MindoverMaster
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can you try a different secondary hdd, at all? or a different SATA port? It is possible for a SATA port to go bad.
When you say it doesn't boot, you get any specific error or BSOD?Tell me if this makes any sense. If I have all three drives hooked up, 2 HDD's and 1 dvd drive, it boots up just fine. But if I unhook just one drive, it does not want to boot up. I have unhooked every other drive except the Windows drive and it does not want to boot no matter which SATA port I use either. As soon as I hook all three drives up, it boots up just fine. I was thinking bad motherboard ports but now I just don't know.
The transfer speeds are still slow between the two hard drives. But that could be a whole different problem.
Ummm I can't remember exactly but I know it has a way to stop the restarts so you can read the BSOD; not sure if you're quite sure the option I'm talking about but I do hope so (or hope someone jumps in and fill my gap lol). Also the chances may be slightly high if it's the same store/outlet you bought all 4 HDDs from (assuming it's the same).I do get a BSOD, just not every time, but I can not read it since it restarts right away. Sometimes it wants to check the disk for consistency.
Also, I can not pass the WD Diagnostic tool just like the original drives I bought. Surely it is not the hard drives. I mean what are the chances of getting 4 bad hard drives?