I understand you to be saying that Windows is not detecting the HDD. Win7 Enterprise, current SP and the updates pushed out by our GPO admins.Įdited by hamluis, 25 March 2013 - 11:41 AM. Someone else asked here about a very similar problem a while back, but no definitive solution: (I have no guarantee that that would work, but I would at least like the chance to test it.) But I cannot boot from the Win7 install media to get to Bootrec. It spins up, so I suspect a possible issue with boot sector or MFT. The HDD was installed new about 8 months ago. Here's another twist: When I remove the HDD, I can boot from the USB and optical media listed above, no problem. But no combination of Boot Sequence settings made any difference, including eliminating all but USB and all but ODD. The only F12 that works is the BIOS Setup. No luck in tests with Win7 install disk Trinity Rescue Kit (3.3 and 3.4) and SpinRite 6.

And there it sits until I hit the power switch.Īs long as the HDD is in either drive bay (this box has two), all attempts to boot from any device fail.į12 menu loads, but I cannot boot from either a USB (Ubuntu iso) or the optical drive. Until yesterday, when it stopped booting to any device (except when the HDD is removed).Īfter the POST, I see the Intel Matrix Storage Manager splash with a blinking cursor. I power off un-gracefully, then power on and boot normally. My Dell M6500 black screens from time to time. Hoping to tap the collective wisdom on something I have not seen before.

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