PLz Help ASAP Windows 8.1 won't boot!

Goucho

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Getting ready for Windows 10 I got rid of my RAID0 drives and started afresh .......


ok guys i set up two shiny EVO 850 250GB SSD's in RAID0.
I then installed Windows 8.1 Home on it via usb stick.
I then installed drivers - chipset - lan - wifi - bluetooth - Audio - mouse, with just my mouse and keyboard attached to the 2 rear usb2 ports.
I then restarted but it went straight from post screen showing all drives green and my evo RAID0 as green and bootable then to BIOS!!
Tried 3 restarts but each time the same with all green and no errors straight to bios. The boot order had Evo drive as boot#1 with rest disabled.
Then tried RAID0 as boot#1 with Windows Boot Manager as boot#2 but still straight to BIOS!
Then hit F5 and enabled RAID checked boot order plus tried with fast boot on and then off but all still to BIOS??

BTW no errors with windows and it was working when i started installing drivers!


Plz help :(


Windows 8.1 Home Genuine
Asus ROG Rampage V Extreme X99 Motherboard
Intel i7 6 Core 5820K CPU
32GB Crucial 2133mhz DDR4 RAM
Ichill Herculez x 4 Air Boss GTX 980 GPU
Boot Drive = 2 x Samsung Evo 850 250GB SSD's in RAID0
 
Goucho said:
BTW no errors with windows and it was working when i started installing drivers!


Plz help :(
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Probably driver conflicts with hardware. The only drivers I always install are for the LAN when setting up a system. WiFi only if it is on the motherboard and is required for accessing the internet and only if windows cannot find suitable drivers.

I let windows sort out the hardware and allocate drivers. Only if there are performance issues do I try installing proprietary drivers from elsewhere.

My ASUS Crosshair V formula does not have chipset drivers installed except through Windows.

Set drivers up one at a time always and reboot in between.

Can you get into safe mode?

Good luck, andy.
 
This is really weird.

Before I read your reply I had another go and went into secure boot section and changed it from "windows eufi" to "other os" and it has done the trick??? Added more stuff and installed a pile of windows updates and it is happily restarting and booting error free. The thing is I never had to change that setting before? Is it because I am using a new type of ssd with 3d nand? Not got a clue why this has worked???
 
Goucho said:
This is really weird.

Before I read your reply I had another go and went into secure boot section and changed it from "windows eufi" to "other os" and it has done the trick??? Added more stuff and installed a pile of windows updates and it is happily restarting and booting error free. The thing is I never had to change that setting before? Is it because I am using a new type of ssd with 3d nand? Not got a clue why this has worked???
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Would it be the 'protected OS' that microsoft was trying to push that relyed on the bios to implement.

Anyway looks like you are sorted, cheers.
 
Damn 'secure boot' I had to disable it on my MSI board also, or Windows would not boot.

Not had the issue on my RIVE thus far though, are you on the latest BIOS?
 
Am I reading it right?

You installed the OS then enabled RAID? If so you should enable RAID first then install the OS - you will probably need to install RAID drivers if it doesn't detect your disk. Or are you on about Windows Software RAID?




M.
 
No m8y setup raid0 in bios prior to install. Back with 8.1 with no errors at all and running with everything i want installed plus a big fat backup on another drive lol.
 
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