Win 8.1 won't load with extra hdd plugged in

Jm44jg39

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I have a dual boot system with Win 7 and a Win 8.1 and all works well. I am using two SSD's with Win 8 and the other with Win 7. Asus Maximus v Gene, i5 3570k and 16 gb ram.
When I boot into Win 7 with an additional internal hdd plugged into a mob SATA port all is ok. However, when I attempt to boot into Win 8 I only get to the moving circle and won 't go any further. If I unplug the hdd the computer boots fine into Win 8.1
The hdd is set to active and shows up ok in Disk Manager (Win 7).
Thanks for any advice.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8pro 64 bit
Hdd won't allow Win 8.1 to finish loading.

Thanks for the advice. I did what you suggested with one of my non boot hdd's and it allowed Win 8 to load. However, I tried an older (6 years) Maxtor 120 gb hdd and this drive is ok with Win 7 but won't allow Win 8 to load. I deleted the partition and then created a new partition and formatted and set as a logical volume. This didn't work so I set it as a primary drive an this still won't let Win to finishe loading. The screen shows the blue windows logo and the spinning dots which go on for a long time. It is not set as active.
Thanks.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8pro 64 bit
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