Quote Originally Posted by iadstudio View Post
So, if I have the Vista 64 upgrade from xp and I have to install xp first, this should work fine, right? (please say yes)

I knew about this and thought Vista had RAID drivers imbedded. I tought I'd try to install normally in xp, not having to deal with the f6 "add 3rd parts driver" thing in xp and once I got to vista I tried to create my array. Only thing is the matrix storage utility software that I remember from xp wasn't available for vista. I found a knowledge base somewhere that said if you edit the msahci registry to 0 before you switch from IDE to RAID in the bios, you should be fine, but I didn't know that until after I had a problem.

Long story short, from what I understand of your post, I should be able to install my RAID driver in xp, install OS on a single drive and create a storage array and then upgrade to Vista and be fine. Right?
If it was set up correctly as RAID ready on your XP X64 then yes, you can move it to Vista x64. If x86 XP or legasy ATA on XP x64, then you still ned to get the driver installed correctly befores you can boot to Vista X64 w/ RAID endabled. However, if "iostar" (Intel ICH driver) is not used origionally, it never got put to where Vista needs to see it to be used. So you may still have to direct it in the same fashion as mentioned before (from 2nd SATA controller). Because Enabling it to RAID alone doesnt make it ready just cause the driver was on the DVD/CD. You still have to update it so might as well go to Intel for newest one.

Quote Originally Posted by Grendel66 View Post
Use nlite to slipstream the driver into your Windows installation disk.
This is just the same as having to reinstall all over again or go through repair mode. I dont believe nLite can be run in a x64 OS (correct me if thats changed). The iostar driver is spacific to AHCI, RAID, x86, or x64 for several different varients of the ICH9R so you must choose only the one correct driver to slipstream and it is now only good for that configuration, and must have another one for say an XP x86 install. But it's cool, I have guys doing it and they just make one for each PC and keep it for that one only. It will also out date quickly but you can update once in Windows.

I myself, just do it the f6 method for each XP x64 and Server 2003 Ent x64.