HiroT

Hi, I'm attempting to set up a new PC with RAID 0 using Vista x64 Home Edition Premium. However, I'm having no luck. (Hours of scouring various forums have yielded nothing as well.)

I've set up 2 RAID 0 partitions across my 2 SATA drives using Intel's Matrix Storage Manager. (CTRL + I thing at boot)
When I load up Vista for installation, it recognizes the partitions but refuses to let me install on them. I get an alert at the bottom of the screen saying that my "...computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu."

I'm not completely clear on what this means, but after entering BIOS, I have my drive configuration set to configure SATA as RAID.

Attempting to continue the installation yields something like "Windows cannot find a drive that is suitable for installation" (not verbatim, sorry.)

I have downloaded all of Intel's drivers for my motherboard and have even hunted down the RAID driver for my HDDs. I put all of those files onto a USB drive, but Vista doesn't seem to recognize any of them.

Unfortunately my knowledge of computers stops around here, and I'm unable to think of any possible solutions.

Am I doing something wrong? Please let me know if there is something I may have overlooked.

If it helps, my computer's specs are as follows:
Intel DX38BT Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0 GhZ Processor
2x WD Caviar 320AAKS SATA drives.

Thanks.