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    Sytem won't boot windows.

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by thecore762, Jan 2, 2010.

  1. thecore762

    thecore762 Notebook Consultant

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    I accidentally hit Load Default in BIOS, made some changes but I think I messed something up, so instead of doing discard changes, I hit set default settings.
    I did that, now that the sytem boots after the alienware head the screen goes black and I see an Underscore line blinking on the top left corner.
    Not sure what to do.
    F2 - BIOS
    F12 - Boot Menu
     
    thecore762, Jan 2, 2010
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  2. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Do you have raid?

    EDIT:
    just looked at your sig, I think you messed up the raid option in the BIOS. Go back into the BIOS and fix it.
     
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  3. thecore762

    thecore762 Notebook Consultant

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    Yes, its set to 0.
     
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    Yeah, it's in the sig. Need to resetup RAID in your bios.
     
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  5. thecore762

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    How do I do that?
     
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    Go to Advance options -> RAID Settings or HHD Settings, can't remember. Set it to RAID instead of AHCP or something like that. Sorry I can't be more detailed but its been a while. You should be able to figure it out from what I told you, its pretty straight forward.
     
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  7. thecore762

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    Ok, I figured it out, got it, thanks all.

    Edit: airplaneman, thank you.
     
    thecore762, Jan 2, 2010
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