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I installed XBMCbuntu 11.0 to my Zotac Zbox AD03 with an OCZ Reflex 4 256gb SSK. The install worked fine and I was getting accustomed to the appearance and operation. When I attempted to boot from power-off the BIOS could no longer find the SSD. It refused to boot and when I checked in the BIOS, the SSD was missing from the boot list (it was there prior to the install). I rebooted from the install CD but when the system started it could not find the SSD. I replaced the SSD with a fresh one of the same type and reinstalled XBMCbuntu. This time I rebooted from the system several times successfully but when I shut it down and tried to cold boot, this drive was also gone. Does the installation do something strange to the boot record that could cause a BIOS to lose it?

How do I fix this?

mike

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Hi Normally an OS cannot do sth. strange to the Harddisk (HD) that makes it vanish in BIOS. Cuz the BIOS reads the drive Information from the HD Controller - and that is not dependant of OS or anything similar that is installed on the HD. But it sounds still strange what happens to you. Maybe a BIOS firmware update might solve this problem? And it should not be a fault of the OS cuz as said before the OS does not affect the Controller. For normal HD there is testing software available from the HD manufacturer. But u have changed HD already so I am not sure if that might help you there. – Peterling Sep 27 '12 at 21:59
Googling OCZ shows many problems with the drives, maybe your best bet is to try another brand like Intel. – ubfan1 Sep 27 '12 at 22:29

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Maybe that will help you - if not really a nice solution. There should be a BIOS update for that I hope for you.

SSD disappear in BIOS

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