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    Why can't I boot off a single disk on my Dell XPS M1730 (it works only with two disks!)

    I'm thinking less and less that RAID has anything to do with my issues as it seems to be turned off by default, in the BIOS: POST->F2->BIOS: Scrolling to Onboard Devices->SATA Operation: RAID Autodetect/ATA = on (RAID On = off) (RAID Autodetect/AHCI = off) RAID Autodetect / ATA = RAID if...
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    Why can't I boot off a single disk on my Dell XPS M1730 (it works only with two disks!)

    I need advice because I just don't understand why I can't get a single 300GB hard disk to work in my bunkbed bay Dell XPS M1730 laptop. Two hard disks work just fine; but not ONE hard disk. Yet, one of the hard disks is wholly unformatted! What am I doing wrong? Here is what the Windows 7...