Re: Best way to switch O.S. from MCE2005 to Vista?
- From: "JerryM \(ID\)" <jerrym526@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:27:47 -0700
Give it a try,
It should recognize the raid volumes,
If not, you can reset the Raid volumes.
Good luck,
Jerry
"xiowan" <xiowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi JerryM:
Thanks for the input. I plan on using the retail version. I gather
from your response that the pc will boot from the dvd for a clean install.
Will my present RAID 0 volumes be automatically retained or will I need to
use the F6 floppy again and re-set the RAID 0 volumes? I prefer the clean
install so I can add my different software back in one at a time to make
sure
of compatibility.
xiowan.........in tucson
"JerryM (ID)" wrote:
Do an Upgrade to keep all other programs intact,
OR
Disconnect all other drives to do a clean install to Disc No1, with a
full
Retail version.
The choice is yours.
"xiowan" <xiowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi All:
I am thinking of getting Vista Home Premium Retail O.S. and
installing
it in my main computer. This computer has several hard drives devoted
to
video storage only and I want to use them with the Vista O.S. My
question
is, should I do a clean install booting from the DVD to my RAID 0
system
drives which are partitioned into 3 primary partitions with MCE2005 on
a
60
GB partition and replace that with Vista or should I install Vista from
the
MCE2005 O.S. and install it as an upgrade. My primary concerns are
retaining
the RAID 0 drives as currently partitioned and maintaining access to my
media
library on the 5 other storage drives. There is very little
information
available as to installing Vista on an already set-up RAID 0 system. I
think
I read that I won't need to use the F6 method to re-set up the RAID 0
because
Vista will automatically recognize it, but I'm not sure! I was
considering
disconnecting all the storage drives during the install and then
re-connecting them after the install........will Vista automatically
recognize them and allow access or will the DRM features of Vista
prevent
me
from using them since they were recorded on a MCE2005 O.S. None of the
recorded programming shows as "protected" in MCE2005. I have updated
the
system Bios to Intel's latest but they don't state that the bios work
with
Vista. The motherboard is a DG965WH with a Core2 Duo E6600 cpu and I
have a
recent (Nvidia 7600GT) graphics card so I think I'm ok hardware wise.
Since
this is a top of the line motherboard will Vista have the necessary
chipset
drivers in the DVD or do I need to install those after the O.S.
install?
Any tips for this Vista installation would be appreciated.
xiowan.........in tucson
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