Cant Install windows7 on raid0!!!! (m17xr2)

Ok, so I have just tried to reinstall windows 7 on my HDD's.

I have 2x 128gb gskill falcon.

Each drive individually installs and boots fine.

Using a USB thumb drive, I tried installing windows 7 (bios is in raid0 and intel controller setup up for raid0).

It tells me "windows cannot be installed to this disk. this computer's hardware may not support booting... etc"

I have looked around for common issues, tried the dummy USB trick - is there a controller I need to load during bootup or something? I assumed it was just an ich10r chip?

Thanks

-Ash

 

Take a look at this post: http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m17x/422486-how-configure-raid-1-0-m17x-didnt-come.html It's for the M17x-R1 with the nVidia chipset but some of the steps may help.

 

Yah thats for an R1, Im on an R2.
Different raid controller, thus different issue.

-Ash

 

BTW did you press F10 upon boot to get into the RAID menu?

 

Yeah I have done all that. I have setup intel raid about a million times over the years.

I have a feeling it has something to do with the disabling the card reader, but I dont know a way to disable it.

-Ash

 

Ok, this needs to be added to the wiki:

When installing a raid0 setup, you are unable to use a USB thumb drive to install Windows 7.

Windows 7 must be installed from a DVD.

/endwiki

Seems to work fine now.

-Ash

 

The wiki is open to anyone to edit. If you feel it needs to be an entry then feel free to add it.