Windows boot crash

[captainfreedom]

I think I inavertantly just destroyed the Windows installation on my pc. I have a gigabyte 965p ds4.
When I installed the gigabyte drivers it installed this raid utility thing, which I assumed that I didn't need, because I'm using ahci, so I de-installed it and now Windows crashes on boot-up, even in safe mode.
Well, I'm not 100% sure if deinstalling the raid utilty is the cause, but it seems to be the most likely thing.
Anyone have any ideas how to recover?

[Splash]

Were you using AHCI prior to installing the gigabyte drivers, or did you switch after installing them? There's a few known issues with using AHCI at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance...ller_Interface

[captainfreedom]

Were you using AHCI prior to installing the gigabyte drivers, or did you switch after installing them? There's a few known issues with using AHCI at

I installed ahci during the initial windows install. I think uninstalling the Raid utilty might have also removed the ahci drivers.

[Splash]

Yep, I would imagine that's where your problem lies. AHCI can be a pain to troubleshoot, but I think you have the nail on the head there. Repair install ftw!

[captainfreedom]

The solution was very simple in the end. I just switched to ide mode in the bios and then I could boot up windows and the "new hardware found" thing came up looking for the missing ahci driver. Then switched back to ahci mode again.