Vista Ultimate will not boot without CD\DVD

I have built a new computer:

ASUS M2N E SLI
AMD FX 5400
2GB RAM
2 Hitachi 250G HDD in RAID 0 Stripe Array

Installed Ultimate without any apparent problems. After complete, realized
that computer will not boot up without a Windows CD/DVD in drive.

Deleted partitions, array, and tried different nVidia RAID drivers, and am
getting same results.

Finally tried installing XP Pro, and I gett the same result. If a Windoows
CD is not in the drive during boot, I will get the NO SYSTEM DETECTED error.
This would indicate to me the problem is not with Windows, but probably
related to either drive or RAID drivers, but I am at a loss.

Can anyone provide some insight or direction?
--
Because I Can

Do you have an active primary partition on the drive? Do you also have an
IDE drive?

"Lajaycee" <Lajaycee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8E39185B-7D7C-4B16-8100-108519ED329C@microsoft.com...
>I have built a new computer:
>
> ASUS M2N E SLI
> AMD FX 5400
> 2GB RAM
> 2 Hitachi 250G HDD in RAID 0 Stripe Array
>
> Installed Ultimate without any apparent problems. After complete,
> realized
> that computer will not boot up without a Windows CD/DVD in drive.
>
> Deleted partitions, array, and tried different nVidia RAID drivers, and am
> getting same results.
>
> Finally tried installing XP Pro, and I gett the same result. If a
> Windoows
> CD is not in the drive during boot, I will get the NO SYSTEM DETECTED
> error.
> This would indicate to me the problem is not with Windows, but probably
> related to either drive or RAID drivers, but I am at a loss.
>
> Can anyone provide some insight or direction?
> --
> Because I Can

John,

Thank you for the inquiry. To specifically answer your questions:

1. Yes,, my striped raid array was set as bootable and as primary.

2. No, I had no IDE drive, but I did have another SATA drive.

I actually read abnother post where it was suggested to remove all but the
primary drive and attempt installation again - the thought being that Vista
was possibly installing the MBR on a secondary drive.

I tried disconnecting the secondary drive, and the installation worked this
time. I am now booting properly without the CD\DVD needing to be installed.

Thanks for the support!
--
Because I Can


"John Barnes" wrote:

> Do you have an active primary partition on the drive? Do you also have an
> IDE drive?
>
> "Lajaycee" <Lajaycee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8E39185B-7D7C-4B16-8100-108519ED329C@microsoft.com...
> >I have built a new computer:
> >
> > ASUS M2N E SLI
> > AMD FX 5400
> > 2GB RAM
> > 2 Hitachi 250G HDD in RAID 0 Stripe Array
> >
> > Installed Ultimate without any apparent problems. After complete,
> > realized
> > that computer will not boot up without a Windows CD/DVD in drive.
> >
> > Deleted partitions, array, and tried different nVidia RAID drivers, and am
> > getting same results.
> >
> > Finally tried installing XP Pro, and I gett the same result. If a
> > Windoows
> > CD is not in the drive during boot, I will get the NO SYSTEM DETECTED
> > error.
> > This would indicate to me the problem is not with Windows, but probably
> > related to either drive or RAID drivers, but I am at a loss.
> >
> > Can anyone provide some insight or direction?
> > --
> > Because I Can
>
>

Have you tried a minimal system with no RAID?

-Paul Randall

"Lajaycee" <Lajaycee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8E39185B-7D7C-4B16-8100-108519ED329C@microsoft.com...
>I have built a new computer:
>
> ASUS M2N E SLI
> AMD FX 5400
> 2GB RAM
> 2 Hitachi 250G HDD in RAID 0 Stripe Array
>
> Installed Ultimate without any apparent problems. After complete,
> realized
> that computer will not boot up without a Windows CD/DVD in drive.
>
> Deleted partitions, array, and tried different nVidia RAID drivers, and am
> getting same results.
>
> Finally tried installing XP Pro, and I gett the same result. If a
> Windoows
> CD is not in the drive during boot, I will get the NO SYSTEM DETECTED
> error.
> This would indicate to me the problem is not with Windows, but probably
> related to either drive or RAID drivers, but I am at a loss.
>
> Can anyone provide some insight or direction?
> --
> Because I Can

Glad to hear you have it working.

"Lajaycee" <Lajaycee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2866036C-5B0F-411E-BCD5-1781AEDF5779@microsoft.com...
> John,
>
> Thank you for the inquiry. To specifically answer your questions:
>
> 1. Yes,, my striped raid array was set as bootable and as primary.
>
> 2. No, I had no IDE drive, but I did have another SATA drive.
>
> I actually read abnother post where it was suggested to remove all but the
> primary drive and attempt installation again - the thought being that
> Vista
> was possibly installing the MBR on a secondary drive.
>
> I tried disconnecting the secondary drive, and the installation worked
> this
> time. I am now booting properly without the CD\DVD needing to be
> installed.
>
> Thanks for the support!
> --
> Because I Can
>
>
> "John Barnes" wrote:
>
>> Do you have an active primary partition on the drive? Do you also have
>> an
>> IDE drive?
>>
>> "Lajaycee" <Lajaycee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:8E39185B-7D7C-4B16-8100-108519ED329C@microsoft.com...
>> >I have built a new computer:
>> >
>> > ASUS M2N E SLI
>> > AMD FX 5400
>> > 2GB RAM
>> > 2 Hitachi 250G HDD in RAID 0 Stripe Array
>> >
>> > Installed Ultimate without any apparent problems. After complete,
>> > realized
>> > that computer will not boot up without a Windows CD/DVD in drive.
>> >
>> > Deleted partitions, array, and tried different nVidia RAID drivers, and
>> > am
>> > getting same results.
>> >
>> > Finally tried installing XP Pro, and I gett the same result. If a
>> > Windoows
>> > CD is not in the drive during boot, I will get the NO SYSTEM DETECTED
>> > error.
>> > This would indicate to me the problem is not with Windows, but probably
>> > related to either drive or RAID drivers, but I am at a loss.
>> >
>> > Can anyone provide some insight or direction?
>> > --
>> > Because I Can
>>
>>