Any idea what's causing this issue and how I can resolve it?
The biggest clue here is that I can boot fine when the SATA controller is in SATA or AHCI mode, but on selecting RAID booting throws an error. I've already enabled MSAHCI and iaStorV RAID drivers from the registry.
At that point I get the error below:
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:
1 Insert your windows installation disc and restart your computer.
2 Choose your language settings, and then click next.
3 Click “Repair your computer.”
If you do not have this disk, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance.
File: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
Status: 0xc000000e
Info: The selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt.
Enter=Continue Esc=Exit
Switching back to SATA/AHCI controller mode works perfectly every time, except of course that I need RAID. Obviously, there is no issue with winlogon.exe, or W7 wouldn't start. I've tried:
You cannot simply switch the bios to raid and expect it to work, the raid array has to be set up in advance, and the OS installed clean installed to the raid array, you cannot switch between raid and non raid.
Creating a raid array will wipe all data on the drives chosen for the raid array.
unless I misunderstood your post.....
Fixed it.
Used a clean install on the RAID array to patch my existing install.
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