Windows on RAID drive wont boot without bootable CD inserted

[Grant]

I've installed WinXP onto an Adaptec 1200A RAID, using
two 80Gb drives. Its has installed successfully and runs
like a dream....only one problem though, Windows wont
boot unless I have a bootable CD in the drive.

Any ideas ??

 

[Willit]

There could be a conflict with the system BIOS on boot
order and the raid bios. Next could be that the CD is not
on the secondary IDE . I have my Primary IDE disabled in
Device manager. The last could be the Boot.ini.

 

[Malke]

I've installed WinXP onto an Adaptec 1200A RAID, using
two 80Gb drives. Its has installed successfully and runs
like a dream....only one problem though, Windows wont
boot unless I have a bootable CD in the drive.

Any ideas ??

It sounds like you have the boot order set incorrectly in the BIOS. You
need to go into the BIOS and set it to boot from the RAID array first.

Malke

 

[martianflips]

-----Original Message-----
I've installed WinXP onto an Adaptec 1200A RAID, using
two 80Gb drives. Its has installed successfully and runs
like a dream....only one problem though, Windows wont
boot unless I have a bootable CD in the drive.

Any ideas ??
.

Just been through extreme pain myself using Side Raid 100
with a HPT370 chip set. My issue was that if the was
another IDE H/D that drive would always be found as drive
1 not the raid. However by whilst pulling out hair I
discovered that you need to change the M/B bios to allow,
in my case, booting from "other" device. in the boot
sequence. Suggest you poke around there HTH M.