Windows 7: raid 0 on windows 7 home premium

newbie post..cant install windows 7 on raid 0 setup gateway dx4831 i3. installs fine with single hd..Using two 1tb wd caviar green hd's.. configured raid under bios w/o problem..windows see's them as single hd upon installation but fails after restart error message. windows can not configure to run on your hardware help please!!

motherboard model is H57M01 BTW thanks in advance

Ok sorry for probably not posting right..I'm an tryin to setup raid0 on Windows 7 64 bit..no IDE what I'm doing, is there drivers I need to download of intel to do this...Ie intel mAtrix storage manager..and the following : Note: Intel® RAID Technology requires the Intel® ICH9R/ICH9M-E/ICH10R/PCH/PCHM SATA RAID controller hub, Intel® 82801HR I/O controller hub (ICH8R), Intel® 631xESB/632xESB I/O controller hub, Intel® 82801GR/GH I/O controller hub (ICH7R/DH), Intel® 82801FR I/O controller hub (ICH6R).

I do not find anything for your MB lol so this is a guess I hope its good; http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...aid+drivers%29

It's an acer computer correct? If so suggest you call acer tech support- manufacturers have their own installers/versions of windows and this may be the problem. (acer is whatI got as top answer to google)

either that or maybe install just went wrong- did you try a repair installation? If your motherboard supports intel matrix manager then download and install it as soon as system is up and running-

edit: (thought this may be more useful- I did/have a raid 0 but its been three years ago) ) With my installation I just dont remember if I needed to install drivers at operating system install, read the documentation and put the storage manager on a thumb drive- during installation when you are selecting where to actually install windows there is an option to install sata drivers- they should be in one of the folders with intel matrix manager- read the documentation to find WHERE and HOW.

found this:


What to try:
Sometimes setup fails when recovery partitions are still present. For example, Acer and HP both put a special recovery partition on their systems, that cannot be easily deleted.

To delete the partition using Diskpart:
Open a copy of Diskpart following the instructions given earlier.
Enter list disk
Enter select disk n
Enter list partition
Enter select partition n
Enter delete partition override

Now try reinstalling Windows.

This is here: Common Installation Problems and Their Solutions