[laz1307]

Ok I got a new hp computer. I took my 1tb hdd from my old computer and put it into the new one via sata. When it boots up it freezes at the win loading screen. When its disconnected it boots fine. whats wierd to me is that i can use the hdd through the usb to sata cable. Any thoughts on what could be going wrong? When I boot into safe mode it wont freeze labels it volume0 and under disk management it wont initalize.

[OoZic]

Try a Bios reset, maybe some raid settings or something else makes it not recognize the HDD....

[enosrasun]

check your bios
if is up to date and if it support 1tb hdd

try to boot windows and insert the hdd after windows show your destop

[laz1307]

Ok I have tried the bios reset same result ill see if there up to date. Its a brand new computer but I guess you never know. I also tried to connect it after boot and it doesnt reconize it at all.

[jhax78]

Originally Posted by laz1307 Ok I got a new hp computer. I took my 1tb hdd from my old computer and put it into the new one via sata. When it boots up it freezes at the win loading screen. When its disconnected it boots fine. whats wierd to me is that i can use the hdd through the usb to sata cable. Any thoughts on what could be going wrong? When I boot into safe mode it wont freeze labels it volume0 and under disk management it wont initalize.

HP <-- there you have the problem

[enosrasun]

Originally Posted by laz1307 Ok I have tried the bios reset same result ill see if there up to date. Its a brand new computer but I guess you never know. I also tried to connect it after boot and it doesnt reconize it at all.

go to device manager and see if it show up there and hit scan for new hardware

if your hdd is encrypted it won't work on another pc until you format it

[laz1307]

bios uptodate and here lately it wont freeze it will boot into windows. show up in manager under volume0 says working properly but does not come up in computer. I was kinda afraid id have to format eventho I was never prompted to like im used to.

[OoZic]

Does the bios recognize the HDD?

Are there settings like AHCI and something like "on-chip sata mode" or anything else you can change for HDD in the Bios?

Does it get power?

[enosrasun]

got to "control panel-> system and security->create and format data partition( at bottom)" for win 7

it will show there and you can format it

[laz1307]

Originally Posted by OoZic Does the bios recognize the HDD? Are there settings like AHCI and something like "on-chip sata mode" or anything else you can change for HDD in the Bios? Does it get power?

Yes it gets power and yes the bios recognize it the only setting i can change is port config something, but when i change it (enable/disable) it dont show up at all. I was really hoping not to have to format it. Like I said I can use it through a usb cable using computer powersupply. only thing is I have like less than 200gig free and I have another hdd 250gig that works fine when I put that one in and my internal is about 300 gig so maybe ill have to sacrifice some stuff to try reformatting. This was just a wierd thing I have never encountered before.