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Old 13th September 2009
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Strangely enough, Windows cannot boot with the RAID option disabled. Weird ...
The problem is that Windows only loads the (S)ATA driver it used when it was installed. If you change this setting a different (S)ATA driver is needed, Windows doesn't load it and will be unable to mount C: so you will get a blue screen with UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME.

A workaround would be using a PCI (S)ATA controller, boot Windows and install the drivers for it. You can now boot from it. Then change the option (Or change mainboard) and boot Windows from the PCI controller. Then you can install the mainboard drivers and boot from the mainboard again.
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