128GB SSD won't boot after Windows Update

Hi. I performed a Windows Update on my PC a few days ago. All seemed to go well, but when I turned on my PC the next morning, it would not boot. I got an error telling me that the devide was inaccessible. I've tried using Windows Startup Repair, Chkdsk, TestDisk, nothing seems to work on the drive. Apparently the second NTFS boot sector is unwriteable?? This seems to be the root of the problem. Is there any way to fix this, preferably without reformatting?
I've reinstalled Windows on my old HDD partition and can actually still access the data on the SSD. I just can't boot up Windows from the SSD.
If the only solution is to reformat the SSD, how would I know that the drive itself is not defective? Was this problem caused by the Windows Update or do I have a bad drive? After I re-tune my Windows settings and reinstall my programs, I'm planning on cloning it to the SSD, but I don't want to go through all the trouble if the SSD is just going to fail on me again.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
(I'm running Windows 7 Professional x64.)

attach the ssd to a working computer and run a bench program on it to see if it working properly. If the read/writes are close to what is advertised, it is working.
Also, I'd suggest doing a full wipe of the drive before attempting to use it as your primary drive.
L305-S5955, T9300 Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 60GB SSD, Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit

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Hello. Assuming that you have not clean installed a new operating system, and you've got the
original Win8 installation on your Helix.
Enter your BIOS setup by pressing F1 when the Lenovo logo appears.
Go to Security - Secure Boot and set it to Disabled if you want to boot any other OS than Win8.
If you're happy with just running Windows 8 on it, then I recommend Secure Boot to be set to ON.
Go to Startup - Boot - and on top should be Windows Boot Manager.
With Secure Boot set to on, UEFI/Legacy Boot is greyed out and set to UEFI Only.
With Secure Boot set to off, and you want to boot other OS, like Linux, it should be set to both.
Check these settings and see if your machine boots.
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NB550D - Wont boot after Windows Update

Netbook may have powered off during Windows Update as now it will not get past the green loading bar with "Microsoft Corporation" underneath. It gives an option to start windows normally or to load repair files but both end up stuck on the green loading bar. Safe mode (all options) gets as far as classpnp.sys then freezes.
Using a different laptop I made a Window Repair Disk and then copied the files over the a USB (netbook has no CD Drive) as per the online guides. When the USB is booted the repair files load, there is a blinking cursor then it's back into the green loading bar. Safe mode (all options) gets stuck on disk.sys with the USB inserted.
Found some threads with similar symptoms with most being caused by a dodgy HD connection (checked, nothing obviously disconnected) or the wrong SATA mode selected in the BIOS (seems to make no difference between ACHI or Compatible). Next plan is to boot a live linux version and try to replace the classpnp.sys file with on from another copy of Windows 7.
If anyone has experienced this before or can give any pointers they'd be greatly appreciated,
Thanks.

Hi
To be honest never had any problems after a windows update.
But it looks like a system fault.
My first idea was the usage of the repair option and trying to start the OS using the option: use the last good known configuration.
But if this would not help, then you can try to replace the files using and booting from the Live CD. Not quite sure if this would solve the problem but I think its definitely worth a try otherwise you would need to reinstall the OS using the HDD recovery (if still available )

G4 PowerMac mirrored drives won't boot after software update

This IS NOT about my PB but a PowerMac tower, G4, mirrored drive....running 10.5 (I think).
After some month of neglect, did software update yesterday.... 7 programs including a security update, iTurnes, QT, and I'm not sure what else.
Now it won't boot.
I have a Disk Warrior CD, but I can't get the SuperDrive door open to try to boot from it.
Help GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks,
TD

After some month of neglect, did software update yesterday.... 7 programs including a security update, iTurnes, QT, and I'm not sure what else.
Now it won't boot.
What I like to call a case of computer indigestion. Too many updates at once. See recommendations below.
I have a Disk Warrior CD, but I can't get the SuperDrive door open to try to boot from it.
See if any of these help:
[Topic : Can't open drive door |http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1279497]
A dozen ways to eject or unmount a recalcitrant CD or DVD
http://www.osxfaq.com/dailytips/08-2002/08-12.ws
Ejecting media in Mac OS X: Removing 'stuck' CDs/DVDs
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20041011075232575
Power Macintosh G3 and G4: About the DVD-RAM Drive
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=HT3072
PowerPC-based Macintosh: How to eject a disc when other options don't work
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106752
Force Eject (10.3 or later) - Can be used to eject any removable disk that the system will not eject. http://mac.softpedia.com/progDownload/Force-Eject-Download-34780.html
[Article #HT1310 - Startup Manager: How to Select a Startup Volume|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1310]
In worst case scenario I wonder if sticking some tape to the door to get access to the drive itself, then using a straightened paperclip in the eject hole (do they still have those?) would work.
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Updating
Certain steps appear to minimize the risk of an update producing problems.
Number one is to make sure you have a bootable clone backup of your computer in case you do need to back out of it again. This is the only guaranteed way of not having to worry about the results of an update.
Some like to boot from their installer discs or an external backup and verify (and if necessary repair) their internal drives as well as drive permissions. This is done with Disk Utility. You can verify a drive while booted from the same drive but sometimes this produces spurious errors. Repairing a drive (if necessary) has to be done while booted from another disk. Permissions repair can, and is probably best, done when booted from your internal drive.
[Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214]
[Using Disk Utility in Mac OS X 10.4.3 or later|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302672]
[Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751]
You can also go to the step of booting into safe mode to do the install.
[Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107393]
[What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? (Mac OS X)|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107392]
[Safe Boot takes longer than normal startup|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107394]
I like to download the update onto my computer and install it from there rather than let Software Update do it. I know a few people who had problems with doing the update via software updater found a manual install to work.
Repair permissions again afterward.
It helps to only install one update at a time and to run the computer for a while to make sure it is behaving well.
The more cautious even like to unplug third party peripherals (see [comment by BDaqua|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9040746#9040746]).
Almost all of the above steps (except backup) have been questioned as to necessity because probably many people have done successful updates without doing them. I say they can't hurt, they can very likely do good (especially if your computer isn't regularly maintained), so why not do them to be safe.
[BDaqua's comments on updating problems|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8948595#8948595]
[Baby Boomer's comments on updating problems|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9025760#9025760]
[Klaus1's post on updating and removing updates|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10257902#10257902]

Z580 won't boot after Windows 7 Install

Hi,
After a clean install of windows 7 on the hard drive, Lenovo Z580 wont boot up but when hard drive it put into my old Acer laptop, boots fine.
Initially had to remove the hard drive from the Lenovo and put into another laptop to install windows 7 as lenovo wouldnt boot from usb or CD. And then after install tried putting hard drive back into Lenovo and just doesn't boot at all. Just goes to boot manager sceen and then blank in a continous loop.
Please help!
Thanks in advance!

Welcome to the forum!
"remove the hard drive from the Lenovo and put into another laptop to install windows "
You stated the exact reason for your problem. You can't install Windows 7 on one laptop and expect it run on another by swapping the hard drive. It doesn't work. During the installation Windows inventories the installed hardware and configures itself accordingly. Since they are two different machines, Windows won't boot. You are going to have to resolve the USB or Optical drive boot problem on the Lenovo laptop you wish to install Windows on.
During bootup have you tried using the Boot Menu to boot the machine specifically from the optical drive?
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