The definitive guide on how to install Vista 32/64 on Nvidia SATA/

[Chris S]

I searched far and wide on how to do this and I finally found a way that
really works. Go here:
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/vista-beta2-and-nforce-sataraid-an-installation-guide-vt66299.html?sid=a1c81053a03f1d8105500dfd10ae7215

[McBain]

I've tried several times as above and keep getting a failed installation.
Ive tried these combos:
x64 with nvidia 6.69 beta drivers
x64 with Mei's nv_ide_667 package
x64 with nviida previous beta driver (forgot #)
x86 with nvidia 6.69 beta druvers
x86 with nvidias previous drivers (6.66 I think)

usually after installation I get the BSOD. The nvidia drivers usually just
errored at start, even for safe mode.
The MEI drivers did get me closest to success as vista would start but crash
soon after.

[McBain]

I finally did it! What a bear. I followed the guide except I used the xp64
on the SiI 3114 as the host to install to the nVraid. I had to load up the
MEI 6.67 nVraid as well as the latest SiI 3114 driver. I had to disable
driver signing enforcement for all reboots and take out the second GPU. I
updated the nVraid controller driver to nVidia latest Beta to keep from
constantly having to 'F8' the reboots. It's possible that nVidias driver may
have worked from the start. Surprisingly the SiI raid10 works fine to. As I
prefer the raid10 to the raid0 I may try this again for the SiI.
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Hitachi sata II 4x for nVraid
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nvidia 6800 2x

Post by Chris S
I searched far and wide on how to do this and I finally found a way that
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/vista-beta2-and-nforce-sataraid-an-installation-guide-vt66299.html?sid=a1c81053a03f1d8105500dfd10ae7215
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AMD-FX-60
2gb OCZ Plat. memory
ATI 1800 AIW
2x74gb Raptors in RAID-0
2x400gb WD HDD in RAID-1
Epox Nvidia-4 Ultra M/B