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Need Help Slipstreaming NVRAID into Windows Disk...

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So I am trying desperately to slipstream the NVRAID drivers onto a Windows XP Pro CD and am having no luck. I dont have a floppy drive and it may be a week or two before I can get one. I have been asking questions HERE and still haven't gotten my problem fixed.

I have a DFI Ultra D and two 74gb Raptors.


When the Setup says "Setup is starting Windows" it hangs and eventually gives me a blue screen stating that "a Problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage..."

I have the latest RAID BIOS and have made about ten disks that wont work. Any advice is appreciate as I am really strugling
 
I am using nlite to do the slipstreaming.


Thanks drizzt81 for the link. I had read the guide on short-media and had folowed it to no avail but I had not tried this...

If all else fails then install and connect ONE DRIVE ONLY. Allegedly you don't even need the sata floppy drivers for this and it worked for me. Just put your windows install disk in the drive and reboot the machine. Go into nVIDIA BIOS and set it as RAID 0 (Striping). This will allow windows to see the single drive and you can install the OS. No need to press F6.

Once windows is up and running then you can install the standalone kit drivers and the NVRAID tool.

Connect your second drive and reboot the PC.

Once you are at desktop then you can use the NVRAID tool to detect the secondary drive and then create a RAID array at the desktop level. It takes quite a while depending on how large your drive is to build a new array but, allegedly, data will not be lost. I began the process and it seemed to work but I had to leave the machine chewing on rebuilding the new array as I had to go to work.

In other words...it's something that doesn't happen in minutes.
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Anyone else set up a RAID array using this method?
 
I did. I don't do professional video editing though so it wasn't RAID-0. It worked fine once I played around with it a bit. There is a thread on here that I made for it.
 
Can't you just slipstream service pack 2? I've never had to use a floppy to install XP on my SATA drives.
 
has this computer ever been running? Have you run memtest? Overclocking at all? Does WinXP install to a single drive?
 
-=Antimatter=- said:
Can't you just slipstream service pack 2? I've never had to use a floppy to install XP on my SATA drives.
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One drive works fine... It's the RAID that doesnt work...

I can install on one drive no problem. I have removed all overclocks and am running at stock. The system is stable and has been running for a few months on a single raptor.
 
Does it run fine when you have two raptors connected (could it be a PSU issue)? Have your tried different channels on the mobo (is one channel borked)?
 
It aint the connection that is borked and I dont beleive it is the powersupply. I'll try running three raptors and see if that has any effect. I just hope that in a week or two when I can get a floppy drive from a friend I can get that to work. I have kinda given up on it right now.

Thanks for the help!
 
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