01-27-2008
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Re: RAID 0 Setup on Vista x64 Home Premium?
Yes, it does not have drivers for Nvidia chipsets. I stay with intels. There
stuff always works.
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Quad Core
"Tom Ferguson" wrote: Quote:
> Alas, Vista does not have in-box drivers for all RAID implementations.
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> Tom
> MSMVP 1998-2007
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> "Noel" <Noel@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:B6C91A66-373A-4C8B-8EAF-B0011C9E2CF7@xxxxxx Quote:
> >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...
> >> >
> >> > 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
> >>
> >> >
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