Resolved Trouble booting

I am running two HD both split in two at 250 gigs each. Started having problems booting just the other day. Keep getting this message: "3rd Slave Hard Disk: S.M.A.R.T. Status Bad,Backup and Replace Press F1 to Resume" Quote marks are mine.

 

Ok, ran crystaldiskinfo and it claimed that C: & E: were Good & D: F: were bad. How does that effect booting as I am booting up in C:?

 

Posting your problem on multiple sites or in multiple forums at the same site can result in conflicting information and confusion for you and for those responding. It also ties up volunteer resources so in that respect, is frowned upon and is considered "poor forum etiquette". It is also considered poor forum etiquette to leave threads hanging.

You "copy and pasted" this same question at MajorGeeks and TenForums, and possibly several other places too. So when (if) a solution to your problem is found, be sure you revisit each site again and submit a follow-up post with your findings.

 

Doesn't POST check ALL drives in the circuit when starting?

 

Sorry Bill, didn't know about that. Still haven't solved the problem as the only thing I have to backup to is CDs and DVDs. Thanks

 

Power-on self-test - Wikipedia
I think if you read this you will understand why the message is displayed.

 

Well, guess I got the shaft, drive D: & F: which are both slave drives have just plain disappeared.

 

What shows in Disk Management? C: is my SSD and D: is DVD ROM. Any other peripherals I add through USB or SATA are assigned Alphas accordingly. If they are disconnected/removed and the comp goes through a Restart - they are removed from DM.

 

Wow, Disk Management shows nothing, as it is trying to connect to ? Forgot the name, sorry. Right now file explorer shows both disks with 2 partitions each. Ie: C:, D:, E: & F: Only thing is when I click on C: & E: they show all the folders but when I click on D: & F: they hang and come up with an error of can,t acess because of I/O error. In Device Manager, it shows both disk as 500 gigs and they are ATA.

 

Now I have gotten confused, not sure whether I am working on here or MajorGeeks? Sorry, trying to stay on one. Since you are on both let me know please.

 

Have you disconnected your HDD which is showing errors? Will it boot with the one HDD only connected?

 

No, have a pic of disk management, how do I put in here as it was saved to onedisk

 

Hope this works

 

Now you see one of the reasons why cross-posting at multiple locations is a bad idea! You've gotten confused and if you post your findings to the wrong helper/reply, you might confuse those helping you there as the results would be unexpected.

I recommend you pick one site and stick with that one alone. Ask the helpers on the other sites to rendezvous over there. Then be sure to followup at each site once the thread concludes.

 

As I suggested previously, disconnect your Disk1 (remove SATA lead) and see if the comp will boot from Disk 0.

 

Did that, and it booted right up, seemed to take a bit longer, guess looking for the other disk, maybe. It has been so long since I have done much on the computer as far a repairing, used to do it as a career, but most of that was remove and replace boards etc. Took a class, but have been retired for over 20 years. How do I make the remaining disk just C: without losing what I have on the other partition E:?

 

I guess that the solution is to replace that bad drive, right? If so then I will assume the problem is solved. Thanks PeteC. I really appreciate your help, you have been very informative. Take care and have a nice weekend. Actually, thanks to all of you who have helped me.. Don't see a place to put a star on your papers so I will again just thankyou