Vista - Boot Issue Moving Vista Partition to new system

New System Specs:
MSI K8M890M2-V MB
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Socket 939 CPU
VIA K8M890 chipset
2 WD 120GB SATA HD (RAID Mirrored)
2 Ultra1024MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz Memory

I installed my Vista upgrade without a hitch on my previous 32bit system. I
decided to upgrade my hardware configuration. Since moving the hard drives to
the new system, I have been unable to boot Vista. I have tried the auto
repair options to no avail. The Vista partition is found and read by the
Repair routine. I can even access it from the command prompt in the repair
options screen.

When I try to boot in Safe Mode, the boot dies when it tries to load the
crcdisk.sys file. When I boot to the BSOD, the error is a 0x0000007B which I
believe to be a disk driver issue. I have loaded the latest VIA SATA RAID
drivers at the repair screen, but I am not sure that that process actually
sets those drivers up to be loaded at subsequent boots from the installed
partition versus the DVD?

I thought about trying a clean install, but apparently, since my product key
is for an upgrade version, I must start the install under Windows. I also
have a Vista backup image file on an external HD so I can at least keep
coming back to where I started. :-)

I have tried disabling all the integrated peripherials to be sure that there
is not a failure there. I am using the onboard VGA for video for the moment.

Any other suggestions to get me back up? Also, presuming that I can get past
my current boot issue, can I upgrade my 32bit Vista installation to the 64bit
Vista?

Thanks, like most folks, I have spent several more days than I had to give
up on this issue. Any help is greatly appreciated!

LewT wrote:
[...]
> I thought about trying a clean install, but apparently, since my product key
> is for an upgrade version, I must start the install under Windows...

I can't help you with the driver questions, but I believe that statement
isn't correct. If you have the regular Vista install DVD you can do a
clean install without entering any key at all and you have 30 days to
validate. In your case you will need to do a telephone validation
anyway because you are making major hardware changes.