Cool, glad you got it. Anytime you reset the BIOS, you gotta watch for
things like that.
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"Caz2005" <Caz2005@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:EFECAE5B-0CC0-4DFE-BA12-AD9820EBD888@xxxxxx
Quote:
> 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
>> > >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
>> >
>> >