RAID & Vista setup- not playing well together(?)

[DCheramie]

Overview of the problem

Hello all,

looking for some assistance with an OS upgrade I am attempting to do and i think i'm getting errors due to my RAID array (probably needing new drivers is my assumption, but i'm a novice when it comes to RAID arrays and messing with them)


Full description of the problem and symptoms

My PC is currently running WIndows XP and has its hard drives setup in a RAID 0 array ; I want to upgrade the OS to Windows Vista Ultimate (in preparation for an upgrade to Windows 7) : After setup finishes copying files and reboots, it starts to go into Windows Setup and then blue screens with the following error:

"STOP C0000221 Unknown Hard Error \Systemroot\System32\ntdll.dll"

I've checked into this error online and have seen a variety of answers ranging from change the UDMA setting on your drives to run /sfc and repair corrupted DLLS (which i have done) but it still throws this error when i try to let setup resume.


I can boot back into my previous OS (Windows XP) and there are no issues, so as mentioned above, my assumption is that i need to update RAID drivers for the new OS


My system:

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 3
Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18702
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)

Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe (2400 MHz (7 x 343) Socket 775 LGA
Motherboard Name AUSUSTEK P5N32-SLI-SE-Deluxe
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition
System Memory 2048 MB
BIOS Type AMERICAN MEGATRENDS version 0204 (07/18/06)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB)
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB)
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB] (RN0717CE2V9U)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter nVIDIA MCP04 - Audio Codec Interface

Storage:
IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA RAID Controller
IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA RAID Controller
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller IVI VIRTUALDRV SCSI Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller NVIDIA nForce(tm) RAID Class Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller Silicon Image SiI 3132 SATALink Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller ST3320620AS
SCSI/RAID Controller ST3320620AS
SCSI/RAID Controller ST3320620AS
SCSI/RAID Controller StarPort Storage Controller (Lite)
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive NVIDIA STRIPE 894.27G (894 GB)
Disk Drive Generic External USB Device (698 GB, USB)
Optical Drive IVI Virtual CD SCSI CdRom Device
Optical Drive TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S162L
Optical Drive TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S162L
SMART Hard Disks Status Unknown

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 915720 MB (595591 MB free)

Input:
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Mouse HID-compliant mouse
Game Controller Microsoft PC-joystick driver

Network:
Network Adapter Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
Network Adapter Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC (192.168.0.148)
Network Adapter TeamViewer VPN Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport



Does my assumption seem correct? (and if so, I'm totally unfamiliar with how to update RAID drivers/would love any guidelines on how to do that so i don't hose this machine ; I *do* have it backed up, but would really rather not have to restore it after screwing it up


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[Billb2]

Originally posted by: DCheramie

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 915720 MB (595591 MB free)

If you have two Ss installed, there should be at least two partitions.

Looks like Vista install didn't see the array and just dumped it's files onto one of the disks.

Or it dis see the array, loaded it's files onto it, but didn't install the RAID driver.

Either way, I'd make a partition for Vista and reinstall with an F6 to load the RAID driver.

You'll like W7, no such nonsense, saw the array, saw the two video cards and the two monitors, set up SLI, as slick as sliced bread!

 

[DCheramie]

Thanks for the reply ; So I can make another partition on Raid 0 w/o screwing it up then? I have EASEUS Partition Master 4.0 Home Edition and had considered doing that and making the machine dual boot rather than an upgrade

so basically grab the vista raid drivers, f6 during setup to choose them and see how it goes ; going to give it a whirl

thanks again