[gimpy530]

OK, so I have a RAID 0 with 2 drives, and another separate drive for data. The data drive was giving me problems so I removed it, but now the system will not boot. With the data drive not connected Vista will begin to boot up, I see the splash screen, then the screen goes black and there is no disk activity.

I tried connecting the drive back up, but now at boot, at the screen that tells me what hard drives are present and which are RAID, it says next to the data drive "smart event".

So chances are my data drive is dead, oh well, it's under warranty and is backed up to my file server daily ( I <3 robocopy )

So anyway, why will this computer no longer boot? How can I get it to boot?

I already contacted Intel about the issue since nearly every other issue I've had on this system were caused by this motherboard, but I am not expecting Intel to be of much help....

CPU: Intel Q6600
Mobo: Intel DG33TL
Chipset: G33
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit