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XP not detecting my Raid 0
Notes: This step is required only when you are using a controller BIOS that default to RAID mode. 5. Continue to insert floppy diskette #2, #3, #4 if you are installing from floppy diskettes. 6. Wait while files are copied from floppy or CD in the text mode installation. Caution: Do not press F6 for third party

A7V133 + Promise-Not Raid
The raid controller which was used by the machine is no longer working and I've already replaced it with a new one. However, NT could not start. It seems that NT couldn't find the Is there any way I can force NT to load the driver first before it starts(like how we pressed F6 during NT setup to load a driver).

Promise RAID - Not finding disks.
Initially, I tried partitioning it with an inactive partition (so as not to screw up my drive letter ordering in 98), but 2000's install barfed on that Unfortunately, 2000's setup refuses to recognize the RAID array. I pressed F6 when prompted to do so, inserted the floppy with the latest drivers for 2000

P4I875P - Enable RAID of ICH5R after WinXP Install
If you are using a board with an onboard raid controller and have the hard drive on the controller you must press F6 at the start of the install process to load the RAID drivers. Watch the bottom of the screen when setup starts and the blue setup screen first appears on the screen.You will see a message to press F6

9CJS Raid Problems
The error massage was "Could not start drivers. Code 10". I would like to enable the RAID port to free up an IDE port so I may use my DVD drive, In your original post, you state; "I clicked on the F6 key when told, but was notified that XP already had a driver for my HighPoint adapter and to use XP's.

Trouble Loadiing XP
Andrew E. eckric...@msn.com microsoft public windowsxp hardware Intels RAID is now in "Matrix storage controller" for software,depending on year of youre from the Intel website, pushed F6, and it gave me a list of controllers to choose from, but none of them was mine (IH5CR) - all were later versions (6, 7).

WinXP Home not recognizing RAID during installation of Win.
During install used F6 for raid driver, all well, that first time. If so, you'll probably see a brief message at boot-up prompting you to press a key to boot from a floppy. No, only, press key for CD start. Disk managers are often used when adding a hard drive to a computer whose original BIOS will not recognize

WIN2K Install does not see IDE RAID (running as ATA) on 7VAXP ...
Certainly, XP Setup does NOT stop running and present you with a dialog box or screen that makes you enter a driver before proceeding. All you are going to see is a message in the status-bar area at the bottom of the screen instructing you to press F6 if you have any RAID or SCSI drivers that Setup will need.

XPsp1 OEM original CD won't install Windows correctly on SATA RAID ...
They only way I <have gotten XP x64 to install is by disabling my RAID, which is not an option <for me. < <From what I have read, this is a problem with the F6 drivers I have been <using. < <I'm running a Gigabyte k8n pro-SLI motherboard using version 4.84 of the <nvidia raid bios. I have tried using the F6 driver

Which SATA disk to use for IC7-G during XP install
When I start the machine with the Drive Image 7.1 CD to start the PowerQuest Recovery Environment if I do not use F6 to install the Intel drivers DI does not recognize the SATA drives. This is an Intel 875PBZ with two WD SATA in RAID 1. If I use F6 to install it works fine. My guess is that the OS that DI installs

P4C800-E Delux: Setting up SATA Drives with RAID
strTypes=all&ProductID=961&OSFullName=Windows*+XP+Professional&lang=eng&strOSs= 44&submit=Go%21 ======== on the F6 screen, it's called the Intel 82801ER controller, not the bios does not default to enhanced mode, you must select it. then, use ctlr-I again to remake the raid volume, and retry the xp setup. good luck.

Question regarding migrating to new hardware
If it is confiured to Map to IDE 0 then all OS can use the device without drivers, but not as RAID and at the expense of the PATA IDE controller at the same position. The latest bios (F6) and Intel drivers with the IAA 3.5 update reportedly support RAID 1 as well. I have an Asus P4P800 running with that config at

WinXP Home not recognizing RAID during installation of Win.
I have always built on Abit motherboards, and I always go for the RAID option, even if it's not required.. Sounds like a similar setup and similar RAID controller too. Shot in the dark here.. i'm sure it's been tried already, but when XP setup starts, do you get the option to press f6 for additional storage drive

Highpoint RAID array not recognized
Microsoft® Windows NT 4.0 does not have drivers for the PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) and the Adaptec® 7890 LVD SCSI controller (AIC7890). If the Server has either of these Press [F6] immediately. 3.. Within a few seconds a screen will come up asking you to specify additional adapters in the system.

P4C800-E Deluxe - Setting up OS on Intel ICH5(R) RAID 0
Andrew E. eckric...@msn.com microsoft public windowsxp hardware 1st configure the 2 hds as a RAID set,after configuring for RAID in the BIOS (which one must do as RAID is not enabled by default),a post BIOS set up utility opens (configure RAID),once thru,have xp cd set as 1st boot device,boot to cd,use F6 option

Building PC, words of wisdom?
If using RAID, please follow the steps outlined below. If you are not, then you may skip this part. RAID Install: - As soon as you see the very first blue setup screen, IMMEDIATELY press F6 to specify installation of third party mass storage devices. Windows will proceed to install files. - Part way thru this,

Raid not working on KA266r and W2K, NEED HELP PLEASE!
The utility is launched either by a floppy boot or a BIOS option (Ctrl-A, F6, Ctrl-D during setup, or something like that) to allow you to select the drives Therefore, the RAID controller not only manages the operations of the volume while NT is running, it is used to prepare the volume set before installing NT

XP will not detect RAID Array using Asus A7V-133
"Joseph Conway [MSFT]" jos...@online.microsoft.com microsoft public windowsxp hardware Well if you cant F6 the driver, then its a straight hardware issue, either bad hardware or a config issue. Try breaking the RAID set and seeing if that works. Joseph W. Conway, MCSE Windows Server Group This posting is provided

How to install RAID 0 hard drives?
What would happen if I updated the BIOS to F6 prior to loading XP? Or F7 or F8 for that matter? 3. On our POST, the SATA drive is recognized as a non-RAID bootable drive, but I can't find it anywhere in the BIOS. Our TDK burner is not recognized in the POST, but does appear in the BIOS correctly as the IDE2 Master.

SBS Install freezes early on
However, any 'real' key typed has no effect - nothing appears on the screen and no action is taken - not on the login prompt, not on the shell cmdline, interfaced to the SCSI subsystem #device asr # DPT SmartRAID V, VI and Adaptec SCSI RAID #device dpt # DPT Smartcache III, IV - See NOTES for options!