to Commando:
well?? YOU answered..so there might be a chance that HE may answer..who knows..he may actually want to part with his PC..so i have to give it the old "college try"..(laughing)..& you know what?? i've been everywhere looking for my PC..(or a factory recovery for my PC)..& the ONLY place where no one answered me just because they wanted to see what they wrote on the internet was "MajorGeeks.com"..that was the only place where people have actually "been in the trenches" & not reading off The Holy Scriptures from Google Chapter 5 Verse 10..from TechSupport.com, to THIS site, & to Crucial, then to like 5 other sites..i always get "internet" jedi masters who actually have done nothing as far as fixing anything..they look at your problem..HALF-WAY translate accurately what you've posted..run on to Google..& then spew back what they've read..to me..that's NOT you, or anyone else, helping..i had the hardest time raiding my Gateway GM5688E..(i could do it with a Vista disk..but not with the Gateway restore disk)..so i installed the sytstem on a spare HDD in AHCI mode..(AMD's RAID & ACHI drivers are identical)..& then i switched from AHCI to RAID in BIOS..went into windows..& cloned my HDD from the spare to my raid array..IT WORKED!! & you know what?? i did it myself..no reading Google..it took me 1 1/2 months to do this..the only problem that i currently have with my GZ7220 is that i don't have a factory disk..& i can't recover my recovery because i reinstalled regular Windows & i formatted the HDD's before i reinstalled..i found bits & pieces of my old system..but no recovery..SEE!!?? this is what i mean by "being in the trenches"..BackLogic from MajorGeeks is one of the 2 people who advised me to use Partition Wizard..i saw my old files..but since i didn't see the recovery drive..i couldn't return my PC to factory install..i have an UPDATE though...i recently bought a ZX190..(it's the GZ7220's twin as far as drivers & software)..he said that the HDD crashed..so all that i have to do is see the recovery on it..then i can copy it to 1-2 DVD's..from there i can return my 2 GZ7220's to factory install..from there..i can take my GZ7220 that i'm going to keep..& raid it in windows..(like i was supposed to do in the first place)..(laughing)..The Gateway One's have Intel drivers..so you can use the Intel Matrix to raid it..so Commando..i've spent approximately 400 bucks for this..(i also bought an almost brand new GZ7112..it has most of the drivers that my PC has expect for 2 things..the video driver..& the Anti Virus program)..i bought that one just in case the ZX190 can't be recovered..so now you understand why i came on to this forum..if dude would've answered..or if someone could've helped me..then i would have been able NOT to have spent all this money..(laughing)..so even though i no longer need help on this forum..i wanted to answer you..& to demonstrate to you who's REALLY the "GURU"..& what site people who need help SHOULD go to for it..(smile)..Peace..& God bless you & yours..
A-Weapons..South Bronx, NYC..
