Raid controller

[dirtybagtwb]

[quote name='guestolo' date='28 April 2010 - 07:54 PM' timestamp='1272513296' post='469122']
Well, it doesn't make sense that it's blank
Can you do the following
Set Windows To Show Hidden Files and Folders
    * Click Start.
    * Open My Computer.
    * Select the Tools menu and click Folder Options.
    * Select the View Tab.
    * Under the Hidden files and folders heading select Show hidden files and folders.
    * Uncheck the Hide protected operating system files (recommended) option.
    * Uncheck the Hide Extensions for known file types
    * Click Yes to confirm.
    * Click OK.

Go and find the following file:
C:\boot.ini

Open the file and copy/paste back here the contents
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it still didnt help..the window is blank.i even went to MSconfig=>boot.ini tab and still nothing the window is empty and i tried to click on the "check all boot paths" and the system configuration utility program froze on me.to tell the truth im almost ready to just reformat the whole drive and see if that helps.

[guestolo]

I assume the computer is booting properly
What other problems are you still experiencing?

[dirtybagtwb]

[quote name='guestolo' date='02 May 2010 - 06:18 AM' timestamp='1272809930' post='469160']
I assume the computer is booting properly
What other problems are you still experiencing?
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hmmm.... well the original problem is still there my raid controller bios shows up asking if i want to access the bios,still only 44gb of my hard drive shows as free space  and its 160 gb drive ,at start up it tells me invalid boot.ini file booting from C:\windows\.

[guestolo]

well the original problem is still there my raid controller bios shows up asking if i want to access the bios,

Is that the Exact way that you are prompted to access the bios, can you post the Exact message

still only 44gb of my hard drive shows as free space and its 160 gb drive

OTL sees the following at one time
[color="#2E8B57"]Drive C: | 153.38 Gb Total Space | 37.84 Gb Free Space | 24.67% Space Free | Partition Type: NTFS[/color]
I don't have a clue of all the files/folders on your computer, do you have any big folders/files using room??

at start up it tells me invalid boot.ini file booting from C:\windows\.

Can you open the C:\boot.ini file
and edit the blank page so it includes EVERYTHING in RED below

[color="#FF0000"][boot loader]
timeout=2
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
c:\cmdcons\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
[/color]

Try rebooting, see if that takes care of that error

[dirtybagtwb]

[quote name='guestolo' date='02 May 2010 - 05:28 PM' timestamp='1272850120' post='469167']
Is that the Exact way that you are prompted to access the bios, can you post the Exact message

OTL sees the following at one time
[color="#2e8b57"]Drive C: | 153.38 Gb Total Space | 37.84 Gb Free Space | 24.67% Space Free | Partition Type: NTFS[/color]
I don't have a clue of all the files/folders on your computer, do you have any big folders/files using room??


Can you open the C:\boot.ini file
and edit the blank page so it includes EVERYTHING in RED below

[color="#ff0000"][boot loader]
timeout=2
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
c:\cmdcons\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
[/color]

Try rebooting, see if that takes care of that error
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well technicly just the raid bios Dos window prompting me to press f4 if i want access to the raid controller.as for big files nothing to huge and since u helped me with the boot.ini file its for the most part empty but still only showing most of my hard drive is used so the OTl isnt wrong i just dont have access to the whole HD. the exact wording for the raid utility is it has the name and version number of the raid bios ..the tells me "press Ctrl-s or F4 to enter Raid utility"and it seemed to help after i added what u asked me too the boot.ini is gone it loads to the windows recovery console.but i still have the HD problem..capacity-153GB used space-124GB free space-28.8

[guestolo]

well technicly just the raid bios Dos window prompting me to press f4 if i want access to the raid controller.as for big files nothing to huge and since u helped me with the boot.ini file its for the most part empty but still only showing most of my hard drive is used so the OTl isnt wrong i just dont have access to the whole HD. the exact wording for the raid utility is it has the name and version number of the raid bios ..the tells me "press Ctrl-s or F4 to enter Raid utility"and it seemed to help after i added what u asked me too the boot.ini is gone it loads to the windows recovery console.but i still have the HD problem..capacity-153GB used space-124GB free space-28.8

I'm confused, let's break it down into certain criteria
Is everythng running alright??

What exact error, if any do you get on startup?

You can disable RAID in the BIOS, have you thought of doing that?
Please read the documentation you got with you motherboard

[dirtybagtwb]

[quote name='guestolo' date='05 May 2010 - 07:56 PM' timestamp='1273118181' post='469208']
I'm confused, let's break it down into certain criteria
Is everythng running alright??

What exact error, if any do you get on startup?

You can disable RAID in the BIOS, have you thought of doing that?
Please read the documentation you got with you motherboard
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ok.....first,everything SEEMS to be running ok if a bit slow,and its not an error in the blue screen of death sorta way its more instead of my PC loading straight to the Windows screen it stops on the raid bios for a few momments and eventually loads Windows which it didnt do when i had access to my whole HD.I have Riad disabled in my Bios and the Sata raid bios still shows up.i have also tried to understand my documentation but find very little to help describe how i might go about deactiving my sata raid bios .Im not entirely sure why anyone would need a raid configuration except for perhaps speed.the motherboard book doesnt explain in much detail except for the Sata master section thats says it automaticly detects sata ATA devices when my bios is set to auto,unless im reentering the harddrive info into the bios,it then tells me to use a disk utility like FDISK to partition and format.so it should detect the whole Hd if everything is ok?or should i set the bios to the defualt settings and have it detect everything again?

[dirtybagtwb]

Have i exhausted all of your ideas or is there something else i could try to resolve this problem?i have tried togive u as much complete info as i can.