Incompatible HDD Installing Vista OS

Pro-Pain · 17th May 2008, 07:06 AM

Yo-ho. I just made my first computer, and it is the BEST computer on the base....but it dun' work. I start it up and begin installing vista(after switching around the bios setting to set up a raid) and get to the partitioning part and it says both the raid0 volume and the non-raid hdd i have are incompatible. I've reset the settings, switched them around, undone the raid, redone the raid, dis/reconnected each driver and nothing changes. Any clue?

System: gigabyte x48 MB. 2x2 gb OCZ Flex II. E8400 wolfdale CPU. 2x raptor 150gb SATA hdd 1x seagate 320 gb ata hdd. 2x 9600gt.

Adrian Wong · 17th May 2008, 01:53 PM

Okay, first off, to set up RAID, you should use two or more drives of the same capacity. Best if you use the same drives.

If you undo RAID, you will need to repartition the hard drives. If the partition was already done on those drives, then you need to delete the partition and rebuild it before you can install Windows Vista on either one of them.

Pro-Pain · 18th May 2008, 04:37 AM

I have 3 hard drives. 2 western digital sata 150gb, and one seagate ultra ata. This is a new build, so there's nothing on any of the 3 hard drives.

Adrian Wong · 18th May 2008, 06:32 PM

Okay, so I guess you are using the two WD 150GB drives as RAID, right?

Did you create the RAID array in the BIOS? Which RAID array did you select?

If you no longer want to continue with the RAID setup, then you need to disable RAID in the BIOS and delete the created partitions.

Pro-Pain · 19th May 2008, 04:57 AM

as i mentioned earlier, one of the drives is a seagate, and it says every drive is incompatable, so the raid setup isn't a factor. i've tried with the 2 raided and non-raided. i created the raid and deleted the raid in the bios.

Now it's saying that a cd/dvd device driver is missing even before it can say it can't partition the drives. I've spent 3 hours today seeing what i can do with the drives, and it's strange. I hooked up my old dell drive to it and it bluescreens as it loads windows xp. It works in safe mode, but it won't show the dvd drive in disk management. I tried with another dvd drive and it's the same. The hdds all show up and are able to be partitioned on my old computer. I only have a vista OS cd, and it says my system is unable to install it. (it's 7 years old, i don't blame it.)

I'm a little frustrated now...I'm tired of holding the cpu heatsink down (the pins won't lock in because it's too tight. It's not me, it's the hardware on that one) for a computer that won't cooperate with me.

17th May 2008, 07:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
Pro-Pain Newbie Join Date: 17 May 2008 Posts: 3 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Incompatible HDD Installing Vista OS Yo-ho. I just made my first computer, and it is the BEST computer on the base....but it dun' work. I start it up and begin installing vista(after switching around the bios setting to set up a raid) and get to the partitioning part and it says both the raid0 volume and the non-raid hdd i have are incompatible. I've reset the settings, switched them around, undone the raid, redone the raid, dis/reconnected each driver and nothing changes. Any clue? System: gigabyte x48 MB. 2x2 gb OCZ Flex II. E8400 wolfdale CPU. 2x raptor 150gb SATA hdd 1x seagate 320 gb ata hdd. 2x 9600gt.

17th May 2008, 01:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
Adrian Wong Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my BenQ Joybook 7000 notebook! Posts: 29,719 Reputation: 2878 Rep Power: 64	Okay, first off, to set up RAID, you should use two or more drives of the same capacity. Best if you use the same drives. If you undo RAID, you will need to repartition the hard drives. If the partition was already done on those drives, then you need to delete the partition and rebuild it before you can install Windows Vista on either one of them. __________________ Dr. Adrian Wong Tech ARP \| Blog @ Tech ARP \| The Free Trade Zone DYKT : The only offshore account I have is at the sand bank? Keep Tech ARP free! Visit our sponsors! We need PROGRAMMERS and TECHNICAL WRITERS! Contact us if you are a hot shot programmer or technical writer! My items for sale : 50x SD Card \| Memory Stick PRO \| Cyclone Energy Saver \| Seiko SS watch \| Tiger/Carlsberg beer jugs \| Travel Speakers \| Motorola V600 \| Nokia N90 SOLD! \| New Lowepro Mini Trekker AW Other items for sale @ the FTZ : Zalman CNPS9500 LED @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7700 Cu @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7000 Cu @ $20 \| Swarovski bracelet watches \| Dell 17" LCD \| Hi-Fi speakers \| English DIVX movies \| HP LaserJet toners! \| Office chairs

18th May 2008, 06:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
Adrian Wong Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my BenQ Joybook 7000 notebook! Posts: 29,719 Reputation: 2878 Rep Power: 64	Okay, so I guess you are using the two WD 150GB drives as RAID, right? Did you create the RAID array in the BIOS? Which RAID array did you select? If you no longer want to continue with the RAID setup, then you need to disable RAID in the BIOS and delete the created partitions. __________________ Dr. Adrian Wong Tech ARP \| Blog @ Tech ARP \| The Free Trade Zone DYKT : The only offshore account I have is at the sand bank? Keep Tech ARP free! Visit our sponsors! We need PROGRAMMERS and TECHNICAL WRITERS! Contact us if you are a hot shot programmer or technical writer! My items for sale : 50x SD Card \| Memory Stick PRO \| Cyclone Energy Saver \| Seiko SS watch \| Tiger/Carlsberg beer jugs \| Travel Speakers \| Motorola V600 \| Nokia N90 SOLD! \| New Lowepro Mini Trekker AW Other items for sale @ the FTZ : Zalman CNPS9500 LED @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7700 Cu @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7000 Cu @ $20 \| Swarovski bracelet watches \| Dell 17" LCD \| Hi-Fi speakers \| English DIVX movies \| HP LaserJet toners! \| Office chairs

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18th May 2008, 04:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
Pro-Pain Newbie Join Date: 17 May 2008 Posts: 3 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	I have 3 hard drives. 2 western digital sata 150gb, and one seagate ultra ata. This is a new build, so there's nothing on any of the 3 hard drives.

19th May 2008, 04:57 AM	#5 (permalink)
Pro-Pain Newbie Join Date: 17 May 2008 Posts: 3 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	as i mentioned earlier, one of the drives is a seagate, and it says every drive is incompatable, so the raid setup isn't a factor. i've tried with the 2 raided and non-raided. i created the raid and deleted the raid in the bios. Now it's saying that a cd/dvd device driver is missing even before it can say it can't partition the drives. I've spent 3 hours today seeing what i can do with the drives, and it's strange. I hooked up my old dell drive to it and it bluescreens as it loads windows xp. It works in safe mode, but it won't show the dvd drive in disk management. I tried with another dvd drive and it's the same. The hdds all show up and are able to be partitioned on my old computer. I only have a vista OS cd, and it says my system is unable to install it. (it's 7 years old, i don't blame it.) I'm a little frustrated now...I'm tired of holding the cpu heatsink down (the pins won't lock in because it's too tight. It's not me, it's the hardware on that one) for a computer that won't cooperate with me.