Reinstalling Windows after hard drive failure ID 60EEK1-6SD8HW-9XMNXF-60R303

[iomare]

Hi,

Replying to edited reply.

Ok, basically I think we are talking about two different things. I am talking about accelerating a large hard drive with an SSD with Intel Rapid Technology (SRT Smart Response Technology) where the SSD acts as a cache for the larger system disk. I do not know if it applies to this system since there are some specs which are missing.

SRT, even though it is not Raid it acts like RAID and in fact the motherboard needs to be raid enabled, among other things. Caching ca be performed in 2 different ways (which makes no sense to you) means that the acceleration (caching):

" Enhanced is essentially a write-through cache mode, with writes speeds limited by the hard drive's performance. Maximized mode acts as a write-back cache, an arrangement that yields optimum overall performance, because it involves caching writes and then writing them to the hard drive later." 

If the system is set in maximized mode if one of the two drives fails, the system will crash.

I do not know if Raid was set on this particular device, but at setup the raid should be removed and the ssd used as caching device.

A better method would to be to invest in larger SSD and install whole system and all application on it which will maximize performance. At least 120 GB or 240 GB SSD.

Hope it helps,

David

[StreetCreed]

I really appreciate you guys trying to work threw this for me.  I am much closer to a carpenter than a computer expert, but I am doing my best to follow along with your discussion.  Here is a little more information that may help you. If you need something else, please let me know.  The serial number is [Personal Information Removed]
and the product number is F3D94AA#ABA.

This is the message that i am getting as soon as I power the PC on. It indicates that SATA1 is the failing drive...Then I hit "F1"  for normal boot up. and then kept hitting "f10" until I got to the HP set up utility.

IMHO...This picture indicates that I have two hard drives and the "SATA1" is the smaller SSD drive

When I ran the self test on the SATA1 16gb drive.  It said it would take approximately 5 minutes to complete the test, it failed almost instantly. ( I  haven't run the test on the 1TB drive because it will take hours and I wanted to make sure you didn't need any additional informtation before I ran that  test)

I was hoping this picture might help to show the drives are set up

Does this help?

[mdklassen]

>  It indicates that SATA1 is the failing drive.

SATA1 is shown as the 16GB SSD device.  Remove it, and your computer will still function.

Replace it, and your computer will function at its maximum data-transfer mode.

P.S. It's considered inappropriate to post a serial-number.  Perhaps, a moderator will have already edited your post, to remove it.

[StreetCreed]

I removed the 16 GB drive and it didn't fix anything. I am still getting alternating BSOD windows stop  codes....FAT_FILE _SYSTEM ERROR......NTSF_FILE_SYSTEM ERROR.  I guess I will install the 1TB drive and then reinstall windows. I don't know if there is anything else I cand do.

[mdklassen]

>  I don't know if there is anything else I can do.

1. Try connecting that disk-drive in another computer (one without a disk-drive), and power it on.

If the SMART is running on the motherboard, and it detects that the disk-drive is signaling "imminent failure", then the disk-drive really is "bad".

2. Try connecting a "known-good" disk-drive into the "failing" computer, and power it on.

If the SMART is running on the motherboard, and it reports a SMART error on the "known-good" disk-drive, then one must suspect that it's the motherboard that is "flaky" (first reporting that the SSD is bad, and secondly reporting that any other disk-drive is bad).

[StreetCreed]

>1. Try connecting that disk-drive in another computer (one without a disk-drive), and power it on.

If the SMART is running on the motherboard, and it detects that the disk-drive is signaling "imminent failure", then the disk-drive really is "bad".

I don't have another system to use for testing that disk-drive

>2. Try connecting a "known-good" disk-drive into the "failing" computer, and power it on.

If the SMART is running on the motherboard, and it reports a SMART error on the "known-good" disk-drive, then one must suspect that it's the motherboard that is "flaky" (first reporting that the SSD is bad, and secondly reporting that any other disk-drive is bad).

I replaced the 16GB SSD with a 33GB  SSD.  I pushed f10 repeatedly until I got into the HP set up utility.  I ran a DPS self test on the new 32GB disk-drive and it passed!!  Now????