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Windows won't install
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iamsam43
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15. December 2010 @ 20:38 |
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I just got a PC back from a repair man who replaced the motherboard. I had RAID0 setup and my new motherboard has 5 sata ports and 2 different sata. My understanding is that he plugged the drives into the group of 5 ports and could boot into ubuntu and see the raid. He then plugged the drives into the 2 separate ports because I'm only going to have those two drives in RAID.
It gets to the bios fine and appears to be working, except both windows 7 and XP freeze while loading files. With windows 7 I see "windows is loading files" and the progress completes then leaves a black screen. With XP it loads some files then halts on "setup is loading files (Windows Executive)."
I also tried booting from a 5.10 Ubuntu live CD and it froze after loading the kernal.
It seems to me like the problem must be related to my RAID but I don't know what to do.
I have two 1TB drives in the raid, the controller is "DriveXpert HDD0"
I have an intel core2 quad Q9550, 8GB of RAM
Asus P5Q PRO Turbo motherboard
Asus ENGTX260 top graphics card
Thanks so much for the help!
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iamsam43
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15. December 2010 @ 21:42 |
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I have now decided that I just want to delete the raid but I can't figure out how in the BIOS. I see a single sata drive listed for SATA 1 and on for SATA_E1: DriveXpert HDD0 which is the raid. There is no option to delete the raid that I can find. Also, should I leave the raid drives plugged into the two separate sata ports or move them to the 5?
UPDATE:
I deleted the RAID and I'm still having the same issue with installing windows.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 15. December 2010 @ 22:11
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iamsam43
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16. December 2010 @ 22:14 |
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I have determined that my RAM isn't compatible with my new motherboard and that was the issue. It works with 6GB of the RAM however.
So I tried to install windows 7 and after formatting a drive it said it couldn't create or find the partition. I am formatting the drive with windows XP setup now. I guess I'll install XP then upgrade to 7 later. So I am still unable to install windows 7, any help would be greatly appreciated.
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scorpNZ
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16. December 2010 @ 23:39 |
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Use edit button to add more to a post if no one has answered or you'll get dealt to by a mod for multi posting,only person i know who has a raid setup is ddp who just so happens to be a mod..lol..perhaps a pm to him with link to this thread will set you on the right track at solving your delema
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iamsam43
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16. December 2010 @ 23:42 |
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thanks scorpNZ
I won't double post anymore. I actually deleted the RAID so I'm just trying to install windows on a normal hard disk.
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ddp
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17. December 2010 @ 13:52 |
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scorp, i don't use raid as i only have 1 hd partitioned into 2.
iamsam43, reset the bios to factory defaults then see what happens when installing win7 but use 1hd not as a raid.
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iamsam43
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17. December 2010 @ 19:24 |
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Well I got windows 7 to install with the RAID gone. I installed windows XP first on one HD then installed windows 7 on another HD. Windows 7 said it couldn't format the drive with XP on it, so I used KillDisk in windows to wipe the drive. About an hour in my PC froze so I rebooted it. It's definitely set to boot off the HD and it tells me to Reboot and select the proper boot device, or insert media into it.
I can see all my HDs in the bios, and yet I can't boot off them. I didn't think I needed anything on the HD with windows XP, but maybe it contained the master boot record or something?
I have no idea what to do, thanks for any help in advance!
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Jeffrey_P
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17. December 2010 @ 19:40 |
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iamsam43
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17. December 2010 @ 21:55 |
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@Jeffrey_P I already had a successful dual boot going. It was when I tried to erase the XP drive that I wasn't able to boot into an OS.
UPDATE:
So Ubuntu will boots off a cd then freeze while loading. I just formatted the drive I erased before and installed XP on it, XP is running fine. What in the heck is going on?!
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 17. December 2010 @ 23:42
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ddp
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17. December 2010 @ 23:04 |
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you messed up the boot ini when deleting xp. do you want a dual boot system or a single with win7?
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iamsam43
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18. December 2010 @ 01:32 |
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I want a single with win7. Windows XP is installed again though, and I want the drive it's on formatted, but I can't boot the win7 drive. I don't want to reinstall win7 if possible because I spent a long time getting stuff setup, and I have data on the drive.
UPDATE:
I repaired with the win7 cd and I'm now booting into win7. I still want to format the drive with XP on it but it isn't letting me format it again which makes me think there are boot files on the drive still.
EDIT:
So I still want to wipe the drive with win xp on it without messing up my boot this time. How do I find out where my boot files are?
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 28. December 2010 @ 21:38
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iamsam43
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30. December 2010 @ 02:32 |
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This hasn't been resolved yet, I'm booting win7 off a hard drive and I have xp on another drive. I want to wipe the drive with win xp on it without messing up my boot this time. How do I do this?
Thanks!
edit: sorry I didn't notice this windows forum isn't very active and this thread was still on the first page, I shouldn't have bumped it. I thought after 12 days ppl had forgotten.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 31. December 2010 @ 04:28
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