Bare metal install 'reboot and select proper boot device...'


  1. RobertsBrown
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Bare metal install 'reboot and select proper boot device...'


    Hi All,

    The story so far:
    2008 server was hit by rootkit virus. Machine was taken to doctor for data recovery. (Raid 5 data set, we had low % hope of recovery) New hardware and Server 2012 replaced old server.

    So far, so good.

    Now we want to use the old machine as a workstation.
    Raid 5 was reformatted as Raid 0. Two volumes on 4 disks.
    When we go to boot from a Win 7 Ultimate x64 DVD, we get the "reboot and select proper etc.."

    I seems that the IDE DVD drive is not being identified at boot. I have tried the predictable changes to boot order, but have not disconnected anything. We did try attaching a SATA DVD drive, but that was also not identified during the boot sequence.

    I don't know that the Rootkit didn't affect the bios...not educated enough to know if that is possible.
    At this point this has become a 'hobby level' problem, but I still want to find resolution.

    Asus P5Q Turbo, 4 Seagate drives on Raid 0, IDE dvd drive, 3" IDE floppy (unplugged, either/or with DVD drive)

    And there I am....
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  3. gregrocker
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    Why are you using dated RAID technology, which Win7 doesn't like and we see nothing be problems with? It confers no performance advantage and if you lose one drive you almost always lose all the data. So the only time it makes any sense is if working with huge files like full length movie editing and there are now drives big enough to handle those too.

    Pick your fastest drive and follow the steps to Troubleshoot Windows 7 Installation Failures - Windows 7 Help Forums
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