Vista - SATA RAID drivers

I do not see any provision to install the drivers for my SATA RAID drives.
Any suggestions?

I tried the upgrade over win xp pro and got a blue screen halfway thru. when
I tried disabling some drivers and hardware and installed again, the message
was the upgrade was disabled, I had to delete C:\Users, or rename it. I went
into the DOS box and did this, but the next message was I had to do this to
C:\ProgramData... I could not find this on a directory search.

doing a boot up install, i get a pretty wallpaper design for 45 minutes with
an hourglass that basically does nothing and goes nowhere.

I understand this is a release candidate and all the drivers and hardware
aren't yet supported; if you have any suggestions they would be greatly
appreciated.

I plan on keeping windows xp on C: and installing vista on a separate
partition.


--
Those willing to sacrifice freedom for safety are deprived both freedom and
safety...

As has been posted before, the RAID support is broken on some machines.
Others have been more lucky. The solution is for some a simple matter of
revising the steps to implement. For others, such as myself, no combination
of steps results in a successful RAID installation.

I guess wait for RC2, and if that fails (as it always has for me since the
CTPs before Beta 2), wait for gold, and if that fails, perhaps Redmond and
nVidia think that we RAID users don't matter in this world.

Jon

"Aymincendiary" <zbar2005@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:F58129FD-EE92-48AC-ADED-E5F239B4858B@microsoft.com...
>I do not see any provision to install the drivers for my SATA RAID drives.
> Any suggestions?
>
> I tried the upgrade over win xp pro and got a blue screen halfway thru.
> when
> I tried disabling some drivers and hardware and installed again, the
> message
> was the upgrade was disabled, I had to delete C:\Users, or rename it. I
> went
> into the DOS box and did this, but the next message was I had to do this
> to
> C:\ProgramData... I could not find this on a directory search.
>
> doing a boot up install, i get a pretty wallpaper design for 45 minutes
> with
> an hourglass that basically does nothing and goes nowhere.
>
> I understand this is a release candidate and all the drivers and hardware
> aren't yet supported; if you have any suggestions they would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> I plan on keeping windows xp on C: and installing vista on a separate
> partition.
>
>
> --
> Those willing to sacrifice freedom for safety are deprived both freedom
> and
> safety...

i saw the nForce4 write up and the vista32 drivers from nVidia... we'll see
how it goes.

i had a 486 VL Bus 11 years ago and upgraded to an early version of win
95... that was a nightmare. I turned my back on computers for awhile after
thant.

I'm not taking that attitude today.

Thanks!

chris
--
Those willing to sacrifice freedom for safety are deprived both freedom and
safety...


"Jon Davis" wrote:

> As has been posted before, the RAID support is broken on some machines.
> Others have been more lucky. The solution is for some a simple matter of
> revising the steps to implement. For others, such as myself, no combination
> of steps results in a successful RAID installation.
>
> I guess wait for RC2, and if that fails (as it always has for me since the
> CTPs before Beta 2), wait for gold, and if that fails, perhaps Redmond and
> nVidia think that we RAID users don't matter in this world.
>
> Jon
>
> "Aymincendiary" <zbar2005@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:F58129FD-EE92-48AC-ADED-E5F239B4858B@microsoft.com...
> >I do not see any provision to install the drivers for my SATA RAID drives.
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > I tried the upgrade over win xp pro and got a blue screen halfway thru.
> > when
> > I tried disabling some drivers and hardware and installed again, the
> > message
> > was the upgrade was disabled, I had to delete C:\Users, or rename it. I
> > went
> > into the DOS box and did this, but the next message was I had to do this
> > to
> > C:\ProgramData... I could not find this on a directory search.
> >
> > doing a boot up install, i get a pretty wallpaper design for 45 minutes
> > with
> > an hourglass that basically does nothing and goes nowhere.
> >
> > I understand this is a release candidate and all the drivers and hardware
> > aren't yet supported; if you have any suggestions they would be greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> > I plan on keeping windows xp on C: and installing vista on a separate
> > partition.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Those willing to sacrifice freedom for safety are deprived both freedom
> > and
> > safety...
>
>
>

I have the same problem. I found an Nvidia Vista beta driver but it did not
recognize my RAID 0 with Vista RC1. Too bad...
--
Frogger
-----------------------------
Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro-SLI (NFORCE4)
Athlon 64 X2 4600+
2GB RAM
ATI Radeon X1900XT
Creative Audigy 2
2 x WD 3200KS HD (RAID 0)
-----------------------------


"Aymincendiary" wrote:

> I do not see any provision to install the drivers for my SATA RAID drives.
> Any suggestions?
>
> I tried the upgrade over win xp pro and got a blue screen halfway thru. when
> I tried disabling some drivers and hardware and installed again, the message
> was the upgrade was disabled, I had to delete C:\Users, or rename it. I went
> into the DOS box and did this, but the next message was I had to do this to
> C:\ProgramData... I could not find this on a directory search.
>
> doing a boot up install, i get a pretty wallpaper design for 45 minutes with
> an hourglass that basically does nothing and goes nowhere.
>
> I understand this is a release candidate and all the drivers and hardware
> aren't yet supported; if you have any suggestions they would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> I plan on keeping windows xp on C: and installing vista on a separate
> partition.
>
>
> --
> Those willing to sacrifice freedom for safety are deprived both freedom and
> safety...

got a BSOD in the GUI portion of the setup "MEMORY_MANAGEMENT... that's all I
have to go on. I found the correct drivers and how to install them... it's a
learning experience. My system is home built, and I must have installed XP
Pro 149 times before I got it right. If you want to make an omlet you have to
crack some eggs.

I'm finding out more and more as I harvest info from the forums. The final
version due out in January should have most of the driver issues handled and
more comprehensive instructions to the hurdles most are facing.

Thanks!

Chris
--
Those willing to sacrifice freedom for safety are deprived both freedom and
safety...


"Aymincendiary" wrote:

> i saw the nForce4 write up and the vista32 drivers from nVidia... we'll see
> how it goes.
>
> i had a 486 VL Bus 11 years ago and upgraded to an early version of win
> 95... that was a nightmare. I turned my back on computers for awhile after
> thant.
>
> I'm not taking that attitude today.
>
> Thanks!
>
> chris
> --
> Those willing to sacrifice freedom for safety are deprived both freedom and
> safety...
>
>
> "Jon Davis" wrote:
>
> > As has been posted before, the RAID support is broken on some machines.
> > Others have been more lucky. The solution is for some a simple matter of
> > revising the steps to implement. For others, such as myself, no combination
> > of steps results in a successful RAID installation.
> >
> > I guess wait for RC2, and if that fails (as it always has for me since the
> > CTPs before Beta 2), wait for gold, and if that fails, perhaps Redmond and
> > nVidia think that we RAID users don't matter in this world.
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > "Aymincendiary" <zbar2005@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:F58129FD-EE92-48AC-ADED-E5F239B4858B@microsoft.com...
> > >I do not see any provision to install the drivers for my SATA RAID drives.
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > I tried the upgrade over win xp pro and got a blue screen halfway thru.
> > > when
> > > I tried disabling some drivers and hardware and installed again, the
> > > message
> > > was the upgrade was disabled, I had to delete C:\Users, or rename it. I
> > > went
> > > into the DOS box and did this, but the next message was I had to do this
> > > to
> > > C:\ProgramData... I could not find this on a directory search.
> > >
> > > doing a boot up install, i get a pretty wallpaper design for 45 minutes
> > > with
> > > an hourglass that basically does nothing and goes nowhere.
> > >
> > > I understand this is a release candidate and all the drivers and hardware
> > > aren't yet supported; if you have any suggestions they would be greatly
> > > appreciated.
> > >
> > > I plan on keeping windows xp on C: and installing vista on a separate
> > > partition.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Those willing to sacrifice freedom for safety are deprived both freedom
> > > and
> > > safety...
> >
> >
> >

The problem of course is lack of NVIDIA raid drivers for ALL motherboards.
The NVIDIA NZONE website lists some drivers but these do NOT work for all
motherboards. Hopefully when the final version of Vista is ready the
motherboard manufacturers will come forward with RAID drivers.

The NVIDIA raid drivers on the NZONE website do not work for my K8N Neo 4
motherboard at all when attempting a clean install for SATA raid 0. The only
way to install vista on my PC was to partition the system drive into two
with windows XP and a third part partition manager and install vista from
windows xp into the separate partition.

regards
B
"Aymincendiary" <zbar2005@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:F58129FD-EE92-48AC-ADED-E5F239B4858B@microsoft.com...
>I do not see any provision to install the drivers for my SATA RAID drives.
> Any suggestions?
>
> I tried the upgrade over win xp pro and got a blue screen halfway thru.
> when
> I tried disabling some drivers and hardware and installed again, the
> message
> was the upgrade was disabled, I had to delete C:\Users, or rename it. I
> went
> into the DOS box and did this, but the next message was I had to do this
> to
> C:\ProgramData... I could not find this on a directory search.
>
> doing a boot up install, i get a pretty wallpaper design for 45 minutes
> with
> an hourglass that basically does nothing and goes nowhere.
>
> I understand this is a release candidate and all the drivers and hardware
> aren't yet supported; if you have any suggestions they would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> I plan on keeping windows xp on C: and installing vista on a separate
> partition.
>
>
> --
> Those willing to sacrifice freedom for safety are deprived both freedom
> and
> safety...

nForce4 Vista RC1 (now withdrawn) and Beta2 drivers do not work for my
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI but the WinXP drivers do work for both for x86 and
x64. nForce4 Vista drivers did work for Beta2 release.
But . . . I can only do a clean install of Vista by installing via WinXP

Interestingly the Silicon Image Raid (also on the motherboard) works fine
using WinXP drivers (there are no Vista drivers)

The answer appears to be install WinXP first, the install Vista using WinXP
drivers !!

Brian



Vista
"Frogger" <Frogger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0C2EDC61-E7B5-44EA-A0B4-A26DCAC5FDB3@microsoft.com...
>I have the same problem. I found an Nvidia Vista beta driver but it did not
> recognize my RAID 0 with Vista RC1. Too bad...
> --
> Frogger
> -----------------------------
> Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro-SLI (NFORCE4)
> Athlon 64 X2 4600+
> 2GB RAM
> ATI Radeon X1900XT
> Creative Audigy 2
> 2 x WD 3200KS HD (RAID 0)
> -----------------------------
>
>
> "Aymincendiary" wrote:
>
>> I do not see any provision to install the drivers for my SATA RAID
>> drives.
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> I tried the upgrade over win xp pro and got a blue screen halfway thru.
>> when
>> I tried disabling some drivers and hardware and installed again, the
>> message
>> was the upgrade was disabled, I had to delete C:\Users, or rename it. I
>> went
>> into the DOS box and did this, but the next message was I had to do this
>> to
>> C:\ProgramData... I could not find this on a directory search.
>>
>> doing a boot up install, i get a pretty wallpaper design for 45 minutes
>> with
>> an hourglass that basically does nothing and goes nowhere.
>>
>> I understand this is a release candidate and all the drivers and hardware
>> aren't yet supported; if you have any suggestions they would be greatly
>> appreciated.
>>
>> I plan on keeping windows xp on C: and installing vista on a separate
>> partition.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Those willing to sacrifice freedom for safety are deprived both freedom
>> and
>> safety...