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Hi , Intel RAID and Win 7 Home Premium newbie.
Short version of long story - replaced old dead RAID Drives in Win XP system with (2) new 500GB Drives plus plan to upgrade RAM to 8GB (would have liked more but $$$) and install new OS = WIN 7 Home Premium 64 Bit.
MB is GA-EP45-UD3R Rev 1.1 and I am having trouble figuring out how to get, prepare and install the Intel RAID Drivers for 64 Bit Win 7 HP.
My main problem is that on the Gigabyte site they offer two RAID Drives.
Quote: Intel SATA Preinstall driver (For AHCI / RAID Mode) Note: Press F6 during Windows setup to read from floppy. OS: Windows XP 64bit,Windows Server 2003 64bit 8.9.0.1023 0.32 MB 2009/08/11
Quote: Intel SATA RAID/AHCI Driver OS: Windows XP 32bit, Windows XP 64bit, Windows Vista 32bit,Windows Vista 64bit,Windows 7 32bit,Windows 7 64bit,Windows Server 2003 32bit,Windows Server 2003 64bit 8.9.0.1023 13.10 MB 2009/08/11
The first "pre-install" driver extract to a 64Bit (bootdisk - Win XP 64?) and the second Driver extracts to a (iata_cd.exe).
This is where I am totally lost. Which RAID Driver, and from where, do I install during the clean install of Win 7 64 bit.
I get the need for a USB Stick/Thumb Drive with the RAID Driver on it that Win 7 will ask to be pointed at, but which Driver?Huh
I cannot extract anything from the iata_cd.exe. Tried 7-Zip, Universal Extractor and File Alyser - I do not see a Win 7 64Bit Raid Driver??
Do I point Win 7 at the whole file??
The first Driver states that it is for Win XP 64 Bit or Win Server 2003 64 Bit but it is extractable to MSM> 64Bit> ? But it is stated for Win XP 64 bit?
I have been struggling with this for over a week and now new RAM and OS arrived this morning and I have installed the new RAM so I really need help with the RAID Driver and Win 7 64 bit install urgently.
Short version of long story - replaced old dead RAID Drives in Win XP system with (2) new 500GB Drives plus plan to upgrade RAM to 8GB (would have liked more but $$$) and install new OS = WIN 7 Home Premium 64 Bit.
MB is GA-EP45-UD3R Rev 1.1 and I am having trouble figuring out how to get, prepare and install the Intel RAID Drivers for 64 Bit Win 7 HP.
My main problem is that on the Gigabyte site they offer two RAID Drives.
Quote: Intel SATA Preinstall driver (For AHCI / RAID Mode) Note: Press F6 during Windows setup to read from floppy. OS: Windows XP 64bit,Windows Server 2003 64bit 8.9.0.1023 0.32 MB 2009/08/11
Quote: Intel SATA RAID/AHCI Driver OS: Windows XP 32bit, Windows XP 64bit, Windows Vista 32bit,Windows Vista 64bit,Windows 7 32bit,Windows 7 64bit,Windows Server 2003 32bit,Windows Server 2003 64bit 8.9.0.1023 13.10 MB 2009/08/11
The first "pre-install" driver extract to a 64Bit (bootdisk - Win XP 64?) and the second Driver extracts to a (iata_cd.exe).
This is where I am totally lost. Which RAID Driver, and from where, do I install during the clean install of Win 7 64 bit.
I get the need for a USB Stick/Thumb Drive with the RAID Driver on it that Win 7 will ask to be pointed at, but which Driver?Huh
I cannot extract anything from the iata_cd.exe. Tried 7-Zip, Universal Extractor and File Alyser - I do not see a Win 7 64Bit Raid Driver??
Do I point Win 7 at the whole file??
The first Driver states that it is for Win XP 64 Bit or Win Server 2003 64 Bit but it is extractable to MSM> 64Bit> ? But it is stated for Win XP 64 bit?
I have been struggling with this for over a week and now new RAM and OS arrived this morning and I have installed the new RAM so I really need help with the RAID Driver and Win 7 64 bit install urgently.
) and when starting the XP installation at the initial install blue screen there is a note on the bottom to press F6 to load storage drivers... and that's where you would use them...
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