Need help with Vista clean install with raid

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I have a dimension 9200 running vista home premium. It has 2 x 320gb hdd running in raid 1 configuration. I am running the latest bios for this pc (v2.5.0).   I made the mistake the other day of installing the latest version of intel matrix storage manager (v.7.5.0.1017). It required vista reactivation by phone (which worked) but corrupted the Windows Genuine avantage files on my pc. On bootup I was getting a message that I did not have a genuine version of Vista.   I spent 2 hours on the phone with microsoft. They confirmed important WGA files were missing. Eventually they got me to do an inplace upgrade to repair the WGA. The upgrade failed (twice).   At that point my only way out I believed was to clean install Vista (my pc was originally xp and I use the express upgrade disc).   Last night I clean installed vista 3 times with the latest storage manager software and each time it corrupted WGA.   Eventually I found the previous version of Intel's matrix storage manager (v7.0.0.1020). While that didn't corrupt WGA it conflicted with Itunes and has been causing BSOD every time I try to run Itunes. Apparently this is a known problem. These BSOD's corrupted my RAID array and the Intel storage software has just spent the last 2 hours verifying and repaing the drives.   So, I'm getting pretty desperate. I want to clean install Vista and fix these problems but I must be doing something wrong. This is what I have done:   1) boot with vista cd and select custom 2) format drive0 (my raid drive) 3) let vista grab whatever drivers it needs from the internet 4) When the clean install is finished and boots for the first time I install the intel storage console.   I don't touch the bios.   I think I should also load the intel matrix storage driver at the screen where I do step 2? I haven't done this but I think it is the console installation that is causing the problem anyway.    Can anyone who has had success in installing the latest Intel console please give me a step by step guide as to how to clean install of vista so that the storage console doesn't corrupt WGA?   Any help appreciated.

mombodog · Answer

'3) let vista grab whatever drivers it needs from the internet'   disconnect from the internet while installing, don't add any drivers, just let it install from the DVD.   If it installs OK, don't update the Intel drivers.

mombodog · Answer

Sorry, I am seeing quite a few posts here about this problem, but no clear answers yet.

mombodog · Answer

Here is the old version 6 for Vista   http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R139843&SystemID=DIM_PNT_9200_XPS_410&servicetag= &os=WLH&osl=en&deviceid=8615&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=2&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=41&fileid=186983

down_under · Answer

Maybe I can just extract v6 of the Intel software that came on my XP resource cd? If I can get it to work with a clean install I may be back in business, V7 looks like a lost cause for me.

down_under · Answer

the intel raid driver is not the problem. Its the Intel storage console software (which doesn't install with Vista). In fact I have just upgrade from the 7.0.0.1020 version to the latest and same result - corrupted WGA files and I'm apparently not genuine anymore

down_under · Answer

Thanks mombodog. I really don't think that there is an easy fix for this version 7 problem. V6 will have to do for now unless someone has a bright idea?

chama98 · Answer

down_under wrote:
Thanks mombodog. I really don't think that there is an easy fix for this version 7 problem. V6 will have to do for now unless someone has a bright idea?

is this any good?

http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/sb/CS-025783.htm

down_under · Answer

chama98,   Thanks for the link, but that does not describe my problem. I can install vista fine and have no performance issues. The problem is that it corrupts/deletes the Windows files used for validation and thinks that you are running a pirate installation.   David

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