions:
1) Do I have a failing SSD, or can it be something else? (I have already got a new motherboard thinking that was the problem)
2) Is there something I can do to fix my PC without reformatting? It's kind of a pain re installing Office 2013, all my games, software, drivers ETC...
3) If it is my SSD, is it too late to RMA it to the manufacturer?
4) If I purchase a new smaller SSD (50-120GB) and installed windows to that, can I access files on the existing SSD and/or use it as a storage device?
I will be able to provide more info if anyone needs it to help me.
My specs are:
AMD fx-8350
MSi 970 Gaming Mobo
Raidmax 630 Watt PSU
GTX 770 GPU
OCZ 480 GB SSD
Team Vulcan 16 GB ddr3 ram
Thanks in advance!
Cooling:
Corsair h100i
Corsair Air 540 case with stock fans