Greetings, I am trying to install the new Vista beta on my machine. I ran the windows vista advisory client to check parts on my system and everything but my SATA RAID drives on the motherboard passed. I had recieved word from a friend that it should not matter so i proceeded to install. It restarted several times and then ran into an error before abruptly shutting down and restarting before i had a chance to get the error in detail. What I managed to grab was that it said a quick message about the RAID drivers. After finnaly managing to get my XP Pro to work again im ready for another try at Vista. However I plan something different.
I have 3 hard drives on my system. Each is 300gb with 2 being used the most. The third is a file storage area for programs and video and picture files keeping them off of my main hard drive for the system to use. My plan is to move the files from the third drive and put them both on DVDs and on the second drive (the non-c important drive) and use that third drive for installing vista. This time I will disconnect the other 2 drives from the computer and just leave the third attached. However im concerned that if i did this that it would lock the motherboard from booting the other hard drive if I were to re-attach it.
Does this sound like a viable option to others? Or can someone let me know of another solution that has worked for them?
Thanks in advance for any help.
