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Raid driver is different than single driver. Also make sure raid drive is seen first in bios, before ide drive.
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1) Windows Vista, Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 Fresh Installation
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Follow the instructions in this section if you are performing a new
installation of Windows Vista, Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, and you wish to
boot from a device attached to the SiI SATARaid controller.
1. Power off the system. Connect the hard drives to the SiI SATARaid
controller and insert the controller into a PCI slot. Power up
the system.
2. Put your Windows Vista, Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 CD into the CD-ROM/DVD drive.
3. Press F6 for third party SCSI or driver installation at the beginning
of text mode installation. Press 's' when setup asks if you want to
specify an additional device, and insert the diskette labeled
'Silicon Image SiI SATARaid Driver Installation Disk'.
Press 'Enter'. From the menu presented next, select
'Silicon Image SiI SATARaid Controller'
4. Press 'Enter' again when prompted to continue on with text mode setup.
5. Follow the setup instructions to select your choice for
partition and file system.
6. After setup examines your disks, it will copy files to
Windows installation folders and restart the system.
The setup program will continue and finish the installation
after restart.
7. Wait until Windows finishes installing devices, regional
settings, networking settings, components, and final set of
tasks, reboot the system if it is required.
8. See instructions in section 4 to verify controller was installed
correctly.
Last edited by fireman604; 13 Oct 2009 at 16:30. Reason: additional info