Wierd Windows error on a raid 0 config...

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Dunno if this is in the right section but anyway....

I have 3 HDD's in my case, 2x250gb & 1x120gb.

I've been running Vista64 in Raid 0 on the 2 x 250's and using the 120gb just for storage for about 10 months.

But since I just cant get XBMC working with Vista64, I decided that I'd put XP on the 120gb drive.

This is where the problems started, every time i tried to install XP on the 120gb drive I got a BSOD just before the choice of which hard drives to format screen. (error 7b on the bsod).

I looked at all sorts of options and still could'nt get it to install, so I tried deleting vista64 and the raid 0 config and XP went in without issue, I then re-instated the raid 0 config (minus vista of course) and tried to boot into XP and got the same BSOD as before, I've tested this on a number of occasions and its the same result every time. Which the raid config is for some reason conflicting with the XP install.

Anyone any ideas?

I'm using an MSI P35 Neo2 FR mobo if that helps.
 
A stop 7b occurs when the OS can't find a component required to boot the system - drive controllers etc normally.

How did you have the SATA controller configured in the BIOS when you installed XP (IDE, AHCI or RAID mode)? Did you change this mode when you put the RAID0 config back in?
 
Bios was set to RAID.

Which I then configure upon booting the system. Everything is installed fine as far as I'm aware, and the raid mode works fine with vista it just wont boot XP on the other drive. Vista still boots without issue, also once I'd deleted the raid config I set the mode back to IDE and XP went in fine.
 
ManCuBuS said:
once I'd deleted the raid config I set the mode back to IDE and XP went in fine.
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You can't install the OS in IDE mode then flip the setting to RAID mode, it's a different driver that's used by Windows for each mode. If you do change the mode then you'll get the stop 7b BSOD.

You'll need to set the SATA ports to RAID mode in the BIOS and install XP, pressing F6 when prompted then supplying the RAID drivers on a floppy before picking the drive to install to.
 
rpstewart said:
You can't install the OS in IDE mode then flip the setting to RAID mode, it's a different driver that's used by Windows for each mode. If you do change the mode then you'll get the stop 7b BSOD.

You'll need to set the SATA ports to RAID mode in the BIOS and install XP, pressing F6 when prompted then supplying the RAID drivers on a floppy before picking the drive to install to.
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Thanks for that bud, I'm basically stuffed then as I aint got a floppy and I aint used one for years.
 
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