Alas, Vista does not have in-box drivers for all RAID implementations.
Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007
"Noel" <Noel@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have had that problem with Vista. I have 2 HD drives in Raid 0, and one
> hard drive non-raid. I f you are only using 2 hard drives in the vista
> installation where it ask you which drive to install vista on partion the
> raid drive at that point, click new and it will make it a primary drive,
> then
> power down your computer and boot to DVD and when you get to that point
> again
> the message will be gone and Vista has raid drivers on the installation
> DVD.
> It will load them as soon as Vista comes up you can update your raid
> drivers
> then.
> --
> Quad Core
>
>
> "Tom Ferguson" wrote:
> Quote:
>> To install Vista or other OS on a RAID which is set up in the computer's
>> BIOS, a type of "software-implemented" RAID, you first must enter the
>> proper
>> settings in the BIOS setup. Then, as a step in installing the Vista
>> software, you must load the drivers for the RAID. Apparently, you have
>> done
>> the BIOS setup but do not seem to have done the second.
>>
>> After you boot from the Vista DVD, proceed carefully so you can spot the
>> point in the setup where you have the option to load the RAID drivers
>> from
>> floppy, USB thumb drive or other suitable media.
>>
>> For details, do a Google search on "Install Vista on RAID" without the
>> quotes.
>>
>> E.G. http://vistasupport.mvps.org/install...ta_drivers.htm
>>
>> Tom
>> MSMVP 1998-2007
>>
>> "HiroT" <HiroT.33te80@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
>> news:HiroT.33te80@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net... Quote:
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > HiroT
>>
>>