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Hi,
Try changing the boot order to boot from CD/DVD, booting from your install disk and then when you reach the install page choose repair instead.
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I try to add a second internal SATA 6 hard drive to my computer. On restart, Windows 8 gives a message "Preparing for Repair" and after few seconds it restarts computer and again the same message and continues to restart.
This SATA was already working smoothly with Windows 7 and Windows 8 RP.
When I detach the HDD Windows 8 starts as usual.
I loaded Gparted Live and it showed all the hard drives as healthy and working. Then I loaded Ubuntu Live (latest). I could copy and move files from and to the hard drives. There is something wrong collaborative between Windows 8, UEFI, and hardware (BIOS) not ready for the market that I can't sort it out. I hooked SATA cables to many different scenarios, with no result, yet. Should be obliged for any advice.
Windows 8 Enterprise
Last edited by peterjones; 3 Days Ago at 11:44 AM.
Hi,
Try changing the boot order to boot from CD/DVD, booting from your install disk and then when you reach the install page choose repair instead.
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As Kemical says.It looks like you may have the wrong HD boot order. Try changing those around in the bios.
David
Junior Member
I did a clean install with both SATAs connected. After the screen that says, "Restarts in 10 seconds" (that is, when Windows has installed in to HDD) when Windows restarted the same message came out as "Preparing Automatic Repair" again and again until I disconnected the second drive. Then Windows completed its installation and started to work normally.
This is array of my 8 internal SATA's:
IntelŪ X79 Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors
(7-pin SATA6G_1/2 [gray]) SATA6G_1 connected to WD5000AZRX (Western Digital SATA6 500GB) partitioned as NTFS Containing files and folders.
IntelŪ X79 Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors
(7-pin SATA3G_3-6 [blue]) SATA3G_1 connected to WD5000AADS (Western Digital SATA3 500GB) partitioned by Windows 8 defaults Containing operating system and installed applications.
MarvellŪ Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors
(7-pin SATA6G_E1/E2 [gray])
I insert screens of Boot and SATA's
ASUS P9X79 PRO,
BIOS 3009
Core i7-3820 3.6GHz LGA2011 10MB 130W,
Sapphire Technology ATI Radeon 7770 HD 1GHz 1GB PCI-Express 3.0,
Kingston 32GB (8 x 4GB) HyperX 1600MHz DDR3,
Hi Peter,
in your original post you mention the new drive was already working under windows 7 and windows 8 RP:
If this was the case why was it removed?This SATA was already working smoothly with Windows 7 and Windows 8 RP.
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If you are running a UEFI system, you need to boot to the boot manager for that OS that you should see in the Bios, or with a boot device menu.
It might help if you attach a disk management picture of your situation using the snipping tool and attach using the paperclip.
But UEFI and MBR systems can be set up to dual boot in a similar manner, but in UEFI, you do not boot to the drive, but the boot manager. Did you install Ubuntu as UEFI? Are both Win 8 and 7 installed as UEFI?
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