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Problems Reformating -- Need Help With BIOS settings
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Problems Reformating -- Need Help With BIOS settings
Saturday, January 27, 2007 at 4:09 am
Posted by Kelsey D
(6 messages posted)
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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re: Problems Reformating -- Need Help With BIOS settings
Saturday, January 27, 2007 at 5:18 am
Posted by Johnb33
(1808 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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re: Problems Reformating -- Need Help With BIOS settings
Saturday, January 27, 2007 at 8:24 am
Posted by Ricer46
(22014 messages posted)
1. You should have the m/b manual and read it carefully, you can d/l it from the
m/b manufacturer's web site.
2. You should NOT be using a RAID array, but you need to enable the SATA controller,
the exact wording varies from manufacturer to manufacturer, that's why you need the
manual.
3. If you are using SATA drives, you MUST hit F6 at the appropriate prompt, and load
the drivers from a floppy disk, otherwise XP will not see the drives.
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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