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‎08-06-2017 11:15 AM

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> I think that it happened because you reset the BIOS.  Avoid doing that again. Smiley Wink

I sincerely doubt that it is a feature of HP computers to crash and burn when you reset the BIOS, so that answer makes absolutely no sense. Luckily, another person was able to explain what went wrong, so no worries. 

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‎08-06-2017 11:52 AM

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Your welcome selendra.

 

Happy you fixed your problem. Let me know if you need any further help.

 

All the best, 

David

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‎08-06-2017 02:09 PM

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> I sincerely  doubt that it is a feature of HP computers to crash and burn when you reset the BIOS, so that answer makes absolutely no sense.

 

The "answer" makes perfect sense to me.

 

If you install Windows (or any other operating system) in 'RAID' mode, even if there is only one disk-drive, then the disk-drive is tagged as being a member of the RAID "array".  If you later switch to 'AHCI' mode, the disk-drive is still bootable.

 

This is "by design" -- when one member of an array fails, the computer can still be booted, but in a "degraded" mode, until you physically remove the failed disk-drive, and rebuild the array, by connecting a replacement disk-drive.

 

But, if you install Windows (or any other operating system) in 'AHCI' mode, then the disk-drive is NOT tagged as being a member of the RAID "array".  If you switch to 'RAID' mode, then the "tag" on the disk-drive is not present, and Windows will not boot.

 

 

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‎08-06-2017 04:51 PM

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That is a MUCH better answer to my question than your previous one. I asked "why did doing this thing break my computer?" and you essentially answered "doing this thing broke your computer. Don't do it again."  That was a terrible answer. Now you've actually explained something, thank you!  :Wink:


Anyway, thanks for your help, but I'm glad to know I didn't have to go out to buy an entirely new disc-drive, and that the solution was just a simple change to the settings in the BIOS. 

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