Vista - Load Driver option doesn't recognize nForce drivers on CD

I need to load RAID controller drivers on my Dell XPS before the Vista
installation can continue. I downloaded the drivers from Nvidia, unzipped
them and burned them to a CD. I took custom install, and when it came to the
step to select the drive where I want to load Vista, I inserted the CD with
the drivers and clicked the Load Drive option.

It didn't recognize any drivers on the CD. I was expecting a box to come up
and select Raid Class Controller. I can't navigate to the directories on the
CD either.

Any thoughts or suggestions on this problem?

Thanks,
--
Greg

I did sucessfully install vista on a nVidia SATA RAID 0 array. You can see
my post "General Feedback: My setup experience good bad and ugliest" on 7/5

I copied the drivers files from the nVidia chipset WINXP\IDE\WinXP\sataraid
folder the root directory on a USB flash disk and performed the install from
WinXP onto a second partition. If you are performing a clean install
directly from DVD the USB Flash disk does not appear to work so you might try
to burn a new CD with these files in the root directory.


"gzt7d8" wrote:

> I need to load RAID controller drivers on my Dell XPS before the Vista
> installation can continue. I downloaded the drivers from Nvidia, unzipped
> them and burned them to a CD. I took custom install, and when it came to the
> step to select the drive where I want to load Vista, I inserted the CD with
> the drivers and clicked the Load Drive option.
>
> It didn't recognize any drivers on the CD. I was expecting a box to come up
> and select Raid Class Controller. I can't navigate to the directories on the
> CD either.
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions on this problem?
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Greg

Thanks Kirk,
I did figure out that I needed to load the drivers into the root directory,
later. So I did get a clean install on a partition drive.

As a side note, I attempted to post this thread multiple times this morning
and kept getting a reply that there was an error and try again later. I
didn't think this question ever got post here. So thanks for reading my post
and replying.
--
Greg


"Kurt" wrote:

> I did sucessfully install vista on a nVidia SATA RAID 0 array. You can see
> my post "General Feedback: My setup experience good bad and ugliest" on 7/5
>
> I copied the drivers files from the nVidia chipset WINXP\IDE\WinXP\sataraid
> folder the root directory on a USB flash disk and performed the install from
> WinXP onto a second partition. If you are performing a clean install
> directly from DVD the USB Flash disk does not appear to work so you might try
> to burn a new CD with these files in the root directory.
>
>
> "gzt7d8" wrote:
>
> > I need to load RAID controller drivers on my Dell XPS before the Vista
> > installation can continue. I downloaded the drivers from Nvidia, unzipped
> > them and burned them to a CD. I took custom install, and when it came to the
> > step to select the drive where I want to load Vista, I inserted the CD with
> > the drivers and clicked the Load Drive option.
> >
> > It didn't recognize any drivers on the CD. I was expecting a box to come up
> > and select Raid Class Controller. I can't navigate to the directories on the
> > CD either.
> >
> > Any thoughts or suggestions on this problem?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > --
> > Greg