COMPUTERS DEAD PLEASE HELP!

[Keltik THC]

just came home, powered on my gaming rig.

boots up through the Express Gate, recognises my RAID config (3x 300gb Raptors) and also my WD RE3 1TB (backups).

Although i then get 'please insert bootable media and press anykey'

so i figured my RAID array contrary to the previous screen which says staus is ok has corrupted.

So i boot into acronis to rescue my computer, but Acronis can only recognise my WD RE3 1tb with the backups on and not the RAID config!! (it did before).

So i go back to BIOS and it shows my RAID 0.

HELP, im buggered, checked the connection its all connected, BIOS shows all HDDs but nothing else can!!

 

[danb21t]

onboard RAID or dedicated card?

 

[Keltik THC]

onboard RAID or dedicated card?

onboard, came with the Asus P6tD mobo.

BIOS can see the RAID, and it shows in boot up witha green 'ok' status, but Acronis nor Windows can see them.

in the RAID config utility it shows my RAID as;

Status: Normal

Bootable: yes

 

[SpiderX]

check bios settings
i would try a hdd diagnostic from the manufacturers site
also if you have another pc, try the hdd on that, windows could have got corrupted :/

 

[Keltik THC]

check bios settings
i would try a hdd diagnostic from the manufacturers site
also if you have another pc, try the hdd on that, windows could have got corrupted :/

i have managed to restore my whole partition using acronis in safe mode, as it managed to see my RAID ( C: ).

Although i still have the same problem, still says insert boot media....

edit: just deleted my RAID, then re-created it, Acronis still cant see it when not in safe mode.

 

[Keltik THC]

i just deleted my RAID config, set my drives back to IDE and Acronis still cant see them, but my BIOS can?

WTF?!?!?!?!??!