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I bought a new hdd. Loaded up windows 8 installation. Was fine. When i restarted the machine it displayed the 'insert boot media' message... how can this happen on a new hdd? EDIT: Loaded into windows boot manager and it loaded from hdd

I'll have to buy a new one then

It is no longer loading into windows. It is stuck on the loading screen.

I changed the HDDs SATA port, the mobo still doesnt recognise it. I can still boot windows if I enter the BIOS and just save and exit. That seems really weird to me. When booting into Windows it take AGES to load, 5+ mins. Is the HDD knackered? I will try and get that pic from task manager.

Oh, okay. I will try and find a CMOS battery today. Pretty sure im not using RAID so AHCI. I think it might be a bad HDD as well but the battery seems the cheapest option, so I will definitely try that first. Checking the SATA cables was one of the first things I did, but I will reinstalling windows after I replaced the CMOS battery.

That is what CrystalDiskInfo tells me

Can you explain what you mean by that?

I have done that weekly since these problems have started occuring, hasn't found anything.

I am not sure, the processes I see at the top are usually 'Antimalware Service Executable', 'System and compressed memory', 'Service Host'. However they NEVER go above 0.2mb/s on task manager when the disk is running at 100%.

System Specification: - OS: Windows 10 Home (Windows 8 OEM originally) - CPU: AMD FX-6300 - MB: BIOSTAR TA970 - GPU: ATI AMD Radeon 7700 - HDD: Seagate ST1000DM003 - PSU: Corsair CX430 - Build Date: 09/2013 Current Usage: - Gaming: Rocket League, CS:GO, Runescape - Skype, Spotify, Netflix etc. - Uni work - Java coding Current problems: - If left turned off at plug for 8+ hours it will no boot correctly. - Hard Drive running at 100% at idle with no write speeds from any application (http://puu.sh/mhklv.png) - On startup I am recieving the message 'Reboot and select proper boot device...' - BIOS failing to identify HDD, but still letting me boot windows. Questions: - Can these problems be fixed? Or would buying a new computer be more sensible? - Is there a problem with my PSU? - Is there a problem with my HDD? If so, do I need a new one? - If I need a new HDD, how do I go about transfering Windows OS over? - Would it be cost effective to buy a new HDD or just spend a bit more for a laptop? More info: I've had problems with my computer for about 8 months now. It has been getting progressively worse since then. I turned my computer on today for the first time in 3 weeks as I left it at Uni. for the winter break. It has been barely usuable since I returned. My HDD runs at 100% with no visible write speed, even when it is close to idle/completely idle (see http://puu.sh/mhklv.png). I have no clue what is causing it, I suspect it is the hard drive failing. I initially thought it was Windows10 updating in the background slowing down my computer but I don't see why it would be taking up so many resources all of the time. The first problem with the computer started occuring ~July '15. It would shutdown after the BIOS if the computer had not been plugged in. On a second try it would boot properly but be excessively slow, causing me to restart after I had logged in to my user account.. This happened for a good 6-8 weeks, my dad would turn off all electricity in the room with my computer. No doubt this damaged the computer. Also around this time I started experiencing the 100% disk speed problem. Now when I turn on the computer it will give the message 'Reboot and select proper boot device...' post-bios. When I enter the BIOS to select the HDD it is not there, it only picks up on my DVD drive and SD Card reader. However when I exit the BIOS it will just boot from the HDD. It's odd. I am sure I have left information out, so please ask for it. Thanks in advance.