I'm new here, necessary because of Microsoft messing up my drivers :(
Fernando, tx a lot for creating possibilitys to workaround.

I tried to install W10 1607 with your guide, and at last, my partitions show up, but soon after that windows says that it can't initialize the distribution engine. Any solutions for that.

MB M2N32SLI, Raid5, i used the 11.1043 drivers for mod scsi.

Thanks!

Jaap

1: i did indeed do a clean install
2: the OS in on the raid. Just tried to boot into the old w7. No succes, MBR error
3: just after choosing the right drive it looks like starting the inatallation and then it ends

Tx,

Jaap

Zitat von Fernando im Beitrag #339

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Zitat von Pouet25 im Beitrag #338

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Actually, my win10 install is on a SDD (c:), and all my data on a raid mirror of 2 HDD.

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Ok, in this case it may be possible to solve many problems by "updating" the driver of all devices named "Generic SCSI Array Device", which are listed within the "System Devices" section of the Device Manager by using any of my mod+signed nForce SATARAID drivers "for orig scsidev", which you can find >here<.
Note: Don't reboot unless the drivers of all related devices have been successfully updated. After the driver update the devices should be automaticly renamed to "NVIDIA nForce RAID Device" and listed within the "Storage Controllers" section (the "View" option "Show hidden devices" has to be checked!).

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Finally got it working. Some leftovers from attempts to install had caused MBR errors.
Now up windows 10 working.

One remark: If I look at the NVIDIA drivers 11.1.0.43 they are not digitally signed, also, I don't succeed in loading your 64bit nForce SATARAID drivers v11.1.0.43 for orig scsidev mod.

Jaap

Well,

I don't mind about a certificate, but in an earlier post you wrote:

b) "for orig scsidev" (may be used once the OS is successfully installed to prevent later problems during a Windows Update, INF files additionally contain some HardwareIDs of the original MS in-box scsidev.inf file incl. the word "Array")

So how is it possible to install this driver, or is it not neccesary?

Hi, please can someone help.

This is exactly what happened to me. When I installed Windows 10 v1511 it all worked fine, but when I applied the anniversary update I then got "INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE", so I am now trying a clean install of v1607.

I have 4 disks in 2 arrays:
-3x 1TB HDD RAID 5 (storage)
-1x 500GB SSD SPAN (system)
However neither of them are detected in the Windows 1607 installer (1511 installer sees them fine).

I followed the article (really great btw!) and removed the nvraid.inf and scsidev.info from both the BOOT.WIM and INSTALL.WIM sections. I then added Fernando's mod scsidev and the mod SATARAID 11.1.0.43 driver to both sections. Created an ISO then created a USB drive with Rufus, but the 1607 installer still says I have no disks present.

I am really stuck.
Did I miss a step?
Could it be anything else?
If someone could please help me I would be VERY grateful!

PS - My system is:
ASUS M2N-68AM motherboard (with NVIDIA nForce 630a chipset)
3000+ AMD Athlon X2
4GB RAM
3x 1TB HDD RAID 5 (storage)
1x 500GB SSD SPAN (system)

Thanks for getting back to me @Fernando

In my case, my BIOS SATA controller has two modes:
- RAID (makes RAID available)
- SATA (disables RAID)

If RAID is selected, the BIOS on my ASUS M2N68-AM motherboard then only allows RAID arrays to be bootable (in the BIOS BOOT PRIORITY menu). This means my system/boot drive has to be in a RAID as well. If I do not set it up as a 1-disk RAID array, my motherboard will not boot to it.

So, to clarify/recap, I have:
ARRAY 1: SPAN/JBOD - 1x 500GB SSD, disk 1 [boot]
ARRAY 2: RAID5 - 3x 1TB HDD, disks 2,3,4
So I can't really un-plug all my RAID arrays as you suggested.

*** TECHNICALLY, I can delete ARRAY 1 (I set port 1 to DISABLED in the RAID controller). This DOES make DISK 1 (my SSD system disk) visible to the 1607 installer!.. HOWEVER I get an error/warning saying: "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu." - I assume this is because of what I described above where the BIOS only lists RAID arrays in the BOOT PRIORITY menu.

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If I could please ask a questions:
1. Are you familiar with the "windows cannot be installed..." message. Can I get round this?
2. Was my following of the steps correct (i.e. was it correct to use to 11.x mod SATARAID driver with your mod SCSIDEV (and delete both nvraid and Microsoft scsidev from the ISO)?
3. Should I have used the orig versions of both drivers (if so, do I still delete both the OOTB drivers on the ISO?
4. What is the main difference between the SATARAID 9.x, 10.x, 11.x please (... I mean, why did you kindly spend your time to give us 3 versions?)

Thanks in advance!
... I really hope you can help me to get this solved.. I have been looking for a solution for months :-(

Thanks for your continued help @Fernando !

It's a shame (almost) that I did everything right, I was kind of hoping that it I had missed a step and if I tried something different it would work, but will see how I go.

PS - If I disable RAID the disks are visible, so as a last option I could go to a non-RAID setup (but don't really want to do this due to the obvious data loss risk).

I will try again with the 9.x and 10.x drivers, just in case that makes a difference. Fingers crossed. (I will update with the results tomorrow).

Thanks again Dieter!