Vista wont work with RAID on Asus P5B motherboard

[Stan Kay]

I am trying to install Windows Vista Ultimate (build 6000) on my PC but when
it completes the system it then produces numerous "not responding" messages
and is almost unusable. After a tedious amount of time waiting for the
system to allow me to do something, I have established the following:-

1. The iaStorV issue relates to the Intel 82801HR/HH/HO SATA Raid
controller built into my ASUS P5B Deluxe motherboard.
2. iaStorV.sys is a driver loaded by Vista for this raid controller
3. I am using 3 Seagate Barracuda 500 Gb hard drives in RAID 5 and there is
an issue with the RAID controller that causes the problem.

I have tried to report this matter to ASUS technical support but their
system refuises to accept my report on the grounds that I have given them an
invalid email address - there is nothing wrong with my email address!

Can anyone please offer any assistance?

 

[Michael Jennings]

Vista will fit into 12-1/2 GB. Vista does not like living on stripes.
You could disconnect the RAID, give Vista a 40 GB partition on a new
plain old SATA boot drive, then plug in the array. That's what I did.
I had to persuade Vista to see the array, but it did, and it's stable.

 

[Stan Kay]

Sorry but I have inadvertently double posted this issue because the first
appeared not to have worked!!

 

[Stan Kay]

Since Windows Vista Ultimate is aimed at businesses (who generally will use
RAID) then this is an amazing revelation. Mant thanks for your feedback.