re: Problems Reformating -- Need Help With BIOS settings
Saturday, January 27, 2007 at 5:18 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Johnb33
(1799 messages posted)
Most likely it sounds like you are using SATA hard drives and in raid mode. If thats
the case then most likely you will need to install the SATA raid controller driver
at the F6 prompt at the beginning of windows installation. Please explain more of
your hard drive setup and what motherboard you have.
On Saturday, January 27, 2007 at 4:09 am, Kelsey D wrote:
>Alright quick rundown. I'm reformating a newer computer (about 2 years old) for
the
>second time. The first time I had the exact same problem, and ended up having to
>call tech service, the resolved it quickly. Unfortunately, my free tech service
ran
>out.
>
>So heres my problem. I am booting Windows XP from disk, and everythings running
smoothly.
>It loads (not installs or deletes anything yet) up the files needed to reformat,
>and then gets to the menu where I need to choose which partition to delete/reformat
>(In my case delete.) Anyways, it doesn't list a hardrive in the list, therefor not
>allowing me to reformat anything.
>
>Last time I called tech service the company asked for me to change one bio setting,
>which I BELIEVE (I may be wrong) was in Integrated Peripherals.
>
>Here's my current BIOs settings under integrated peripherals.
>
>OnChip IDE
> -Sata Raid ROM (Enabled)
> -IDE Bus Master (Enabled)
> -IDE-1 Controller (Enabled)
> -IDE-2 Controller (Enabled)
> -IDE Prefetch Mode (Enabled)
>PCI Device
> -Audio Controller (Enabled)
> -LAN Controller (Enabled)
> -Lan Boot ROM (Enabled)
> -1394 Controller (Enabled)
> -USB Controller (Enabled)
> -USB Emulation (Enabled)
>
>Im at the point where I may just disable one at a time and test each one if all
fails.
>But before I do that I'd like to know A. Does anyone know how to fix it? and B.
If
>I did trial and error would it be dangerous?
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