Post-Build BIOS, RAID, and OS Configuration Procedures
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would you be able to use your OS disk to partition your hard drive without installing the operating system? (considering you already have your OS installed but just need to partition it)
..the message is those stop (0×000) stuff like those….by the way my rom is also Sata….my next solution is to use a IDE rom which let me get on the set up but the problem is on set up the sata is not present…when after f8 on continuing windows set up.. really appreciating your help sir
i have this problems with installing Xp on a vista desktop pc and i cant seem to find the same options in my bios settings for sata and raid…if you could be of help mr sci
thanks for the video, i have a question ¿ wher did you go or what did you press so the screen (3:26) of partitions showed? its after booting the windows disk?
Not if the hard drive is first. If HDD is first boot device, and is not bootable, it will say “missing OS”. If optical drive is first and not bootable, it will skip to HDD.
If there is no data on the predefined first boot device (HDD), the secon boot device will commence booting, ain’t it like that?
So swapping the HDD with the DVD drive isn’t really necessary, or am I wrong?
I just bought 2 Western Digital 640gb HDDs and i was wondering if i have to set them as master and slave if they are in raid 0 as they came with no jumpers?
This is a great video, going into the guts of a computer and setting it up. This is the type of stuff that makes sciguy14 “TheMan”! Great stuff. Top marks from a wanna be geek hopefully earn my geek keep after learning this. Thanks!
What if our only SATA hard drive shows up as the slave drive? (The master drive slot is blank)
if your OS is already installed, you shouldn’t mess with the partition it is installed on.
would you be able to use your OS disk to partition your hard drive without installing the operating system? (considering you already have your OS installed but just need to partition it)
yes
i meant SATA2 slots on the mobo
Are SATA2 drives backwards compatible with SATA HDD’s?
..the message is those stop (0×000) stuff like those….by the way my rom is also Sata….my next solution is to use a IDE rom which let me get on the set up but the problem is on set up the sata is not present…when after f8 on continuing windows set up.. really appreciating your help sir
i have an acer m1641 desktop pc which is a vista machine…but i wanted to use xp for its os…my first attemp installs blue screens me ..
Do you mean you are replacing Vista with XP? You only need to use those settings if you are doing RAID.
i have this problems with installing Xp on a vista desktop pc and i cant seem to find the same options in my bios settings for sata and raid…if you could be of help mr sci
cntrl-I on this board enters the RAID config. You only use that if you are using RAID.
thanks for the video, i have a question ¿ wher did you go or what did you press so the screen (3:26) of partitions showed? its after booting the windows disk?
Glad you liked it!
SATA drives dont user jumpers, so no.
Not if the hard drive is first. If HDD is first boot device, and is not bootable, it will say “missing OS”. If optical drive is first and not bootable, it will skip to HDD.
If there is no data on the predefined first boot device (HDD), the secon boot device will commence booting, ain’t it like that?
So swapping the HDD with the DVD drive isn’t really necessary, or am I wrong?
@liamm1231 Nope
What if you only have 1 HDD? Do you still have to do RAID?
I just bought 2 Western Digital 640gb HDDs and i was wondering if i have to set them as master and slave if they are in raid 0 as they came with no jumpers?
This is a great video, going into the guts of a computer and setting it up. This is the type of stuff that makes sciguy14 “TheMan”! Great stuff. Top marks from a wanna be geek hopefully earn my geek keep after learning this. Thanks!
try esc
Thanks that solved my problem. it was vary helpful!
See my techbits episode on RAID.
I don’t get that “RAID” thing, whats it for and why mess with it?
i have to press F2 to get into my bios setup