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Windows 7 won't boot from hard drive after bios update

Mya
Level 7
I have not-so-recently updated the bios on my crosshair v-formula motherboard to version 1402 since i have done this, windows will no longer boot from my hdd, even after re-installing it, can anyone tell me how to sort this out because booting off the disk is slow, and I'd quite like to use my dvd drive
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csimon
Level 10
Have you tried going into the Boot tab of the bios setup to make your hdd 1st boot priority?
M7H (2012) | i7-4790K @ 4.7ghz @ 1.275v | cache @ 4.4ghz @ 1.275v |16gb (2x8) Xtreem @ DDR3-2666 (11-13-13-35-1T) | GTX 770 | AX860 PSU

CVF-Z (2002) | FX-8350 @ 4.6ghz @ 1.4875v | cpu/nb @ 2600 @ 1.275v | ht @ 2600 | 8gb (2x4) Redlines (996997) @ DDR3-2133 (9-11-10-28-1T) | GTX570 | 850Z PSU

Already tried that several times, also tried the uefi hard drive boot option, no luck 😞

Detection
Level 10
What do you mean "Won't boot" ? What error do you get ?

If you installed it using SATA/IDE mode, and now it is set to AHCI, then it will BSOD, you will need to make sure the SATA Controller is set the same as it was when you installed windows
MOBO - Crosshair V Formula
CPU - AMD FX-8350 @ 4.8GHz
COOLER - Corsair H100i / MX-4
RAM - 12GB G.Skill RIPJAWS X @ 2133MHz
GPU - XFX R9 295X2 8GB
HDD - 2TB Seagate
PSU - Corsair TX950W
CASE - Coolermaster HAF 922
OS - Windows 8.1 Pro 64bit

I don't get any error if i try to boot using my hdd, just a black flashing white bar, as if no OS was installed, The SATA settings remain the same and I've tried every possible boot setting in the bios without luck