rovman Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Has anyone had any luck installing on a RAID array which requires drivers at install time. More specifically has anyone managed to get it going on an Intel ICHR5 sata raid controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stgeorge Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Forget about it man, I don't even think Windows Vista will work with SATA RAID (or even SATA by itself) at all until manufacturer's release drivers, and they always say "We don't release drivers for beta operating systems", so wait until 2007 or get a PC built in 1998. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stgeorge Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 By the way, I have NVIDIA SATA RAID, and I got to the point where it showed my drives in the menu, but then it crashed with a 0x000000A blue screen. Geez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randolph Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 I installed Vista on this... - Intel? 82801FR SATA RAID Controller - Intel? 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller Works fine for me. Edit: No I didn't "floppy load" the drivers, Vista just installed fine with the built in partition manager:o:o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0sit0 Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 i had to install it on an IDE HD and booting from it if not i get a BSOD error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovman Posted July 28, 2005 Author Share Posted July 28, 2005 I installed Vista on this...- Intel? 82801FR SATA RAID Controller - Intel? 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller Works fine for me. They use the IaStor.sys driver right? I wonder if it includes Intel? 82801EB SATA RAID Controller drivers. The drivers for your Raid controller are included with my current drivers so theres hope at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randolph Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 They use the IaStor.sys driver right?I wonder if it includes Intel? 82801EB SATA RAID Controller drivers. The drivers for your Raid controller are included with my current drivers so theres hope at least. 586288868[/snapback] I am sorry, but I really don't know. It just went as this...asked me for my key, accept the agreement, and I CAN see my hard drives..so I am guessing it already has my/our RAID drivers built in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovman Posted July 28, 2005 Author Share Posted July 28, 2005 I am sorry, but I really don't know. It just went as this...asked me for my key, accept the agreement, and I CAN see my hard drives..so I am guessing it already has my/our RAID drivers built in. 586288880[/snapback] You do actually have your Harddisks in a raid array, and not just in IDE mode on the intel raid controller though right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hais Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 i had to put one of my old 10gig drives in the ide channel so that i could continue with the installation, then i got to the point where it accepted the drivers off the floppy disk (make sure there are no folders on the disk) however i had to fix the boot.ini file on the 10gig as it had xp on it allready apart from that it was quite easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randolph Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 You do actually have your Harddisks in a raid array, and not just in IDE mode on the intel raid controller though right? 586288893[/snapback] I only have 1 hard drive. A Western Digital 160 GB NCQ / SATA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mirumir Subscriber¹ Posted July 29, 2005 Subscriber¹ Share Posted July 29, 2005 Works fine on SATA RAID using manually loaded WinXP drivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konnan Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Silicon Image 3112 (Si3112r.inf) works fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whidbey05 Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 then how are you running a RAID? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nocturna1 Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 I've read that many people are having success with the drivers Windows Vista has for SATA drives. Also a plus I hear is that you can load drivers off of thumbdrives and CDs now, no more floppies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Shake Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 I've also been trying to install Vista on my nf3 raid but with no success... I've tried a few different drivers on a floppy but I just get an error that says they are unable to be installed. Anyone have any luck with an nf3 yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f0rbez Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 I had to use a floppy and load the drivers before windows could see the partitions. I'm using a raid-0 array, and my controller is "Intel? 82801ER SATA RAID Controller". If your drives aren't raided, then you most likely won't need the drivers. If they are, be prepared to load them from floppy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Shake Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 I have the drivers on a floppy but I get an error... ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f0rbez Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 I have the drivers on a floppy but I get an error...??? 586301179[/snapback] Did you choose the right hardware when it prompts you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Shake Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 I've tried all of them. It says something like unable to install driver. I tried to install it on an old 12 gb drive I had laying around and it says that the local disc is not sufficient enough for the temporary files and then a dll is missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hankyone Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 i insert my floppy but i cannot find the drivers and that sux because i only have one drive anyone got vista working on a VT8237? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Shake Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 OMG I'M GOING TO CRY!!! :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRTrials Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Silicon Image 3112 (Si3112r.inf) works fine 586293859[/snapback] Thanks for this. Was that on a NF7-S? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PC_Xtreme Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Vista auto reognised my SATA drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klownicle Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Silicon Image 3112 (Si3112r.inf) works fine 586293859[/snapback] Ditto. Installing right now about half way in 30minutes. Installing alot slower then the previous installations. :yes: :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narshornsyst Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Has anyone successfully installled it with nForce4 chipset in Raid0/Sata config ? Will Vista recognize the Raid Satas and own drivers , or do the ones for XP work fine ? I run an ASUS A8N-SLI :p Regards, NAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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