Upgrade to SSD RAID killed HDD?

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Sunnyd514

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Guys,

I need some help with this. I just spent almost all day updating my system and configuring the SSDs into raid (2xintel 160 G2). Anyway, I have another 3TB internal that was working fine in the same rig. Now if I try to power it on the bios recognizes it fine but Windows 7 doesn't see anything. I have the bios set to RAID instead of AHCI. I tried to reset it back to AHCI but then it just says missing operating system. I've check disk managment and nothing shows up there either. I am stuck..help?
 
Which disk is your OS installed on?

Also make sure you have the latest RAID drivers for your controller. Out of curiosity, what raid controller are you using?
 
I'm using the onboard Intel RST RAID I believe. No problems there getting the raid setup and they are working fine. The HDD in question was NEVER an O/S disk and just stored my music/videos, even before I swapped the SSD discs out.
 
Not to familiar with RAID myself, but I'm guessing having the bios set to raid makes it unable to detect AHCI, and your HDD. Not sure if there's some hybrid option where you can detect both, there must be though since lots of people have both RAID and non-RAID.
 
FYI - The O/S is on the C: drive, as expected. I just did a reformat and installed all new drivers for EVERYTHING yesterday.
 
Eactly - I know there are many people here that must have a setup like this. If I put in the Windows 7 DVD and go into the restore console I can change the drive letter to D: in the command prompt and I can see the HDD and all the files so I know it is working. I don't mind even formatting it but I can't do that if I cant get access to it in Windows.
 
Just an update on this. So I WAS able to get windows to see it by putting in into a Marvel port once Windows was already up and running. IF I leave it in the port, however, the PC will post but then 'right' before it boots into windows it stays at a black screen with a blinking cursor at the top left forever and I have to reset it. Again, if I unplug it the PC boots super fast, I get into windows and plug the SATA cable back in and the drive is instantly recognizable and works fine. BTW this is a 3TB HDD with an Asus-P8P67 deluxe MB.
 
It's most likely a BIOS issue, specifically your RAID controllers. Maybe someone else knows of a workaround in terms of how to set up the Marvel/RAID controllers, but if anything as a workaround you could get a Hard Drive Dock.
 
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