installation nforce3 ultra sata raid

I'm trying to install from a cold boot of the Vista x64 DVD (my only option at this point) and I'm getting a very strange error, one that it doesn't look like anyone else is geting. The installation fails with the line: "Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer."
Here are the relevant lines from the setupact.log: Info [0x064039] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:NtPath for disk = \Device\HardDisk1\Partition0 Info [0x064038] IBSLIB NtPathToArcPath:Canonicalized NT path \Device\HardDisk1\Partition0 -> \Device\Harddisk1\DR1 Info [0x06403b] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:Could not find ARC path for disk; NtPath = [\Device\HardDisk1\Partition0], GLE = [259] Info [0x060159] IBS PreparePack:Found offline disk pack [Invalid]
Info [0x06015b] IBS PreparePack:Found offline disk pack [Invalid], but it's not a pack we know how to bring online Info [0x064039] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:NtPath for disk = \Device\HardDisk0\Partition0 Info [0x064038] IBSLIB NtPathToArcPath:Canonicalized NT path \Device\HardDisk0\Partition0 -> \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 Info [0x06403b] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:Could not find ARC path for disk; NtPath = [\Device\HardDisk0\Partition0], GLE = [259] Info [0x060161] IBS GatherPartitionInfo:Disk 0 and Partition 1 is a primary partition Error [0x060155] IBS Callback_GatherDiskInfo:An error occurred while collecting disk information hr = 0x80070057 Info [0x0640ae] IBSLIB PublishMessage: Publishing message [Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer.]
Here's the system stats: K8N Neo2 MB (nForce3 Ultra Chipset) AMD Athalon64 3200+ SATA RAID enabled with 2 striped drives

This is the excact problem most people are having. Here are the instructions.
After wrangling for hours here is what worked for me and many other people. Vista does not include the nessessary drivers to do a clean install from the DVD. You can do a clean install, just you have to do it from an exsisting OS.
Guide for a successful install of Vista Beta2 onto an nForce4 SataRaid system
Preparations: As Vista Beta2 does not contain the necessary nForce SataRaid drivers, users with an nForce Raid array have to download not only Vista, but also the latest nForce drivers. a) SataRaid drivers for Vista x86: You will find them here. Download the 32-bit driver package named nforce_vista32beta2_english.zip, unzip it and copy the content of the IDE\driver\LEGACY folder onto an empty floppy disk or thumbdrive. I used my thumbdrive. b) SataRaid drivers for Vista x64: You will find them here. Download the 64-bit driver package named nforce_vista64beta2_english.zip, unzip it and copy the content of the IDE\driver\LEGACY folder onto an empty floppy disk or thumbdrive. I used my thumbdrive. You may find these drivers in another folder but they are there.
The next step is the preparation of an empty partition of your Raid array for the later Vista installation. Run any OS of your Raid and create a new partition (size: 20-30 GB) or do a quick format of an equivalent and not needed existing partition. Be aware to format the designed Vista installation place with NTFS file system. After you have done that, you can begin with the installation
Warning: Especially Vista x64 needs a rock stable system during the installation. If you have an overclocked system or critical RAM sticks, you will get BSOD's, missing files or sudden reboots during the Vista installation. Suggestion: Set the default BIOS timings before you begin with the Vista Setup.
Installation procedure: Run Windows XP (if you want to install Vista x86) or Windows XP x64 (if you want to install Vista x64) and put the Vista DVD into your DVD device. Don't choose an Update, but a clean install. Vista setup will show then all existing partitions of your Raid array and asks you, where you want to get Vista installed. Point at the partition you have prepared before by formatting. Important: Although Vista sees all partitions of your Raid at this time, it would forget them all after the first reboot, if you would not load the necessary nForce SataRaid drivers. So you have to hit the button "Load drivers" and put your prepared driver floppy into your floppy device. Vista will show you all drivers, which seem to be compatible to your nForce chipset. One after the other you should choose a) the "NVIDIA nForce(tm) RAID Class Controller" b) the "NVIDIA nForce(tm) RAID Class Device" [not really necessary, just to avoid the annoying pop-up message, that a driver is missing] and c) one of the devices "NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller" . After a hit on the "Refresh" button you can click on the "Next" button.
The rest of the installation is very easy and will work like a charme. At the end of the install you can enjoy Vista Beta2 on your nForce SataRaid array.
-- AMD-FX-60 2gb OCZ Plat. memory ATI 1800 AIW 2x74gb Raptors in RAID-0 2x400gb WD HDD in RAID-1 Epox Nvidia-4 Ultra M/B Senior Member Overclockers.com
"Jeff" wrote:

I'm trying to install from a cold boot of the Vista x64 DVD (my only option at this point) and I'm getting a very strange error, one that it doesn't look like anyone else is geting. The installation fails with the line: "Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer."
Here are the relevant lines from the setupact.log: Info [0x064039] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:NtPath for disk = \Device\HardDisk1\Partition0 Info [0x064038] IBSLIB NtPathToArcPath:Canonicalized NT path \Device\HardDisk1\Partition0 -> \Device\Harddisk1\DR1 Info [0x06403b] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:Could not find ARC path for disk; NtPath = [\Device\HardDisk1\Partition0], GLE = [259] Info [0x060159] IBS PreparePack:Found offline disk pack [Invalid]
Info [0x06015b] IBS PreparePack:Found offline disk pack [Invalid], but it's not a pack we know how to bring online Info [0x064039] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:NtPath for disk = \Device\HardDisk0\Partition0 Info [0x064038] IBSLIB NtPathToArcPath:Canonicalized NT path \Device\HardDisk0\Partition0 -> \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 Info [0x06403b] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:Could not find ARC path for disk; NtPath = [\Device\HardDisk0\Partition0], GLE = [259] Info [0x060161] IBS GatherPartitionInfo:Disk 0 and Partition 1 is a primary partition Error [0x060155] IBS Callback_GatherDiskInfo:An error occurred while collecting disk information hr = 0x80070057 Info [0x0640ae] IBSLIB PublishMessage: Publishing message [Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer.]
Here's the system stats: K8N Neo2 MB (nForce3 Ultra Chipset) AMD Athalon64 3200+ SATA RAID enabled with 2 striped drives

Where is "here"? Are there other drivers available? I have a Promise SATA controller and would like to install Vista x64 on a drive connected to this controller (I have two ports that are both being used on the motherboard VIA Serial ATA one drive is running x86 WinXP and the other drive is running Windows 2003 x64). I have two ports available for A drive that I would like to put Visa x64 on if there are drivers available for it.
Thank you.
Kevin
"Chris S" wrote:

This is the excact problem most people are having. Here are the instructions.
After wrangling for hours here is what worked for me and many other people. Vista does not include the nessessary drivers to do a clean install from the DVD. You can do a clean install, just you have to do it from an exsisting OS.
Guide for a successful install of Vista Beta2 onto an nForce4 SataRaid system
Preparations: As Vista Beta2 does not contain the necessary nForce SataRaid drivers, users with an nForce Raid array have to download not only Vista, but also the latest nForce drivers. a) SataRaid drivers for Vista x86: You will find them here. Download the 32-bit driver package named nforce_vista32beta2_english.zip, unzip it and copy the content of the IDE\driver\LEGACY folder onto an empty floppy disk or thumbdrive. I used my thumbdrive. b) SataRaid drivers for Vista x64: You will find them here. Download the 64-bit driver package named nforce_vista64beta2_english.zip, unzip it and copy the content of the IDE\driver\LEGACY folder onto an empty floppy disk or thumbdrive. I used my thumbdrive. You may find these drivers in another folder but they are there.
The next step is the preparation of an empty partition of your Raid array for the later Vista installation. Run any OS of your Raid and create a new partition (size: 20-30 GB) or do a quick format of an equivalent and not needed existing partition. Be aware to format the designed Vista installation place with NTFS file system. After you have done that, you can begin with the installation
Warning: Especially Vista x64 needs a rock stable system during the installation. If you have an overclocked system or critical RAM sticks, you will get BSOD's, missing files or sudden reboots during the Vista installation. Suggestion: Set the default BIOS timings before you begin with the Vista Setup.
Installation procedure: Run Windows XP (if you want to install Vista x86) or Windows XP x64 (if you want to install Vista x64) and put the Vista DVD into your DVD device. Don't choose an Update, but a clean install. Vista setup will show then all existing partitions of your Raid array and asks you, where you want to get Vista installed. Point at the partition you have prepared before by formatting. Important: Although Vista sees all partitions of your Raid at this time, it would forget them all after the first reboot, if you would not load the necessary nForce SataRaid drivers. So you have to hit the button "Load drivers" and put your prepared driver floppy into your floppy device. Vista will show you all drivers, which seem to be compatible to your nForce chipset. One after the other you should choose a) the "NVIDIA nForce(tm) RAID Class Controller" b) the "NVIDIA nForce(tm) RAID Class Device" [not really necessary, just to avoid the annoying pop-up message, that a driver is missing] and c) one of the devices "NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller" . After a hit on the "Refresh" button you can click on the "Next" button.
The rest of the installation is very easy and will work like a charme. At the end of the install you can enjoy Vista Beta2 on your nForce SataRaid array.
-- AMD-FX-60 2gb OCZ Plat. memory ATI 1800 AIW 2x74gb Raptors in RAID-0 2x400gb WD HDD in RAID-1 Epox Nvidia-4 Ultra M/B Senior Member Overclockers.com
"Jeff" wrote:
I'm trying to install from a cold boot of the Vista x64 DVD (my only option at this point) and I'm getting a very strange error, one that it doesn't look like anyone else is geting. The installation fails with the line: "Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer."
Here are the relevant lines from the setupact.log: Info [0x064039] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:NtPath for disk = \Device\HardDisk1\Partition0 Info [0x064038] IBSLIB NtPathToArcPath:Canonicalized NT path \Device\HardDisk1\Partition0 -> \Device\Harddisk1\DR1 Info [0x06403b] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:Could not find ARC path for disk; NtPath = [\Device\HardDisk1\Partition0], GLE = [259] Info [0x060159] IBS PreparePack:Found offline disk pack [Invalid]
Info [0x06015b] IBS PreparePack:Found offline disk pack [Invalid], but it's not a pack we know how to bring online Info [0x064039] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:NtPath for disk = \Device\HardDisk0\Partition0 Info [0x064038] IBSLIB NtPathToArcPath:Canonicalized NT path \Device\HardDisk0\Partition0 -> \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 Info [0x06403b] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:Could not find ARC path for disk; NtPath = [\Device\HardDisk0\Partition0], GLE = [259] Info [0x060161] IBS GatherPartitionInfo:Disk 0 and Partition 1 is a primary partition Error [0x060155] IBS Callback_GatherDiskInfo:An error occurred while collecting disk information hr = 0x80070057 Info [0x0640ae] IBSLIB PublishMessage: Publishing message [Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer.]
Here's the system stats: K8N Neo2 MB (nForce3 Ultra Chipset) AMD Athalon64 3200+ SATA RAID enabled with 2 striped drives

Interesting post, but not that helpfull for me. I'm also having the same problem than all here, I'm also using a Nfoce4 chipset-mainboard, but i don't have a SATA-raid hdd system, but I get the same error message:"Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer." The attempt to install hard disk drivers via the Vista setup was not sucessfully, although I used the latest nvidia IDE drivers for win XP and vista.
I dunno what to do now. Anyone can help me??
thanks
"Chris S" wrote:

This is the excact problem most people are having. Here are the instructions.
After wrangling for hours here is what worked for me and many other people. Vista does not include the nessessary drivers to do a clean install from the DVD. You can do a clean install, just you have to do it from an exsisting OS.
Guide for a successful install of Vista Beta2 onto an nForce4 SataRaid system
Preparations: As Vista Beta2 does not contain the necessary nForce SataRaid drivers, users with an nForce Raid array have to download not only Vista, but also the latest nForce drivers. a) SataRaid drivers for Vista x86: You will find them here. Download the 32-bit driver package named nforce_vista32beta2_english.zip, unzip it and copy the content of the IDE\driver\LEGACY folder onto an empty floppy disk or thumbdrive. I used my thumbdrive. b) SataRaid drivers for Vista x64: You will find them here. Download the 64-bit driver package named nforce_vista64beta2_english.zip, unzip it and copy the content of the IDE\driver\LEGACY folder onto an empty floppy disk or thumbdrive. I used my thumbdrive. You may find these drivers in another folder but they are there.
The next step is the preparation of an empty partition of your Raid array for the later Vista installation. Run any OS of your Raid and create a new partition (size: 20-30 GB) or do a quick format of an equivalent and not needed existing partition. Be aware to format the designed Vista installation place with NTFS file system. After you have done that, you can begin with the installation
Warning: Especially Vista x64 needs a rock stable system during the installation. If you have an overclocked system or critical RAM sticks, you will get BSOD's, missing files or sudden reboots during the Vista installation. Suggestion: Set the default BIOS timings before you begin with the Vista Setup.
Installation procedure: Run Windows XP (if you want to install Vista x86) or Windows XP x64 (if you want to install Vista x64) and put the Vista DVD into your DVD device. Don't choose an Update, but a clean install. Vista setup will show then all existing partitions of your Raid array and asks you, where you want to get Vista installed. Point at the partition you have prepared before by formatting. Important: Although Vista sees all partitions of your Raid at this time, it would forget them all after the first reboot, if you would not load the necessary nForce SataRaid drivers. So you have to hit the button "Load drivers" and put your prepared driver floppy into your floppy device. Vista will show you all drivers, which seem to be compatible to your nForce chipset. One after the other you should choose a) the "NVIDIA nForce(tm) RAID Class Controller" b) the "NVIDIA nForce(tm) RAID Class Device" [not really necessary, just to avoid the annoying pop-up message, that a driver is missing] and c) one of the devices "NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller" . After a hit on the "Refresh" button you can click on the "Next" button.
The rest of the installation is very easy and will work like a charme. At the end of the install you can enjoy Vista Beta2 on your nForce SataRaid array.
-- AMD-FX-60 2gb OCZ Plat. memory ATI 1800 AIW 2x74gb Raptors in RAID-0 2x400gb WD HDD in RAID-1 Epox Nvidia-4 Ultra M/B Senior Member Overclockers.com
"Jeff" wrote:
I'm trying to install from a cold boot of the Vista x64 DVD (my only option at this point) and I'm getting a very strange error, one that it doesn't look like anyone else is geting. The installation fails with the line: "Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer."
Here are the relevant lines from the setupact.log: Info [0x064039] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:NtPath for disk = \Device\HardDisk1\Partition0 Info [0x064038] IBSLIB NtPathToArcPath:Canonicalized NT path \Device\HardDisk1\Partition0 -> \Device\Harddisk1\DR1 Info [0x06403b] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:Could not find ARC path for disk; NtPath = [\Device\HardDisk1\Partition0], GLE = [259] Info [0x060159] IBS PreparePack:Found offline disk pack [Invalid]
Info [0x06015b] IBS PreparePack:Found offline disk pack [Invalid], but it's not a pack we know how to bring online Info [0x064039] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:NtPath for disk = \Device\HardDisk0\Partition0 Info [0x064038] IBSLIB NtPathToArcPath:Canonicalized NT path \Device\HardDisk0\Partition0 -> \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 Info [0x06403b] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:Could not find ARC path for disk; NtPath = [\Device\HardDisk0\Partition0], GLE = [259] Info [0x060161] IBS GatherPartitionInfo:Disk 0 and Partition 1 is a primary partition Error [0x060155] IBS Callback_GatherDiskInfo:An error occurred while collecting disk information hr = 0x80070057 Info [0x0640ae] IBSLIB PublishMessage: Publishing message [Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer.]
Here's the system stats: K8N Neo2 MB (nForce3 Ultra Chipset) AMD Athalon64 3200+ SATA RAID enabled with 2 striped drives

Interesting posts, but not that helpfull for me. I'm also having the same problem than all here, I'm also using a Nfoce4 chipset-mainboard, but i don't have a SATA-raid hdd system, but I get the same error message:"Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer." The attempt to install hard disk drivers via the Vista setup was not sucessfully, although I used the latest nvidia IDE drivers for win XP and vista.
I dunno what to do now. Anyone can help me??
thanks
"Kevin Burton" wrote:

Where is "here"? Are there other drivers available? I have a Promise SATA controller and would like to install Vista x64 on a drive connected to this controller (I have two ports that are both being used on the motherboard VIA Serial ATA one drive is running x86 WinXP and the other drive is running Windows 2003 x64). I have two ports available for A drive that I would like to put Visa x64 on if there are drivers available for it.
Thank you.
Kevin
"Chris S" wrote:
This is the excact problem most people are having. Here are the instructions.
After wrangling for hours here is what worked for me and many other people. Vista does not include the nessessary drivers to do a clean install from the DVD. You can do a clean install, just you have to do it from an exsisting OS.
Guide for a successful install of Vista Beta2 onto an nForce4 SataRaid system
Preparations: As Vista Beta2 does not contain the necessary nForce SataRaid drivers, users with an nForce Raid array have to download not only Vista, but also the latest nForce drivers. a) SataRaid drivers for Vista x86: You will find them here. Download the 32-bit driver package named nforce_vista32beta2_english.zip, unzip it and copy the content of the IDE\driver\LEGACY folder onto an empty floppy disk or thumbdrive. I used my thumbdrive. b) SataRaid drivers for Vista x64: You will find them here. Download the 64-bit driver package named nforce_vista64beta2_english.zip, unzip it and copy the content of the IDE\driver\LEGACY folder onto an empty floppy disk or thumbdrive. I used my thumbdrive. You may find these drivers in another folder but they are there.
The next step is the preparation of an empty partition of your Raid array for the later Vista installation. Run any OS of your Raid and create a new partition (size: 20-30 GB) or do a quick format of an equivalent and not needed existing partition. Be aware to format the designed Vista installation place with NTFS file system. After you have done that, you can begin with the installation
Warning: Especially Vista x64 needs a rock stable system during the installation. If you have an overclocked system or critical RAM sticks, you will get BSOD's, missing files or sudden reboots during the Vista installation. Suggestion: Set the default BIOS timings before you begin with the Vista Setup.
Installation procedure: Run Windows XP (if you want to install Vista x86) or Windows XP x64 (if you want to install Vista x64) and put the Vista DVD into your DVD device. Don't choose an Update, but a clean install. Vista setup will show then all existing partitions of your Raid array and asks you, where you want to get Vista installed. Point at the partition you have prepared before by formatting. Important: Although Vista sees all partitions of your Raid at this time, it would forget them all after the first reboot, if you would not load the necessary nForce SataRaid drivers. So you have to hit the button "Load drivers" and put your prepared driver floppy into your floppy device. Vista will show you all drivers, which seem to be compatible to your nForce chipset. One after the other you should choose a) the "NVIDIA nForce(tm) RAID Class Controller" b) the "NVIDIA nForce(tm) RAID Class Device" [not really necessary, just to avoid the annoying pop-up message, that a driver is missing] and c) one of the devices "NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller" . After a hit on the "Refresh" button you can click on the "Next" button.
The rest of the installation is very easy and will work like a charme. At the end of the install you can enjoy Vista Beta2 on your nForce SataRaid array.
-- AMD-FX-60 2gb OCZ Plat. memory ATI 1800 AIW 2x74gb Raptors in RAID-0 2x400gb WD HDD in RAID-1 Epox Nvidia-4 Ultra M/B Senior Member Overclockers.com
"Jeff" wrote:
I'm trying to install from a cold boot of the Vista x64 DVD (my only option at this point) and I'm getting a very strange error, one that it doesn't look like anyone else is geting. The installation fails with the line: "Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer."
Here are the relevant lines from the setupact.log: Info [0x064039] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:NtPath for disk = \Device\HardDisk1\Partition0 Info [0x064038] IBSLIB NtPathToArcPath:Canonicalized NT path \Device\HardDisk1\Partition0 -> \Device\Harddisk1\DR1 Info [0x06403b] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:Could not find ARC path for disk; NtPath = [\Device\HardDisk1\Partition0], GLE = [259] Info [0x060159] IBS PreparePack:Found offline disk pack [Invalid]
Info [0x06015b] IBS PreparePack:Found offline disk pack [Invalid], but it's not a pack we know how to bring online Info [0x064039] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:NtPath for disk = \Device\HardDisk0\Partition0 Info [0x064038] IBSLIB NtPathToArcPath:Canonicalized NT path \Device\HardDisk0\Partition0 -> \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 Info [0x06403b] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:Could not find ARC path for disk; NtPath = [\Device\HardDisk0\Partition0], GLE = [259] Info [0x060161] IBS GatherPartitionInfo:Disk 0 and Partition 1 is a primary partition Error [0x060155] IBS Callback_GatherDiskInfo:An error occurred while collecting disk information hr = 0x80070057 Info [0x0640ae] IBSLIB PublishMessage: Publishing message [Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer.]
Here's the system stats: K8N Neo2 MB (nForce3 Ultra Chipset) AMD Athalon64 3200+ SATA RAID enabled with 2 striped drives

Hi
I am experiencing this problem on nForce4 RAID. I want to install Vista x64 but I currently only run XP 32-bit and so it wont read the DVD and I cant load from iwthin windows. Is there any way to make it work NOT from within windows. Also, it would be really sensible for Vista to come with nForce, Silicon Image and Intel RAID drivers pre-installed so you dont have to worry about all this stuff...
Thanks
"JK" wrote:

Interesting post, but not that helpfull for me. I'm also having the same problem than all here, I'm also using a Nfoce4 chipset-mainboard, but i don't have a SATA-raid hdd system, but I get the same error message:"Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer." The attempt to install hard disk drivers via the Vista setup was not sucessfully, although I used the latest nvidia IDE drivers for win XP and vista.
I dunno what to do now. Anyone can help me??
thanks
"Chris S" wrote:
This is the excact problem most people are having. Here are the instructions.
After wrangling for hours here is what worked for me and many other people. Vista does not include the nessessary drivers to do a clean install from the DVD. You can do a clean install, just you have to do it from an exsisting OS.
Guide for a successful install of Vista Beta2 onto an nForce4 SataRaid system
Preparations: As Vista Beta2 does not contain the necessary nForce SataRaid drivers, users with an nForce Raid array have to download not only Vista, but also the latest nForce drivers. a) SataRaid drivers for Vista x86: You will find them here. Download the 32-bit driver package named nforce_vista32beta2_english.zip, unzip it and copy the content of the IDE\driver\LEGACY folder onto an empty floppy disk or thumbdrive. I used my thumbdrive. b) SataRaid drivers for Vista x64: You will find them here. Download the 64-bit driver package named nforce_vista64beta2_english.zip, unzip it and copy the content of the IDE\driver\LEGACY folder onto an empty floppy disk or thumbdrive. I used my thumbdrive. You may find these drivers in another folder but they are there.
The next step is the preparation of an empty partition of your Raid array for the later Vista installation. Run any OS of your Raid and create a new partition (size: 20-30 GB) or do a quick format of an equivalent and not needed existing partition. Be aware to format the designed Vista installation place with NTFS file system. After you have done that, you can begin with the installation
Warning: Especially Vista x64 needs a rock stable system during the installation. If you have an overclocked system or critical RAM sticks, you will get BSOD's, missing files or sudden reboots during the Vista installation. Suggestion: Set the default BIOS timings before you begin with the Vista Setup.
Installation procedure: Run Windows XP (if you want to install Vista x86) or Windows XP x64 (if you want to install Vista x64) and put the Vista DVD into your DVD device. Don't choose an Update, but a clean install. Vista setup will show then all existing partitions of your Raid array and asks you, where you want to get Vista installed. Point at the partition you have prepared before by formatting. Important: Although Vista sees all partitions of your Raid at this time, it would forget them all after the first reboot, if you would not load the necessary nForce SataRaid drivers. So you have to hit the button "Load drivers" and put your prepared driver floppy into your floppy device. Vista will show you all drivers, which seem to be compatible to your nForce chipset. One after the other you should choose a) the "NVIDIA nForce(tm) RAID Class Controller" b) the "NVIDIA nForce(tm) RAID Class Device" [not really necessary, just to avoid the annoying pop-up message, that a driver is missing] and c) one of the devices "NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller" . After a hit on the "Refresh" button you can click on the "Next" button.
The rest of the installation is very easy and will work like a charme. At the end of the install you can enjoy Vista Beta2 on your nForce SataRaid array.
-- AMD-FX-60 2gb OCZ Plat. memory ATI 1800 AIW 2x74gb Raptors in RAID-0 2x400gb WD HDD in RAID-1 Epox Nvidia-4 Ultra M/B Senior Member Overclockers.com
"Jeff" wrote:
I'm trying to install from a cold boot of the Vista x64 DVD (my only option at this point) and I'm getting a very strange error, one that it doesn't look like anyone else is geting. The installation fails with the line: "Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer."
Here are the relevant lines from the setupact.log: Info [0x064039] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:NtPath for disk = \Device\HardDisk1\Partition0 Info [0x064038] IBSLIB NtPathToArcPath:Canonicalized NT path \Device\HardDisk1\Partition0 -> \Device\Harddisk1\DR1 Info [0x06403b] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:Could not find ARC path for disk; NtPath = [\Device\HardDisk1\Partition0], GLE = [259] Info [0x060159] IBS PreparePack:Found offline disk pack [Invalid]
Info [0x06015b] IBS PreparePack:Found offline disk pack [Invalid], but it's not a pack we know how to bring online Info [0x064039] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:NtPath for disk = \Device\HardDisk0\Partition0 Info [0x064038] IBSLIB NtPathToArcPath:Canonicalized NT path \Device\HardDisk0\Partition0 -> \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 Info [0x06403b] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:Could not find ARC path for disk; NtPath = [\Device\HardDisk0\Partition0], GLE = [259] Info [0x060161] IBS GatherPartitionInfo:Disk 0 and Partition 1 is a primary partition Error [0x060155] IBS Callback_GatherDiskInfo:An error occurred while collecting disk information hr = 0x80070057 Info [0x0640ae] IBSLIB PublishMessage: Publishing message [Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer.]
Here's the system stats: K8N Neo2 MB (nForce3 Ultra Chipset) AMD Athalon64 3200+ SATA RAID enabled with 2 striped drives

installing vista x64 by booting from DVD would be the only way, if you have xp 64bit not installed.
"Valleyman" wrote:

Hi
I am experiencing this problem on nForce4 RAID. I want to install Vista x64 but I currently only run XP 32-bit and so it wont read the DVD and I cant load from iwthin windows. Is there any way to make it work NOT from within windows. Also, it would be really sensible for Vista to come with nForce, Silicon Image and Intel RAID drivers pre-installed so you dont have to worry about all this stuff...
Thanks
"JK" wrote:
Interesting post, but not that helpfull for me. I'm also having the same problem than all here, I'm also using a Nfoce4 chipset-mainboard, but i don't have a SATA-raid hdd system, but I get the same error message:"Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer." The attempt to install hard disk drivers via the Vista setup was not sucessfully, although I used the latest nvidia IDE drivers for win XP and vista.
I dunno what to do now. Anyone can help me??
thanks
"Chris S" wrote:
This is the excact problem most people are having. Here are the instructions.
After wrangling for hours here is what worked for me and many other people. Vista does not include the nessessary drivers to do a clean install from the DVD. You can do a clean install, just you have to do it from an exsisting OS.
Guide for a successful install of Vista Beta2 onto an nForce4 SataRaid system
Preparations: As Vista Beta2 does not contain the necessary nForce SataRaid drivers, users with an nForce Raid array have to download not only Vista, but also the latest nForce drivers. a) SataRaid drivers for Vista x86: You will find them here. Download the 32-bit driver package named nforce_vista32beta2_english.zip, unzip it and copy the content of the IDE\driver\LEGACY folder onto an empty floppy disk or thumbdrive. I used my thumbdrive. b) SataRaid drivers for Vista x64: You will find them here. Download the 64-bit driver package named nforce_vista64beta2_english.zip, unzip it and copy the content of the IDE\driver\LEGACY folder onto an empty floppy disk or thumbdrive. I used my thumbdrive. You may find these drivers in another folder but they are there.
The next step is the preparation of an empty partition of your Raid array for the later Vista installation. Run any OS of your Raid and create a new partition (size: 20-30 GB) or do a quick format of an equivalent and not needed existing partition. Be aware to format the designed Vista installation place with NTFS file system. After you have done that, you can begin with the installation
Warning: Especially Vista x64 needs a rock stable system during the installation. If you have an overclocked system or critical RAM sticks, you will get BSOD's, missing files or sudden reboots during the Vista installation. Suggestion: Set the default BIOS timings before you begin with the Vista Setup.
Installation procedure: Run Windows XP (if you want to install Vista x86) or Windows XP x64 (if you want to install Vista x64) and put the Vista DVD into your DVD device. Don't choose an Update, but a clean install. Vista setup will show then all existing partitions of your Raid array and asks you, where you want to get Vista installed. Point at the partition you have prepared before by formatting. Important: Although Vista sees all partitions of your Raid at this time, it would forget them all after the first reboot, if you would not load the necessary nForce SataRaid drivers. So you have to hit the button "Load drivers" and put your prepared driver floppy into your floppy device. Vista will show you all drivers, which seem to be compatible to your nForce chipset. One after the other you should choose a) the "NVIDIA nForce(tm) RAID Class Controller" b) the "NVIDIA nForce(tm) RAID Class Device" [not really necessary, just to avoid the annoying pop-up message, that a driver is missing] and c) one of the devices "NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller" . After a hit on the "Refresh" button you can click on the "Next" button.
The rest of the installation is very easy and will work like a charme. At the end of the install you can enjoy Vista Beta2 on your nForce SataRaid array.
-- AMD-FX-60 2gb OCZ Plat. memory ATI 1800 AIW 2x74gb Raptors in RAID-0 2x400gb WD HDD in RAID-1 Epox Nvidia-4 Ultra M/B Senior Member Overclockers.com
"Jeff" wrote:
I'm trying to install from a cold boot of the Vista x64 DVD (my only option at this point) and I'm getting a very strange error, one that it doesn't look like anyone else is geting. The installation fails with the line: "Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer."
Here are the relevant lines from the setupact.log: Info [0x064039] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:NtPath for disk = \Device\HardDisk1\Partition0 Info [0x064038] IBSLIB NtPathToArcPath:Canonicalized NT path \Device\HardDisk1\Partition0 -> \Device\Harddisk1\DR1 Info [0x06403b] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:Could not find ARC path for disk; NtPath = [\Device\HardDisk1\Partition0], GLE = [259] Info [0x060159] IBS PreparePack:Found offline disk pack [Invalid]
Info [0x06015b] IBS PreparePack:Found offline disk pack [Invalid], but it's not a pack we know how to bring online Info [0x064039] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:NtPath for disk = \Device\HardDisk0\Partition0 Info [0x064038] IBSLIB NtPathToArcPath:Canonicalized NT path \Device\HardDisk0\Partition0 -> \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 Info [0x06403b] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:Could not find ARC path for disk; NtPath = [\Device\HardDisk0\Partition0], GLE = [259] Info [0x060161] IBS GatherPartitionInfo:Disk 0 and Partition 1 is a primary partition Error [0x060155] IBS Callback_GatherDiskInfo:An error occurred while collecting disk information hr = 0x80070057 Info [0x0640ae] IBSLIB PublishMessage: Publishing message [Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer.]
Here's the system stats: K8N Neo2 MB (nForce3 Ultra Chipset) AMD Athalon64 3200+ SATA RAID enabled with 2 striped drives

It is interesting to find out how many people are having problems with installs with Nforce boards, I run into the same scenarios, I run X32 XP Pro SP2, so the only way I can load the X64 Vista is by DVD Boot. Vista Does not even give you the option to install secondary drivers, goes right to the install screen then the dreaeded flag pops up cant find the info on your HD's.
Even did the F8 and disabled certified reconition of driver and no joy, Only thing i can think of it was a bad image burned.
"JK" wrote:

installing vista x64 by booting from DVD would be the only way, if you have xp 64bit not installed.
"Valleyman" wrote:
Hi
I am experiencing this problem on nForce4 RAID. I want to install Vista x64 but I currently only run XP 32-bit and so it wont read the DVD and I cant load from iwthin windows. Is there any way to make it work NOT from within windows. Also, it would be really sensible for Vista to come with nForce, Silicon Image and Intel RAID drivers pre-installed so you dont have to worry about all this stuff...
Thanks
"JK" wrote:
Interesting post, but not that helpfull for me. I'm also having the same problem than all here, I'm also using a Nfoce4 chipset-mainboard, but i don't have a SATA-raid hdd system, but I get the same error message:"Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer." The attempt to install hard disk drivers via the Vista setup was not sucessfully, although I used the latest nvidia IDE drivers for win XP and vista.
I dunno what to do now. Anyone can help me??
thanks
"Chris S" wrote:
This is the excact problem most people are having. Here are the instructions.
After wrangling for hours here is what worked for me and many other people. Vista does not include the nessessary drivers to do a clean install from the DVD. You can do a clean install, just you have to do it from an exsisting OS.
Guide for a successful install of Vista Beta2 onto an nForce4 SataRaid system
Preparations: As Vista Beta2 does not contain the necessary nForce SataRaid drivers, users with an nForce Raid array have to download not only Vista, but also the latest nForce drivers. a) SataRaid drivers for Vista x86: You will find them here. Download the 32-bit driver package named nforce_vista32beta2_english.zip, unzip it and copy the content of the IDE\driver\LEGACY folder onto an empty floppy disk or thumbdrive. I used my thumbdrive. b) SataRaid drivers for Vista x64: You will find them here. Download the 64-bit driver package named nforce_vista64beta2_english.zip, unzip it and copy the content of the IDE\driver\LEGACY folder onto an empty floppy disk or thumbdrive. I used my thumbdrive. You may find these drivers in another folder but they are there.
The next step is the preparation of an empty partition of your Raid array for the later Vista installation. Run any OS of your Raid and create a new partition (size: 20-30 GB) or do a quick format of an equivalent and not needed existing partition. Be aware to format the designed Vista installation place with NTFS file system. After you have done that, you can begin with the installation
Warning: Especially Vista x64 needs a rock stable system during the installation. If you have an overclocked system or critical RAM sticks, you will get BSOD's, missing files or sudden reboots during the Vista installation. Suggestion: Set the default BIOS timings before you begin with the Vista Setup.
Installation procedure: Run Windows XP (if you want to install Vista x86) or Windows XP x64 (if you want to install Vista x64) and put the Vista DVD into your DVD device. Don't choose an Update, but a clean install. Vista setup will show then all existing partitions of your Raid array and asks you, where you want to get Vista installed. Point at the partition you have prepared before by formatting. Important: Although Vista sees all partitions of your Raid at this time, it would forget them all after the first reboot, if you would not load the necessary nForce SataRaid drivers. So you have to hit the button "Load drivers" and put your prepared driver floppy into your floppy device. Vista will show you all drivers, which seem to be compatible to your nForce chipset. One after the other you should choose a) the "NVIDIA nForce(tm) RAID Class Controller" b) the "NVIDIA nForce(tm) RAID Class Device" [not really necessary, just to avoid the annoying pop-up message, that a driver is missing] and c) one of the devices "NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller" . After a hit on the "Refresh" button you can click on the "Next" button.
The rest of the installation is very easy and will work like a charme. At the end of the install you can enjoy Vista Beta2 on your nForce SataRaid array.
-- AMD-FX-60 2gb OCZ Plat. memory ATI 1800 AIW 2x74gb Raptors in RAID-0 2x400gb WD HDD in RAID-1 Epox Nvidia-4 Ultra M/B Senior Member Overclockers.com
"Jeff" wrote:
I'm trying to install from a cold boot of the Vista x64 DVD (my only option at this point) and I'm getting a very strange error, one that it doesn't look like anyone else is geting. The installation fails with the line: "Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer."
Here are the relevant lines from the setupact.log: Info [0x064039] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:NtPath for disk = \Device\HardDisk1\Partition0 Info [0x064038] IBSLIB NtPathToArcPath:Canonicalized NT path \Device\HardDisk1\Partition0 -> \Device\Harddisk1\DR1 Info [0x06403b] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:Could not find ARC path for disk; NtPath = [\Device\HardDisk1\Partition0], GLE = [259] Info [0x060159] IBS PreparePack:Found offline disk pack [Invalid]
Info [0x06015b] IBS PreparePack:Found offline disk pack [Invalid], but it's not a pack we know how to bring online Info [0x064039] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:NtPath for disk = \Device\HardDisk0\Partition0 Info [0x064038] IBSLIB NtPathToArcPath:Canonicalized NT path \Device\HardDisk0\Partition0 -> \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 Info [0x06403b] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:Could not find ARC path for disk; NtPath = [\Device\HardDisk0\Partition0], GLE = [259] Info [0x060161] IBS GatherPartitionInfo:Disk 0 and Partition 1 is a primary partition Error [0x060155] IBS Callback_GatherDiskInfo:An error occurred while collecting disk information hr = 0x80070057 Info [0x0640ae] IBSLIB PublishMessage: Publishing message [Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer.]
Here's the system stats: K8N Neo2 MB (nForce3 Ultra Chipset) AMD Athalon64 3200+ SATA RAID enabled with 2 striped drives

Unfortunately, if I boot off the DVD it gives me the "cannot get information on the disks on your computer" message before I can install my sata RAID drivers so theres nothing I can do.
"JK" wrote:

installing vista x64 by booting from DVD would be the only way, if you have xp 64bit not installed.
"Valleyman" wrote:
Hi
I am experiencing this problem on nForce4 RAID. I want to install Vista x64 but I currently only run XP 32-bit and so it wont read the DVD and I cant load from iwthin windows. Is there any way to make it work NOT from within windows. Also, it would be really sensible for Vista to come with nForce, Silicon Image and Intel RAID drivers pre-installed so you dont have to worry about all this stuff...
Thanks
"JK" wrote:
Interesting post, but not that helpfull for me. I'm also having the same problem than all here, I'm also using a Nfoce4 chipset-mainboard, but i don't have a SATA-raid hdd system, but I get the same error message:"Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer." The attempt to install hard disk drivers via the Vista setup was not sucessfully, although I used the latest nvidia IDE drivers for win XP and vista.
I dunno what to do now. Anyone can help me??
thanks
"Chris S" wrote:
This is the excact problem most people are having. Here are the instructions.
After wrangling for hours here is what worked for me and many other people. Vista does not include the nessessary drivers to do a clean install from the DVD. You can do a clean install, just you have to do it from an exsisting OS.
Guide for a successful install of Vista Beta2 onto an nForce4 SataRaid system
Preparations: As Vista Beta2 does not contain the necessary nForce SataRaid drivers, users with an nForce Raid array have to download not only Vista, but also the latest nForce drivers. a) SataRaid drivers for Vista x86: You will find them here. Download the 32-bit driver package named nforce_vista32beta2_english.zip, unzip it and copy the content of the IDE\driver\LEGACY folder onto an empty floppy disk or thumbdrive. I used my thumbdrive. b) SataRaid drivers for Vista x64: You will find them here. Download the 64-bit driver package named nforce_vista64beta2_english.zip, unzip it and copy the content of the IDE\driver\LEGACY folder onto an empty floppy disk or thumbdrive. I used my thumbdrive. You may find these drivers in another folder but they are there.
The next step is the preparation of an empty partition of your Raid array for the later Vista installation. Run any OS of your Raid and create a new partition (size: 20-30 GB) or do a quick format of an equivalent and not needed existing partition. Be aware to format the designed Vista installation place with NTFS file system. After you have done that, you can begin with the installation
Warning: Especially Vista x64 needs a rock stable system during the installation. If you have an overclocked system or critical RAM sticks, you will get BSOD's, missing files or sudden reboots during the Vista installation. Suggestion: Set the default BIOS timings before you begin with the Vista Setup.
Installation procedure: Run Windows XP (if you want to install Vista x86) or Windows XP x64 (if you want to install Vista x64) and put the Vista DVD into your DVD device. Don't choose an Update, but a clean install. Vista setup will show then all existing partitions of your Raid array and asks you, where you want to get Vista installed. Point at the partition you have prepared before by formatting. Important: Although Vista sees all partitions of your Raid at this time, it would forget them all after the first reboot, if you would not load the necessary nForce SataRaid drivers. So you have to hit the button "Load drivers" and put your prepared driver floppy into your floppy device. Vista will show you all drivers, which seem to be compatible to your nForce chipset. One after the other you should choose a) the "NVIDIA nForce(tm) RAID Class Controller" b) the "NVIDIA nForce(tm) RAID Class Device" [not really necessary, just to avoid the annoying pop-up message, that a driver is missing] and c) one of the devices "NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller" . After a hit on the "Refresh" button you can click on the "Next" button.
The rest of the installation is very easy and will work like a charme. At the end of the install you can enjoy Vista Beta2 on your nForce SataRaid array.
-- AMD-FX-60 2gb OCZ Plat. memory ATI 1800 AIW 2x74gb Raptors in RAID-0 2x400gb WD HDD in RAID-1 Epox Nvidia-4 Ultra M/B Senior Member Overclockers.com
"Jeff" wrote:
I'm trying to install from a cold boot of the Vista x64 DVD (my only option at this point) and I'm getting a very strange error, one that it doesn't look like anyone else is geting. The installation fails with the line: "Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer."
Here are the relevant lines from the setupact.log: Info [0x064039] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:NtPath for disk = \Device\HardDisk1\Partition0 Info [0x064038] IBSLIB NtPathToArcPath:Canonicalized NT path \Device\HardDisk1\Partition0 -> \Device\Harddisk1\DR1 Info [0x06403b] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:Could not find ARC path for disk; NtPath = [\Device\HardDisk1\Partition0], GLE = [259] Info [0x060159] IBS PreparePack:Found offline disk pack [Invalid]
Info [0x06015b] IBS PreparePack:Found offline disk pack [Invalid], but it's not a pack we know how to bring online Info [0x064039] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:NtPath for disk = \Device\HardDisk0\Partition0 Info [0x064038] IBSLIB NtPathToArcPath:Canonicalized NT path \Device\HardDisk0\Partition0 -> \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 Info [0x06403b] IBSLIB FormArcPathName:Could not find ARC path for disk; NtPath = [\Device\HardDisk0\Partition0], GLE = [259] Info [0x060161] IBS GatherPartitionInfo:Disk 0 and Partition 1 is a primary partition Error [0x060155] IBS Callback_GatherDiskInfo:An error occurred while collecting disk information hr = 0x80070057 Info [0x0640ae] IBSLIB PublishMessage: Publishing message [Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer.]
Here's the system stats: K8N Neo2 MB (nForce3 Ultra Chipset) AMD Athalon64 3200+ SATA RAID enabled with 2 striped drives