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I am trying to install win8 x64 on my machine. The machine has two hard drives connected in RAID1 I have just created : image
I have inserted the USB containing the Windows installation media and when it comes to the point where I have to select a drive, there is no such found. With Hiren boot USB I entered in XP mini, where I created partition from the unallocated hard drive (NTFS, Active)image
When I try to install it again, the hard is still not visible.
Then I went to the manufacturer website - motherboard is lenovo (is6xn) with c206 chipset and I downloaded all storage drivers from here link. When I attempted to load them during the installation and it discovered just one of the driver image, after the driver installation, the hard is still not visible. I
I have also tried these: link, still the hard is not visible image.
These did not good either: link
During the installation I started command prompt with shift+F10 and using diskpart > list disk, no drives were displayed.
Just to add the using Windows7 installation USB and the result is the same - no hard is visible, so the problem is not in the installation media.
Perhaps it has something to do with RAID?
Why do you think he/she needs Adaptec? The link the OP provided is to a Lenovo ThinkCentre M91, which I believe just uses the Intel RST stuff? – ernie – 2013-09-09T19:45:04.410
That was it. Perhaps I did not have to create the partition at all, just to install the RAID controller driver so it can recognize the hard drive.
Thank you! – checho – 2013-09-09T20:34:41.297
@ernie Look at the images:
Controller #00: Adaptec 1220SA at PCI Bus:02, Dev:00, Func:00
It may have IntelRST onboard, but the OP specifically configured the devices on a separate hardware raid card. – Darth Android – 2013-09-10T15:09:43.913@checho That's probably correct. I imagine it worked fine with Hiren's boot USB because Hiren slipstreams a bunch of RAID drivers into that image to maximize compatibility. Sadly Microsoft doesn't do the same with their installation media. – Darth Android – 2013-09-10T15:11:49.127
@DarthAndroid Thanks for the clarification. I thought I had clicked on each of the hodge-podge of images/links, but must not have looked at that one/seen it. – ernie – 2013-09-10T15:12:06.267