stopmoclay Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Basically my Iatoks 5i install isn't picking up my SATA hard drive and I think I could fix this in the bios by enabling AHCI and changing from S3 to S1 but the problem is no matter what key combination I try I can access the bios. Its not a very well known brand. Its an E-system ( not Ei system. JUST E-System ) laptop running Phoenix Bios 1.13 and Ive searched the net for 4 days straight without finding a solution. If you know of a version of OSx86 that would congifure my bios for me that would be brilliant or even if you could figure out how I access my bios. ANY form of help is greatly appreciated -Stopmoclay Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/164482-i-know-this-has-been-posted-before-but-this-is-different/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advokit Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Basically my Iatoks 5i install isn't picking up my SATA hard drive and I think I could fix this in the bios by enabling AHCI and changing from S3 to S1 but the problem is no matter what key combination I try I can access the bios. Its not a very well known brand. Its an E-system ( not Ei system. JUST E-System ) laptop running Phoenix Bios 1.13 and Ive searched the net for 4 days straight without finding a solution. If you know of a version of OSx86 that would congifure my bios for me that would be brilliant or even if you could figure out how I access my bios. ANY form of help is greatly appreciated -Stopmoclay I dont beleive there is any installation that can configure the Bios for you. Have you tried all the usual steps to enter bios ie? DEL,F1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12, ESC, Hold down Home key? Those are the normal ones. Otherwise you could try pulling a stick of RAM out and booting it up which may cause it to halt because of the change in memory size which may enable you to get into bios. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/164482-i-know-this-has-been-posted-before-but-this-is-different/#findComment-1145711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBogieMan Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Bit of a long winded way for doing it.... try installing onto an external usb, once you're up and running, clone it then install chameleon and then fdisk it This is assuming you can get into the bios to enable boot off a USB device Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/164482-i-know-this-has-been-posted-before-but-this-is-different/#findComment-1145714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stopmoclay Posted May 1, 2009 Author Share Posted May 1, 2009 @Advokit: Thanks for the help but yeah I've tried everything possible to try and access the bios and nothing works. @TheBogieMan: when you say "clone it" what do you mean? As in clone the Sata drive? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/164482-i-know-this-has-been-posted-before-but-this-is-different/#findComment-1146326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBogieMan Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Grab yourself Carbon Copy Cloner it will back up the entire drive for you Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/164482-i-know-this-has-been-posted-before-but-this-is-different/#findComment-1146403 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advokit Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Grab yourself Carbon Copy Cloner it will back up the entire drive for you Maybe you could try updating the Bios? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/164482-i-know-this-has-been-posted-before-but-this-is-different/#findComment-1147974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stopmoclay Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 Which drive should I clone? The external hard drive? What I want to do is get it on my INTERNAL hard drive on my computer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/164482-i-know-this-has-been-posted-before-but-this-is-different/#findComment-1150524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
josephien Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 just my 2 cents : E systems is now called ei-systems and to access you must press the F2 key at bootup greetz Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/164482-i-know-this-has-been-posted-before-but-this-is-different/#findComment-1150585 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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