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love2photou

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Hi all. Been beating my head against the wall. Upgrading my system from XP3 32bit to Vista Ultmate 64bit. I have 2 new 500GB hard drives to install. Will be mirrored RAID1. Need to partiton I assume and set to "active" as they are now set to "Dynamic". See screen shot below. I have the mini tool Partion Wizard installed if this helps. Would appreciate any and all help. Thanks.

 

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    Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40Ghz
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    8 GB
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    NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 2GB
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    OEM Sigmatel
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    2 X LG IPS236VX
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Hello love2photou, and welcome to Vista Forums.

You would just need to convert Disk 1 from dynamic back to basic. Since there's nothing on it, you could use Option One in the tutorial below to do so if you like.

Convert a Dynamic Disk to a Basic Disk - Windows 7 Forums

Afterwards, you can connect your 2nd 500GB HDD to setup the RAID with both 500GB HDDs. :)

Hope this helps,
Shawn
 

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Thanks for the advice brink. I had been performing step 1 before I posted and it would not work. This time it worked! Gremlins I guess. So being that I'm going to do a clean install of Vista Ultimate 64 bit what do you think about installing a partition on this disk prior to install or let Vista do it? Thanks.
 

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System One

  • Operating System
    Vista Ultimate 64 Bit
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    Dell XPS 420
    CPU
    Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40Ghz
    Motherboard
    Southbridge
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 2GB
    Sound Card
    OEM Sigmatel
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 X LG IPS236VX
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500GB RAID 1
    PSU
    375 Watt
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    Dell BTX
    Internet Speed
    Fast
Hi folks. Tried to install vista. I get this message. "Windows is unable to find a system volume that meets it's criteria for installation." Discs read as follows: Disk 0 Partition 1 Total 465.8GB Free Space 465.7GB. Disk 1 Unallocated Total 465.8 Free Space 465.8:confused: Both drives are set to "Basic" and Disk 0 is set "Active." Any and all help is mutch appreciated. Thanks.
 
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System One

  • Operating System
    Vista Ultimate 64 Bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 420
    CPU
    Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40Ghz
    Motherboard
    Southbridge
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 2GB
    Sound Card
    OEM Sigmatel
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 X LG IPS236VX
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500GB RAID 1
    PSU
    375 Watt
    Case
    Dell BTX
    Internet Speed
    Fast
Holy smokes it's installing!!!:party: Pulled out all the RAM but 1GB and that did the trick. Found it on a tutorial on the site. :D
 

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Vista Ultimate 64 Bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 420
    CPU
    Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40Ghz
    Motherboard
    Southbridge
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 2GB
    Sound Card
    OEM Sigmatel
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 X LG IPS236VX
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500GB RAID 1
    PSU
    375 Watt
    Case
    Dell BTX
    Internet Speed
    Fast
Whew, i just had posted in one section that you needed some serious help.. Glad you have this sorted out.
 

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I'm happy to hear that it's going well so far for you. Please let us know if you have any other questions. :)
 

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    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
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    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
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    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2, 4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2, 8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
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    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
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    Thermaltake Core P3
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    Logitech MX Master 3
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    Logitech wireless K800
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    16 GB DDR4-2133
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    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
Hey Thanks guys. Loading all the updates on it right now. So far so good. I'll post the results when it's done. :)
 

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System One

  • Operating System
    Vista Ultimate 64 Bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 420
    CPU
    Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40Ghz
    Motherboard
    Southbridge
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 2GB
    Sound Card
    OEM Sigmatel
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 X LG IPS236VX
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500GB RAID 1
    PSU
    375 Watt
    Case
    Dell BTX
    Internet Speed
    Fast
Well so far so good. Here's a screen capture of what the HDD's look like. Any comments or suggestions on what they see would be appriciated.
 

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My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Vista Ultimate 64 Bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 420
    CPU
    Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40Ghz
    Motherboard
    Southbridge
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 2GB
    Sound Card
    OEM Sigmatel
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 X LG IPS236VX
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500GB RAID 1
    PSU
    375 Watt
    Case
    Dell BTX
    Internet Speed
    Fast
Looks good. Now all you need to do is setup your RAID1 if you still wanted to, and reinstall Vista afterwards. Be sure that you have the AHCI/RAID drivers downloaded and ready to load say with a USB flash drive during the installation of Vista so Vista will be able to see the RAID. :)
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2, 4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2, 8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system, Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam, HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn, APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI, Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
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