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Chingy
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Hello everyone,
at first I am sorry for the title but I have no clue how to describe it easier.

So when I start my computer he will hang when the message "Verifying DMI Pool Data..." appears.
I am using 2 HDDs. An old 220GB Hitachi SATA2 HDD and a newly bought 3TB Toshiba SATA3 HDD.

Because of the 3TB memory that the Toshiba HDD offers I had to convert it to GPT which disallows me to boot from it with BIOS. The Hitachi HDD works with MBR and is the boot HDD (I have set in BIOS the option Hard Disk as First Boot Device but I can't choose which HDD).

But when I will start my computer he will just hang at "Verifying DMI Pool Data..."

The thing is that I have to go into the Boot Menu where I am able to choose the First Boot Device. After that I choose Hard Disk and I am able to choose between the Toshiba HDD and the Hitachi HDD. Now the computer is able to boot to Windows 7, but only for once. I have to go always into the Boot Menu which is kind of annoying.

My question is now: How am I able to let the computer boot correctly without entering the Boot Menu and choosing always the Hitachi HDD?

Btw: All components are in working condition and it's, at least in my opinion, unnecessary to name other components.

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well i had the same thing few months ago so i know the solution pretty well. You have to buy a new cmos battery (cr 2032) for the mainboard.
Its not a problem about the harddrives, its about the cmos-ram which will be continuesly provided with energy by the small battery even if your pc is turned off. It saves all the bios settings. Without the battery your system isnt able to read the settings properly so it will stuck at "verifiying dmi pool data", sure you can run your os manually, but this wont work everytime you do that. So i suggest you to buy that thing for smth about 2-5euro which should be peanuts.
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Chingy
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I changed the battery and it still hangs at "Verifying DMI Pool data..."
Took me a lot of work to replace it because my grafics card was blocking it
Edit: Works now. Iwas able to set the Hard Disk Boot Priority but I have no clue why I couldn't before.
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