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Reset BIOS Now missing Operating system

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by goalie2

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Folks, I have a Dell XPS DC00 running Windows Vista Buisness. The dvd-rw was not working so after doing all the dell tests and uninstalling the device it still would not recognise I decided to reset the NVRAM in the BIOS by using ALT-F & ALT-E.

Now on bootup it tells me that the operating system is missing. I am running vista install dvd but it does not see the hard drive there as i tried using the system restore function from the cd.

How can I get the Bios to pickup the old OS? Please don't tell me that I have wiped the harddrive?

Cheers
Derek.

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by oh smeg

To Legacy. That way the system will see the SATA HDD and will now be able to see the OS on it.

Col

by goalie2

Col,

I needed to set the SATA drive to RAID-ON. Works fine now.

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