Devon Posted September 19, 2006 Posted September 19, 2006 hey guys i bought myself 2x samsung spinpoint 80gb sata 2 drives for raid0, so i tried installing windows xp 64bit and during the installation it came up with errors of files that cant b copied both the cd and floppy disks work fine but it complained about "nv raid.cat, nv ata.cat, ks.sys and a few others i thought that it might have been because the 64bit version of windows has a lack of drivers and so on, so i decided to just use the standard 32bit version but it wouldnt install on that one either it would load up fine until the screen just before where u select the partition to install windows then it comes up with a blue screen saying windows has detected an error and has shut down to prevent damage or something to those lines. i know the drives are fine cause we tried them in my friends pc with a asus mobo and installed windows fine on raid0 with his system, i have followed all the instructions and got the latest raid floppy drivers but still no luck, can anyone help me please. thnx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowboy Posted September 19, 2006 Posted September 19, 2006 Are you reformating the drives. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Posted September 19, 2006 Posted September 19, 2006 the drives are formatted cause they are new but yea i am formatting them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Posted September 19, 2006 Posted September 19, 2006 i cant use the windows installer to format them cause it goes to a bsod just before that screen shows, but the drives are already clear cause i used another drive to boot up into windows and formatted it there (it detects the raid0 in the windows from the other drive) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowboy Posted September 19, 2006 Posted September 19, 2006 Sounds like you need to clean both drives because they are not new if you install them in another rig. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Posted September 19, 2006 Posted September 19, 2006 i did clean them both wen i put them in as secondary to my old drive with windows on it and set it up as raid0 again and it reads it fine wen i use my old drive to boot up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowboy Posted September 19, 2006 Posted September 19, 2006 Never ever have other hdds hooked up when installing windows only the drive or drives the os system is going on as windows will screw up. As you have just seen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Posted September 19, 2006 Posted September 19, 2006 no wen i was installing it onto the raid0 it was only those 2 drives in i took out my old drive, i only put it in now to get on dfi-street. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowboy Posted September 20, 2006 Posted September 20, 2006 Are you trying to install OS when OC'd go back to stock and wipe out both drives. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Posted September 20, 2006 Posted September 20, 2006 i always put my system back to stock wen i do a windows install. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thespin Posted September 20, 2006 Posted September 20, 2006 I assume you set up Raid in the Bios. Couldn't tell ... did you download and place the (32-bit for 32 bit Windows) Raid drivers on a floppy and press PF6 at the beginning of the Windows install when the message appears at the bottom of the screen ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Posted September 20, 2006 Posted September 20, 2006 yea had it all set up right cause wen i boot with my spare drive i can c that raid0 setup and it is working and i used the right driver versions for their windows and pressed the f6 wen needed to and installed both the drivers that it needed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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