windows wont install

]MadBoy[ · 30 Jan 2007 at 12:16

get to the choose partition window, and all of my partitions are all Unknown??
All partitions are NTFS, if this makes a difference? Does the drive have to be FAT32 then format it NTFS?

deadeyedic30 · 30 Jan 2007 at 12:29

Which version of windows are you trying to install ?

]MadBoy[ · 30 Jan 2007 at 12:38

oh yes soz, win XP Proff, i have winxp Proff 64, and 32 allready installed, but i think my normall 32bit windows needs a reinstall.

deadeyedic30 · 30 Jan 2007 at 12:46

Is your system a multi OS system ?
If so can it boot into any of them ?

It sounds as if the disc has been corrupted in some way. Might not be.

Is it on a raid controller needing raid/sata drivers when you first boot from the cd ?

]MadBoy[ · 30 Jan 2007 at 12:49

i can boot into both OS, no worries, I have the Raid drivers, sata drivers. Just being bent to be honest. It won't matter if the drives are NTFS, it should be still seem??

deadeyedic30 · 30 Jan 2007 at 12:51

Yeah, windows 2000, XP and newer can all see NTFS no problem, it was only 9x and ME that were Fat32 only.

]MadBoy[ · 30 Jan 2007 at 12:53

mmm perhaps im using the wrong drivers¬¬ used the SATA drivers, probably need the raid drivers too i suspect?

]MadBoy[ · 30 Jan 2007 at 13:38

do i need the SATA and Raid drivers installed I cannot remeber.

]MadBoy[ · 30 Jan 2007 at 14:17

well, installed both the sata and raid, in 32bit windows still does the same. Did the same for 64bit windows with the raid drivers and sata drivers and it said it couldnt find my hard drives? So if completely forgotten something, or summits borked!

]MadBoy[ · 30 Jan 2007 at 15:19

where can i get the Nvidia storage device drivers from, also the Nvidia raid controller>

]MadBoy[ · 30 Jan 2007 at 19:15

BLOODY HECK! why dont asus put these drivers on the website? They are on the Mobo disk but not on their downloads..... grrrr

deadeyedic30 · 30 Jan 2007 at 23:25

You don't need the nforce drivers as they are on the windows disc. You only install one driver not both, assuming you are not running a raid setup.

]MadBoy[ · 31 Jan 2007 at 12:57

i am running raid. So i do need both.

deadeyedic30 · 31 Jan 2007 at 16:17

You would need the raid drivers only i would have thought. Been a while since i had a raid setup.