BSOD attempting to boot Windows 7
Hi Experts,
I just updated the Intel chipset driver on my PC.
Now all hell has broken loose!
All attempts to boot give BSOD.
I have removed all drives, just leaving the SSD that has the C: and D: volumes.
The good news is that I can boot WinPE and it sees both C: and D: volumes,
I have run "Check for errors" and both volumes pass OK.
Help!
Regards,
Leigh
I just updated the Intel chipset driver on my PC.
Now all hell has broken loose!
All attempts to boot give BSOD.
I have removed all drives, just leaving the SSD that has the C: and D: volumes.
The good news is that I can boot WinPE and it sees both C: and D: volumes,
I have run "Check for errors" and both volumes pass OK.
Help!
Regards,
Leigh
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The driver that I installed was downloaded from the Support -> Driver Zone page at www.hdsentinel.com.
Intel ICH8/ICH9/ICH10/Z68/C216 version: 11.6.0.1030 (Windows 7/8 32/64 bit)
Intel ICH8/ICH9/ICH10/Z68/C216 version: 11.6.0.1030 (Windows 7/8 32/64 bit)
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As mentioned above, change your BIOS settings for the Disk Controller.
Why do you download and install drivers from such obscure sites? You must always get your drivers directly from the PC manufacturer, or only if necessary, from your chipset manufacturer, in your case from Intel. But never do that from other sites.
Why do you download and install drivers from such obscure sites? You must always get your drivers directly from the PC manufacturer, or only if necessary, from your chipset manufacturer, in your case from Intel. But never do that from other sites.
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noxcho: you say "The fastest problem to resolve it - switching in BIOS the HDD mode to a Compatible. "
The only BIOS setting (my PC is HP Z230) that seems relevant is "SATA Emulation".
It is currently "RAID" (but I'm not using RAID). The other choices are AHCI and IDE.
Are any of those choices relevant?
The only BIOS setting (my PC is HP Z230) that seems relevant is "SATA Emulation".
It is currently "RAID" (but I'm not using RAID). The other choices are AHCI and IDE.
Are any of those choices relevant?
Use AHCI mode.
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I just changed BIOS "SATA Emulation" to AHCI and it's booting Windows !!!
Yes, in some BIOSes they call it Compatible, on others IDE or SATA plus AHCI.
Why was it set to RAID? Maybe your problem was in this setting at all? Does it see now the drives ok?
Why was it set to RAID? Maybe your problem was in this setting at all? Does it see now the drives ok?
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Now happily booting, but I still have a "missing" volume, see: NTFS Volume no longer accessible
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noxcho asked "Why was it set to RAID".
I unpacked the PC out of it's box, connected the drives, everything worked - so until now I had never looked at the drive's BIOS settings.
I unpacked the PC out of it's box, connected the drives, everything worked - so until now I had never looked at the drive's BIOS settings.
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Many thanks for your help noxcho.
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