Can you remove the RAID by viewing the settings?
If not, is there a RAID controller to select which shows on the first boot screen?
Will ask a RAID expert to help further here.
cant remove the raid in the bios.
When i show raid info, all it does is show the HDD'S in the booting of windows and shows the RAID is 'bootable', it says at the bottom press ctrl + i for config utility, and that simply takes me to the bios boot order menu.
I set the C drive as active about 30 mins ago and almost broke my pc, wouldnt boot at all , but managed to repair it and get back into the system.
I think the best bet here is to completely remove all drives except for the SSD. Get everything working with ONLY that drive in the system. Once that is working correctly then we can add drives back into the system.
I did a quick review of this issue as gregrocker asked if I would take a look at it (forgive me if I did not read everything correctly or I missed something you already tried). Another issue I can see is it looks like the original RAID on the 2 x 500 drives is still completely active and bootable including the factory recovery partition. This could all be interfering with the boot up process. It would be best to get any and all data that is needed off the RAID set so that you can break the RAID and wipe the drives clean.
Once the SSD is working correctly then you can add the 2 x 500 drives back into the system as blank drives. At that point you can decide how to set them up.
Sorry everyone I can only take a peak at this right now. I have a server down that looks like it will be a bit of work to check out and get back on-line. Hopefully I have giving some direction on what can be done until I can re-check this thread later. -WS
Noticed this thread by the OP too could help others in this thread:
Does my MB support AHCI...
Thanks for all the advice guys, im in the process of moving 500GB of files now, so ill come back in an hour or so and attempt any way to destroy the RAID without resorting to a sledge hammer.
Is DISK0 set as first to boot in BIOS setup?
No, Its not, but when the pc is powered down then on, it resets its boot order and puts it 2nd to the dvd drive, then attempts to boot from it.
My biggest fear is that after all teh effort of backing up and deleting the RAID, my pc still wont detect the pc on first boot.
Ok ive managed to destroy the RAID, and now have 2 seperate 500GB HDD'S, so at least it doesn ttry to boot from the RAID0 as its gone..
But it didnt fix the problem of the SSD not being detected from a cold PC Boot.
Did you wipe the HD's so that they can't interfere with booting? Disk - Clean and Clean All with Diskpart Command
Does it boot directly to SSD with the other HD's disconnected?
What is the exact current BIOS Boot Order? Move SSD into first place, before DVD drive.
If it changes the boot order to DVD drive first, then try unplugging the cable to DVD drive - what happens then?
Did you wipe the [COLOR=#0072bc !important][COLOR=#0072bc !important]HD's[/COLOR][/COLOR] so that they can't interfere with booting? Disk - Clean and Clean All with Diskpart Command
Yep, the pc doesnt try to boot from any of them anymore.
Does it boot directly to SSD with the other HD's disconnected?
Sometimes, but most of the time it will say 'insert bootable media' or soemthing along those lines
What is the exact current BIOS Boot Order? Move SSD into first place, before DVD drive.
It doesnt appear in the bios, unless after i get the system running i restart, then it will be in the bios.
When it is in teh bios i do put it above the DVD Drives, which are connected from a seperate unit with a really big wide cable.
If it changes the boot order to DVD drive first, then try unplugging the cable to DVD drive - what happens then?
It simply wont find anything to boot from.
Ive even resorted to putting the SSD on the 6th sata port, but it acts the same as if it was on the 1st.
It is looking like SSD Hd is going down.
Do you have 2nd PC that you try the SSD HD on.
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