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Deleted 100mb partition, mobo cant boot OR read HDD now... HELP!!
So I was trying to install the OS into my 3TB hard drive and after finding the exact same one on sale, I bought another to set up RAID 1. I noticed in disk mgr that my partitions were all messed up (3 total - 350gb, 2.xxtb, and 6xxgb) where I was suppose to select drives to install windows to and I figured I can delete them all and merge it to create one big drive since I had UEFI BIOs and mobo was able to recognize the 3tb HDD. So i went ahead and deleted everything so i can do a fresh install and not knowing otherwise, i deleted the 100mb boot partition or whatever you call it. after my first restart, i got the bootdisk error message with the ctrl+alt+del to restart. Thinking I didnt format it correctly, I took the drive out and formatted it on another computer, now all i get is the ASUS welcome screen with the msg on the bottom to press del to enter bios. I have restarted multiple times and it seems like pressing anything is unresponsive. HOWEVER, after disconnecting the hard drives, I was able to boot from the DVD and get to the Windows 7 repair screen. The tricky part is that after I go through this process and plugged in the HDDs mid-boot, the system was not able to recognize the HDDs at all. So where do i go from here?
I tried doing the Clr RTC ram jumper, then did that AND removed battery to MB, and lastly updated to the most recent BIOs version but have not yet resulted in a different outcome...still stuck in ASUS mb unresponsive splash screen? HELPPPP!
sry if this was lengthy but i figured I be as detailed as i can so one of u experts can tell me exactly what to do. Thanks!
MOBO: P8Z68-V/GEN 3
HDD: Seagate Barracuda XT ST33000651AS
CPU: Core i7-2600K
RAM: Kingston HyperX 16gb 1600mhz
DVD drive, 750W PSU ( <-- prob not relevant...)