Windows Vista Vista install on SATA drive

[AnnFenneman@speedkills.com]

I am trying to do a clean install of Vista Ultimate on a new Seagate 320GB
drive. I have an Intel D875PBZ MB with a 8280ER ICH5R SATA controller. The
upgrade advisor says that this config is okay and the installation can see
the drive and even deleted a partition and formated the drive. I have tried

it with both the SATA RAID enabled and disabled thru the BIOS. I have the
latest BIOS (P34) on the MB. I have loaded the last ICH5R drivers that INTEL

had available on it's website (a floppy install 5.1 although the direct
install goes up to 5.5). No matter what I try the installation tells me that

there is "No suitable volume available". How do I get this to work?

Thanks

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Re: Vista install on SATA drive

On a brand new hard drive, you must create a new partition,
then format the new partition. Pay close attention to the
setup options.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

---------------------------------------------------------------

<AnnFenneman@speedkills.com> wrote in message news:JTxOi.89$UF3.81@newsfe12.lga...
I am trying to do a clean install of Vista Ultimate on a new Seagate 320GB
drive. I have an Intel D875PBZ MB with a 8280ER ICH5R SATA controller. The
upgrade advisor says that this config is okay and the installation can see
the drive and even deleted a partition and formated the drive. I have tried

it with both the SATA RAID enabled and disabled thru the BIOS. I have the
latest BIOS (P34) on the MB. I have loaded the last ICH5R drivers that INTEL

had available on it's website (a floppy install 5.1 although the direct
install goes up to 5.5). No matter what I try the installation tells me that

there is "No suitable volume available". How do I get this to work?

Thanks

 

[AnnFenniman]

Re: Vista install on SATA drive

Been there done that.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> On a brand new hard drive, you must create a new partition,
> then format the new partition. Pay close attention to the
> setup options.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> <AnnFenneman@speedkills.com> wrote in message news:JTxOi.89$UF3.81@newsfe12.lga...
> I am trying to do a clean install of Vista Ultimate on a new Seagate 320GB
> drive. I have an Intel D875PBZ MB with a 8280ER ICH5R SATA controller. The
> upgrade advisor says that this config is okay and the installation can see
> the drive and even deleted a partition and formated the drive. I have tried
>
> it with both the SATA RAID enabled and disabled thru the BIOS. I have the
> latest BIOS (P34) on the MB. I have loaded the last ICH5R drivers that INTEL
>
> had available on it's website (a floppy install 5.1 although the direct
> install goes up to 5.5). No matter what I try the installation tells me that
>
> there is "No suitable volume available". How do I get this to work?
>
> Thanks
>

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Re: Vista install on SATA drive

Is your SATA drive shown enabled in the BIOS?

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

---------------------------------------------------------------

"AnnFenniman" <AnnFenniman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2592F02E-44BA-474A-990E-91715B2A8339@microsoft.com...
Been there done that.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> On a brand new hard drive, you must create a new partition,
> then format the new partition. Pay close attention to the
> setup options.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> <AnnFenneman@speedkills.com> wrote in message news:JTxOi.89$UF3.81@newsfe12.lga...
> I am trying to do a clean install of Vista Ultimate on a new Seagate 320GB
> drive. I have an Intel D875PBZ MB with a 8280ER ICH5R SATA controller. The
> upgrade advisor says that this config is okay and the installation can see
> the drive and even deleted a partition and formated the drive. I have tried
>
> it with both the SATA RAID enabled and disabled thru the BIOS. I have the
> latest BIOS (P34) on the MB. I have loaded the last ICH5R drivers that INTEL
>
> had available on it's website (a floppy install 5.1 although the direct
> install goes up to 5.5). No matter what I try the installation tells me that
>
> there is "No suitable volume available". How do I get this to work?
>
> Thanks
>

 

[AnnFenniman]

Re: Vista install on SATA drive

Yes, I've tried it both ways (enabled and disabled). I really appreciate all
the help that everyones trying to give me. But all the questions I've been
asked are already answered in my orginal post.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> Is your SATA drive shown enabled in the BIOS?
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "AnnFenniman" <AnnFenniman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2592F02E-44BA-474A-990E-91715B2A8339@microsoft.com...
> Been there done that.
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > On a brand new hard drive, you must create a new partition,
> > then format the new partition. Pay close attention to the
> > setup options.
> >
> > --
> > Carey Frisch
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Windows Shell/User
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > <AnnFenneman@speedkills.com> wrote in message news:JTxOi.89$UF3.81@newsfe12.lga...
> > I am trying to do a clean install of Vista Ultimate on a new Seagate 320GB
> > drive. I have an Intel D875PBZ MB with a 8280ER ICH5R SATA controller. The
> > upgrade advisor says that this config is okay and the installation can see
> > the drive and even deleted a partition and formated the drive. I have tried
> >
> > it with both the SATA RAID enabled and disabled thru the BIOS. I have the
> > latest BIOS (P34) on the MB. I have loaded the last ICH5R drivers that INTEL
> >
> > had available on it's website (a floppy install 5.1 although the direct
> > install goes up to 5.5). No matter what I try the installation tells me that
> >
> > there is "No suitable volume available". How do I get this to work?
> >
> > Thanks
> >

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Re: Vista install on SATA drive

Microsoft offers free installation support:
https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=11734

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

---------------------------------------------------------------

"AnnFenniman" <AnnFenniman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:62AAA229-B5F8-4D15-9F7F-4C6CC586F632@microsoft.com...
Yes, I've tried it both ways (enabled and disabled). I really appreciate all
the help that everyones trying to give me. But all the questions I've been
asked are already answered in my orginal post.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> Is your SATA drive shown enabled in the BIOS?
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "AnnFenniman" <AnnFenniman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2592F02E-44BA-474A-990E-91715B2A8339@microsoft.com...
> Been there done that.
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > On a brand new hard drive, you must create a new partition,
> > then format the new partition. Pay close attention to the
> > setup options.
> >
> > --
> > Carey Frisch
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Windows Shell/User
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > <AnnFenneman@speedkills.com> wrote in message news:JTxOi.89$UF3.81@newsfe12.lga...
> > I am trying to do a clean install of Vista Ultimate on a new Seagate 320GB
> > drive. I have an Intel D875PBZ MB with a 8280ER ICH5R SATA controller. The
> > upgrade advisor says that this config is okay and the installation can see
> > the drive and even deleted a partition and formated the drive. I have tried
> >
> > it with both the SATA RAID enabled and disabled thru the BIOS. I have the
> > latest BIOS (P34) on the MB. I have loaded the last ICH5R drivers that INTEL
> >
> > had available on it's website (a floppy install 5.1 although the direct
> > install goes up to 5.5). No matter what I try the installation tells me that
> >
> > there is "No suitable volume available". How do I get this to work?
> >
> > Thanks
> >

 

[jasper adams]

RE: Vista install on SATA drive

Ann,
How do I post a new question....
I get no response when I press "Question"
Thanks,
Jasper

--
Jasper


"AnnFenneman@speedkills.com" wrote:

> I am trying to do a clean install of Vista Ultimate on a new Seagate 320GB
> drive. I have an Intel D875PBZ MB with a 8280ER ICH5R SATA controller. The
> upgrade advisor says that this config is okay and the installation can see
> the drive and even deleted a partition and formated the drive. I have tried
>
> it with both the SATA RAID enabled and disabled thru the BIOS. I have the
> latest BIOS (P34) on the MB. I have loaded the last ICH5R drivers that INTEL
>
> had available on it's website (a floppy install 5.1 although the direct
> install goes up to 5.5). No matter what I try the installation tells me that
>
> there is "No suitable volume available". How do I get this to work?
>
> Thanks
>

 

[Adam Albright]

Re: Vista install on SATA drive

On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 18:46:00 -0700, AnnFenniman
<AnnFenniman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Yes, I've tried it both ways (enabled and disabled). I really appreciate all
>the help that everyones trying to give me. But all the questions I've been
>asked are already answered in my orginal post.

>>
>> "AnnFenniman" <AnnFenniman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2592F02E-44BA-474A-990E-91715B2A8339@microsoft.com...
>> Been there done that.

I had similar SATA issues when configuring my system. You could be
stuck in a catch 22. If I configured for RAID or non RAID any attempt
to boot would generate a No OS found or some similar error and the
BIOS would hang before even entering the OS.

Look carefully at the manual that came with the MB. Most every BIOS
has a setting that you can downgrade SATA drives to run as a simpler
IDE devices. Do not change any setting on the drive itself. Depending
on your BIOS that could be more than one line that needs changing in
the BIOS. Try that remembering what they were so you can go back.

If that was the only bottleneck you should get over the hump. If you
get Vista to install THEN look for the latest BIOS upgrade, yours may
not be new enough. While I was able to install Vista I couldn't get
the SATA drive out of IDE mode until I installed both the latest BIOS
and also a new Vista capable controller for it which even wasn't on
the Gigabyte web site in spite of the board claiming to be Vista
certified.

If it is an option you can update (flash) your BIOS directly from the
vendor's web site. How should be in the MB manual if it supports. A
lot of models now do.

 

[John Barnes]

Re: Vista install on SATA drive

You have to create a partition that is suitable to Vista, however you do it.
OP have used BootItNG to create an appropriate partition. Make sure you
have an appropriate primary partition for the system partition and format
the install partition with Vista NTFS.

"AnnFenniman" <AnnFenniman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:62AAA229-B5F8-4D15-9F7F-4C6CC586F632@microsoft.com...
> Yes, I've tried it both ways (enabled and disabled). I really appreciate
> all
> the help that everyones trying to give me. But all the questions I've been
> asked are already answered in my orginal post.
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Is your SATA drive shown enabled in the BIOS?
>>
>> --
>> Carey Frisch
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> "AnnFenniman" <AnnFenniman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:2592F02E-44BA-474A-990E-91715B2A8339@microsoft.com...
>> Been there done that.
>>
>> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
>>
>> > On a brand new hard drive, you must create a new partition,
>> > then format the new partition. Pay close attention to the
>> > setup options.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Carey Frisch
>> > Microsoft MVP
>> > Windows Shell/User
>> >
>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > <AnnFenneman@speedkills.com> wrote in message
>> > news:JTxOi.89$UF3.81@newsfe12.lga...
>> > I am trying to do a clean install of Vista Ultimate on a new Seagate
>> > 320GB
>> > drive. I have an Intel D875PBZ MB with a 8280ER ICH5R SATA controller.
>> > The
>> > upgrade advisor says that this config is okay and the installation can
>> > see
>> > the drive and even deleted a partition and formated the drive. I have
>> > tried
>> >
>> > it with both the SATA RAID enabled and disabled thru the BIOS. I have
>> > the
>> > latest BIOS (P34) on the MB. I have loaded the last ICH5R drivers that
>> > INTEL
>> >
>> > had available on it's website (a floppy install 5.1 although the direct
>> > install goes up to 5.5). No matter what I try the installation tells me
>> > that
>> >
>> > there is "No suitable volume available". How do I get this to work?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

Re: Vista install on SATA drive

"Adam Albright" <AA@ABC.net> wrote in message
news:r5plg3l0e8nas8pt1gfdloqutar4amhra8@4ax.com

> Look carefully at the manual that came with the MB. Most every BIOS
> has a setting that you can downgrade SATA drives to run as a simpler
> IDE devices.

That is the solution.

Go into the BIOS and turn the drive from SATA or AHCI mode to IDE Legacy
Mode. Then install Vista, and then install the SATA drivers for your
controller.

Then, remember to go back into the BIOS and turn AHCI mode (preferable with
modern HDDs) or SATA mode, for best performance.

ss.

 

[Kevin Weaver]

Re: Vista install on SATA drive

You have to turn on AHCI before a vista Install.

You can not slip stream it. And if running a early sata drive that does not
support ACHI your going to get a black screen. Vista can only load the
driver at install and provided the bios is set and the drive supports it.

"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote in message
news:O$SJVKiCIHA.3884@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> "Adam Albright" <AA@ABC.net> wrote in message
> news:r5plg3l0e8nas8pt1gfdloqutar4amhra8@4ax.com
>
>> Look carefully at the manual that came with the MB. Most every BIOS
>> has a setting that you can downgrade SATA drives to run as a simpler
>> IDE devices.
>
> That is the solution.
>
> Go into the BIOS and turn the drive from SATA or AHCI mode to IDE Legacy
> Mode. Then install Vista, and then install the SATA drivers for your
> controller.
>
> Then, remember to go back into the BIOS and turn AHCI mode (preferable
> with modern HDDs) or SATA mode, for best performance.
>
> ss.
>

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

Re: Vista install on SATA drive

"Kevin Weaver" <kevinkeithweaver@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:sMCOi.40173$RX.37774@newssvr11.news.prodigy.net
> You have to turn on AHCI before a vista Install.
>
> You can not slip stream it. And if running a early sata drive that
> does not support ACHI your going to get a black screen. Vista can
> only load the driver at install and provided the bios is set and the
> drive supports it.


Yes, you are right, and just using SATA mode will be the safe option.

However, if you search Google, you will see that you can ease those AHCI
drivers into a running installation.

eg.
http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=444831

ss.

 

[Kevin Weaver]

Re: Vista install on SATA drive

A friend followed that and had way to many problems. He even contacted the
guy and was told it's a hit or miss. He said to be sure of a problem free
Install, Is to do a clean install.

"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote in message
news:uuewWmiCIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> "Kevin Weaver" <kevinkeithweaver@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:sMCOi.40173$RX.37774@newssvr11.news.prodigy.net
>> You have to turn on AHCI before a vista Install.
>>
>> You can not slip stream it. And if running a early sata drive that
>> does not support ACHI your going to get a black screen. Vista can
>> only load the driver at install and provided the bios is set and the
>> drive supports it.
>
>
> Yes, you are right, and just using SATA mode will be the safe option.
>
> However, if you search Google, you will see that you can ease those AHCI
> drivers into a running installation.
>
> eg.
> http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=444831
>
> ss.
>

 

[wheelman]

Re: Vista install on SATA drive

im useing a sata dvd.disable the raid in bios.make sure sata is innabled in
bios.you may need to go to ,device manager and see whats in there,see if
there is a problem there with anything.uninstall.anything installed thats not
suposed to be there,or disable,,see whats in those line ups,uninstall if need
be and reinstall..do a restart..make sure in bios,that your line up of,cd or
dvd or hard drive is in the right boot order..if you ever get it all working
right,do a manual restore point..may save you some greif,if you install
something else that gets rejected..

"John Barnes" wrote:

> You have to create a partition that is suitable to Vista, however you do it.
> OP have used BootItNG to create an appropriate partition. Make sure you
> have an appropriate primary partition for the system partition and format
> the install partition with Vista NTFS.
>
> "AnnFenniman" <AnnFenniman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:62AAA229-B5F8-4D15-9F7F-4C6CC586F632@microsoft.com...
> > Yes, I've tried it both ways (enabled and disabled). I really appreciate
> > all
> > the help that everyones trying to give me. But all the questions I've been
> > asked are already answered in my orginal post.
> >
> > "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Is your SATA drive shown enabled in the BIOS?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Carey Frisch
> >> Microsoft MVP
> >> Windows Shell/User
> >>
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> "AnnFenniman" <AnnFenniman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:2592F02E-44BA-474A-990E-91715B2A8339@microsoft.com...
> >> Been there done that.
> >>
> >> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
> >>
> >> > On a brand new hard drive, you must create a new partition,
> >> > then format the new partition. Pay close attention to the
> >> > setup options.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Carey Frisch
> >> > Microsoft MVP
> >> > Windows Shell/User
> >> >
> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > <AnnFenneman@speedkills.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:JTxOi.89$UF3.81@newsfe12.lga...
> >> > I am trying to do a clean install of Vista Ultimate on a new Seagate
> >> > 320GB
> >> > drive. I have an Intel D875PBZ MB with a 8280ER ICH5R SATA controller.
> >> > The
> >> > upgrade advisor says that this config is okay and the installation can
> >> > see
> >> > the drive and even deleted a partition and formated the drive. I have
> >> > tried
> >> >
> >> > it with both the SATA RAID enabled and disabled thru the BIOS. I have
> >> > the
> >> > latest BIOS (P34) on the MB. I have loaded the last ICH5R drivers that
> >> > INTEL
> >> >
> >> > had available on it's website (a floppy install 5.1 although the direct
> >> > install goes up to 5.5). No matter what I try the installation tells me
> >> > that
> >> >
> >> > there is "No suitable volume available". How do I get this to work?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> >
>
>

 

[peter]

Re: Vista install on SATA drive

If she cant get Vista to install..how is she going to go to Device manager??
peter
"wheelman" <wheelman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3CF8E538-1CDB-4380-BB9C-7EEF847C22C3@microsoft.com...
> im useing a sata dvd.disable the raid in bios.make sure sata is innabled
> in
> bios.you may need to go to ,device manager and see whats in there,see if
> there is a problem there with anything.uninstall.anything installed thats
> not
> suposed to be there,or disable,,see whats in those line ups,uninstall if
> need
> be and reinstall..do a restart..make sure in bios,that your line up of,cd
> or
> dvd or hard drive is in the right boot order..if you ever get it all
> working
> right,do a manual restore point..may save you some greif,if you install
> something else that gets rejected..
>
> "John Barnes" wrote:
>
>> You have to create a partition that is suitable to Vista, however you do
>> it.
>> OP have used BootItNG to create an appropriate partition. Make sure you
>> have an appropriate primary partition for the system partition and format
>> the install partition with Vista NTFS.
>>
>> "AnnFenniman" <AnnFenniman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:62AAA229-B5F8-4D15-9F7F-4C6CC586F632@microsoft.com...
>> > Yes, I've tried it both ways (enabled and disabled). I really
>> > appreciate
>> > all
>> > the help that everyones trying to give me. But all the questions I've
>> > been
>> > asked are already answered in my orginal post.
>> >
>> > "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Is your SATA drive shown enabled in the BIOS?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Carey Frisch
>> >> Microsoft MVP
>> >> Windows Shell/User
>> >>
>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>> >>
>> >> "AnnFenniman" <AnnFenniman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:2592F02E-44BA-474A-990E-91715B2A8339@microsoft.com...
>> >> Been there done that.
>> >>
>> >> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > On a brand new hard drive, you must create a new partition,
>> >> > then format the new partition. Pay close attention to the
>> >> > setup options.
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Carey Frisch
>> >> > Microsoft MVP
>> >> > Windows Shell/User
>> >> >
>> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> >
>> >> > <AnnFenneman@speedkills.com> wrote in message
>> >> > news:JTxOi.89$UF3.81@newsfe12.lga...
>> >> > I am trying to do a clean install of Vista Ultimate on a new Seagate
>> >> > 320GB
>> >> > drive. I have an Intel D875PBZ MB with a 8280ER ICH5R SATA
>> >> > controller.
>> >> > The
>> >> > upgrade advisor says that this config is okay and the installation
>> >> > can
>> >> > see
>> >> > the drive and even deleted a partition and formated the drive. I
>> >> > have
>> >> > tried
>> >> >
>> >> > it with both the SATA RAID enabled and disabled thru the BIOS. I
>> >> > have
>> >> > the
>> >> > latest BIOS (P34) on the MB. I have loaded the last ICH5R drivers
>> >> > that
>> >> > INTEL
>> >> >
>> >> > had available on it's website (a floppy install 5.1 although the
>> >> > direct
>> >> > install goes up to 5.5). No matter what I try the installation tells
>> >> > me
>> >> > that
>> >> >
>> >> > there is "No suitable volume available". How do I get this to work?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks
>> >> >
>>
>>

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: Vista install on SATA drive

On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 19:12:00 -0700, jasper adams
<triplexxx@hotmail.com> wrote:


> How do I post a new question....
> I get no response when I press "Question"

The reason you're having such problems is that you are using the awful
web interface to read this newsgroup--it's the slowest, clunkiest,
most error-prone method there is. Do yourself a favor and switch to a
newsreader, such as Windows Mail, which comes with Windows. See
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm. That
provides instructions for Outlook Express, but it's almost the same in
Windows Mail.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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