Well I haven't had much luck. I tried disabling the fast boot feature but it didn't appear to make a difference. I still can't see/access any RAID configuration menu. What's odd, is everytime I go back into the BIOS, all of the settings appear to be back at default (FAST Boot feature, RAID setting, etc). I'm wondering if that is the root of my issues. I can see both drives in the BIOS, however, if I change the boot order of the drives, I still see the same "Missing Operating System" error. If I change the boot order using the Boot Menu, outside of the BIOS, it just hangs at a blinking cursor when it attempts to boot, leading me to believe my BIOS settings are saving when I exit.
I'll probably just have to get support involved again. As far as not having backups, I have an external drive for that very purpose. This was a recent purchase that I hadn't had a chance to really play with yet. I hadn't realized how much data my Fiance had transferred over. Most of it is probably still on the old drives from previous PCs, it'll just be a PITA getting it all back. If anyone has any other ideas, I've love to hear them. - Sean On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Sean Martin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I believe the fast boot option is enabled in the BIOS. Is > > it possible this would prevent the RAID Config option from being > displayed > > during boot ... > > Anything is possible. :) Try disabling it and see what happens. > > Another thing I've found is that sometimes the POST messages go by > quicker than the monitor can adjust its mode for the video output. > This is especially common with LCDs which take a few seconds to "lock > on" to the video signal. Try looking for other options to slow down > the boot, and turn them on while you try and figure things out. > > It's also possible, I suppose, that Intel's fake RAID will loose any > disk sets on change of controller, which for you would mean change of > motherboard. I've seen that before on other fake RAID controllers. > > You could try booting with just one disk attached and see what > happens. Use a spare disk if you don't want to risk scrambling the > existing disk set. > > If you've got Dell's Gold Tech Support (or ProSupport or whatever > it's called now), call them. They're usually pretty helpful for stuff > like this. If you don't have GTS, this is why you should. ;-) > > > Unfortunately, my Fiance did have the opportunity to transfer all of our > photos, data, > > etc. prior to this debacle. > > If you're using RAID 0 on a fake RAID controller, you should be > keeping *really good* backups. I mean iron clad. Multiple media, in > rotation, run frequently. That's a high-risk configuration. > > "There are two kinds of people: Those who maintain backups, and > those who will wish they had." > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
