It's ok, I've sorted it now. Raid wasn't enabled in the Bios, that's all it
was.
"Caz2005" wrote:
Quote:
> Hi there,
>
> Yeah I have two sata drives with a raid setup. I will look for something in
> the Bios like you suggest. So try swapping IDE mode for AHCI?
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
> Quote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > If you're running sata drives, you might have set it to the wrong mode when
> > you reset defaults. Check and see ahci/ide mode and try swappng them.
> >
> > --
> > Best of Luck,
> >
> > Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> > My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
> >
> > "Caz2005" <Caz2005@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:23D362DA-06E0-4550-A3C5-0249DBA28A4D@xxxxxx Quote:
> > >I made some silly mistakes in the Bios settings and cleared the CMOS to get
> > > things back to normal. The Bios settings have returned to default but now
> > > Vista doesn't boot up.
> > >
> > > I get as far as the screen that lists CPU type and Ram etc with press del
> > > for setup and F8 for boot menu. That lasts for about half a second and
> > > then
> > > all I get is a blank screen with a white flashing cursor in the top left
> > > hand
> > > corner.
> > >
> > > Hope someone can help me or I'm totally shafted. Thanks
> >
> >