Nick

I have the exact same problem but I have an Abit AW8-MAX 3rd Eye II. With an
Intel 955x Chipset. So it can't be about just the chipset/mainboard. I am not
using any RAID arrays and I have three drives only one of which is
partitioned right in half. I read in some forums on the internet people
mentioning that the setup spits out the "setup could not get the information
about the disks on your computer" error when you have partitions. This is
extremely frustrating because its obvious that lots of people have this
problem but I have yet to find one with a response from Microsoft in these
forums.

Whats going on guys. How about some help. 1/2 of the user base for this
operation will probably have some form of SATA/RAID/ or partitions on their
computer. If this is a common problem than it needs to be remedied.

"John" wrote:

> That is exactly what happens to me.
>
> I'm using EVGA's 133-K8-NF41-AX (nForce4 SLI Chipset)
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
> > John wrote:
> >
> > > It never gets to that point. All I get is the error that it cannot
> > > read my drive information (or something like that, I can't remember
> > > specificly).
> >
> >
> > You may be having the problem I've been having (although I've been trying to
> > install the 32-bit version). I boot from the DVD and I get to the Screen
> > with "Install Windows" in the Title bar. In the middle of the screen it says
> > Windows Vista
> >
> > Install now
> >
> > And on the bottom there are two choices:
> >
> > What to know bewfore installing Windows
> >
> > System recovery options.
> >
> > As soon as I click Install now, I get the message "Setup could not get
> > information about the disks on your computer."
> >
> > May I ask what motherboard you have?
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> > Please reply to the newsgroup
> >
> >
> >
> > > "Mark W Scheidell" wrote:
> > >
> > >> When Vista presents the drives\partions available to load the OS to
> > >> this is when you can insert the RAID drivers. It's been awhile so I
> > >> don't remember exactly the procedure. Possible just the refresh
> > >> selections.
> > >>
> > >> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:70E37AB2-7A3E-430E-811A-837ACD6A6C4F@microsoft.com...
> > >>> I cannot find where to specify drivers for my Nvidia SATA RAID
> > >>> Controller when booting from my Windows Vista Beta 2 x64 DVD.
> > >>>
> > >>> Where can I specify these drivers when booting form the disc? The
> > >>> drives are
> > >>> already formatted (NTFS) and the array is set.
> >
> >
> >