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    trying to install vista 64 ultra on my new 7805 with raid 0

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by fenderbean1979, Jun 1, 2009.

  1. fenderbean1979

    fenderbean1979 Notebook Enthusiast

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    can anyone help with a walk through? I can create the raid just fine then when I go to install vista it and select mt drive it says there is no valid drive to install windows
    Its shows my single raid 0 drive but I cant install on it.
     
    fenderbean1979, Jun 1, 2009
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    InfectedSonic Notebook Evangelist

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    hmmm.... have you created a partition and formatted it?
     
    InfectedSonic, Jun 1, 2009
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    fenderbean1979 Notebook Enthusiast

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    yes the 2 drives show up in the raid control menu and I can create the raid array just fine, and in the install portion of vista where u select your drives it shows up but want let me do anything.
    update! I used factory disk and did factory default and it installed fine but it still doesnt show the second hard drive in windows. I launch the raid monitor program in windows from the start menu and it does show the raid 0 and both hard drives
     
    fenderbean1979, Jun 2, 2009
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  4. Keith

    Keith Notebook Deity

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    If I understand you correctly, Windows will not show two drives. It will show both drives as one, because it is a Raid 0 setup.

    If I'm not understanding you correctly, just ignore me. :p
     
    Keith, Jun 2, 2009
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    Hello Fernderbean,

    As Keith mentioned if you set the RAID0 on your system, the OS will see them as the one drive. I guess you have got two 320GB drives so Windows shows you the 640GB (596GB) right now.

    Cheers...
     
    martee, Jun 2, 2009
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