Windows 10 Upgrade doesn't like RAID

[leachim]

Hi

 

I am trying to upgrade Win 7 to 10 on a Dell 1721

 

It gets as far as pic attached

 

Is there a workaround - can I disable the RAID

 

Thanks

[3s-gtech]

Tried a driver update first? AMD tend to support their hardware for a good while, but sometimes it may just be a little old. You should be able to do a clean install with the RAID turned off.

[leachim]

Do you mean a BIOS update

 

Also, I am not doing a clean install - it is an upgrade from Win 7

 

Thanks

[newpersn]

Guessing that this is a laptop?

 

Are you running more than one drive?

 

What are the specs of the laptop?

[leachim]

Yep

 

2 drives both 160Gb with 2Gb RAM

 

RAID is set to Autodetect. There is no setting to switch RAID off that I can see

[3s-gtech]

Nope, not a BIOS update. A newer Windows RAID driver may fix that issue. Would have to be installed into 7 first. You can perform a clean install, even when using the upgrade entitlement. This may be the only way it'll work.

[leachim]

The RAID is ATI 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 SCSI Disk Device

 

Dated 2006

 

Not sure how to update this...

[3s-gtech]

2006? Would need to know the chipset to be certain, but at that age and going off the device identifier I think you're pushing the realms of compatibility with Windows 10 chipset wise. It may work using the built in drivers, but that would require setting the SATA compatibility to AHCI or IDE if the BIOS supports it. Have a hunt. If you do choose to do that, you'll have to have a search for how to install the upgrade from a clean install, because your old OS will no longer boot.

[leachim]

In the BIOS, I can only see RAID is Autodetect or ON - under SATA operation

 

If anyone can see how to do a clean install without paying, then please let me know. I know upgrades are free, but to boot it from a Win 10 DVD bypasses that doesn't it ??

[3s-gtech]

The device ID is registered, have a look at http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/software/operating-systems/1401617/how-to-clean-install-windows-10-and-create-boot-media

 

Can you get into the RAID config? It may be that if you put it into single drive RAID (0 or 1) that effectively disables it. Windows may install then. Otherwise, I think your machine may just be too old to work 🙁

[leachim]

Well I downloaded a verion of Win 10 iso and burnt a disk

 

On installing it says it cant read the HDD and needs a driver - where is the best place to get the RAID driver ?

 

Thanks

[3s-gtech]

From the laptop manufacturer or direct from AMD.

[leachim]

Sorted

 

The machine has 2 drives

 

Rebooted - pressed Ctrl+F to get into the RAID settings

 

Deleted the Raid Array using number 3 (I think this deletes your data!)

 

Removed 1 disk anyway (cuz I wanted the other one)

 

Booted from Win 10 DVD and installed Windows - no complaints this time

 

Cheers