Windows is unable to find a system volume that meets its criteria for installation

Cybertronic · 17 Sep 2006 at 01:01

I'm trying to install Windows Vista RC1 onto my RAID 0 setup in which I've given Vista it's own 50GB logical partition. Everytime I try to install Vista it comes up with the error message:

Windows is unable to find a system volume that meets its criteria for installation

I'm using nVidia's nForece Vista 32 Bit RAID Class Controller driver, this happens in both Windows XP and during Vista's own boot up installtion. Can anyone help me out here please?

I've searched Google lots of times, some of the solutions lead to other people using IDE drivers with their RAID 0 setups but I'm only using my 2 WD 250GB SATA II HDD's only, nothing else apart from the DVD Drive.

sja360 · 17 Sep 2006 at 02:36

hmm when i went to install the public vista beta i couldnt have the wd raptor running from the RAID had to turn off the raid and have it as a bog standard SATA drive, perhaps the raid driver is the problem? as i couldnt even get it to install the raid drive for my nforce 410 motherboard.

Cybertronic · 17 Sep 2006 at 02:44

I came across these two threads:

INSTALL VISTA TO NVIDIA NF4 RAID - CLEAN INSTALL

Windows Vista on NVIDIA RAID - IT WORKS!!!

They didn't help me, maybe they could for you and others

I've also tried using my current XP drivers and it still doesn't work

sja360 · 17 Sep 2006 at 02:48

Cybertronic said:
I came across these two threads:

INSTALL VISTA TO NVIDIA NF4 RAID - CLEAN INSTALL

Windows Vista on NVIDIA RAID - IT WORKS!!!

They didn't help me, maybe they could for you and others

I've also tried using my current XP drivers and it still doesn't work

have you ever been able to run raid 0 with your two drives and install xp from scratch?

Cybertronic · 17 Sep 2006 at 03:15

Yes

I've got an nLite DVD which I use with slipstreamed RAID drivers which saves a lot of hassle. Well, Vista is another whole lot of hassle