> Hunted:
> Go to Device Manager.
> Expand the "Storage controllers" category (I am translating what I see from
> Spanish into English so there may be a slight difference in this explanation)
> You should have there
> NVIDIA nForce RAID controller
> NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA controller
> Right click in any of them, choose Properties and then go to the Controller
> tab.
> If the NVIDIA drivers installation was successful, you should be seeing
> version 5.10.2600.931
> If it isn't then you will have to update them manually via the update driver
> method.
> Regards.
> Carlos
>
> "Hunted" wrote:
>
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > After a whole weekend of trying loads of thing I did manage to get Vista
> > running again.
> >
> > Carlos, I actually did the exact thing you mentioned earlier, even before I
> > read your post, but I took another path, which I never thought of.
> >
> > I reckoned it must be something to do with the raid controller so I decided
> > to disable the raid controller and run the SATA drives as IDE detected ones.
> > (If that is even possible). I then choose Safe mode and behold it booted up
> > in Vista. I then restarted in normal mode and it worked again.
> >
> > I only then got the message that the windows update was successful, but
> > immediately did a rollback on the drivers installed. It showed 2 Nvidia SATA
> > controllers. I restarted and enabled my RAID/SATA and it booted up again. I
> > then installed the driver 15.00 package and restarted again with another
> > successful boot.
> >
> > So it's working, but what I'm not sure of now is if the driver I installed
> > is working or not, meaning I don't see any raid/sata functions on my PC and
> > my HDD is very noisy/active at the moment.
> >
> > Thanks to both you and John for the help so far. Very much appreciated.
> >
> > "Carlos" wrote:
> >
> > > Last and wild resort.
> > > Download the "good" drivers from Nvidia.
> > >
http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce4_amd_winvista64_15.00.html> > > Here's the file you want to download:
> > >
http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/nForce/15.00/nforce4_amd_winvista64_15.00_english_whql.exe> > > Unpack it (I use WinRAR for these operations).
> > > Go to the \IDE\WinVista64\sata_ide
> > > There you will have a "good" nvstor64.sys
> > > Try copying it directly to the Vista hard disk, replacing the faulty one.
> > > Do the same with nvrd64.sys, located in
> > > \IDE\WinVista64\sataraid
> > >
> > > Good luck!
> > > Carlos
> > > P.S.:Post back your results!
> > >
> > > "Hunted" wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi again, as my luck would have it the install cd didn't find any restore
> > > > point. This is weird since I created one just before I updated the drivers
> > > > and since I installed XP64 with my Vista drive unplugged.
> > > >
> > > > I'm now lost and don't know what to do to get Vista running again.
> > > >
> > > > The BSOD STOP:0x0000007B happens just after these drivers load.
> > > >
> > > > Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nvrd64.sys
> > > > Loaded driver \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nvstor64.sys
> > > >
> > > > Again any help regarding this matter will be much appreciated.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "John Barnes" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Try running a system restore from your install DVD. Should work fine if you
> > > > > didn't kill the restore points when you installed XP. Hope you were careful
> > > > > and unplugged the Vista drive.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "Hunted" <Hunted[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > > news:48C6D862-BD80-4364-B21F-559E3E0B42C3[ at ]microsoft.com...
> > > > > >I ran the update earlier and it forced me to restart. Now while Vista is
> > > > > > booting up it gives me a brief BSOD after loading nvrd64.sys &
> > > > > > nvstor64.sys.
> > > > > > My Pc restarts and I have tried restarting in Safe Mode and tried
> > > > > > restoring
> > > > > > previous good configuration, but nothing works. I get the same BSOD and my
> > > > > > system restarts. I had to install XP 64 on spare HD to get access to the
> > > > > > net.
> > > > > > Currently my Vista OS is dead and I don't want to reformat and reinstall
> > > > > > if I
> > > > > > don't have to.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If anyone can help to fix it, then I would in your debt.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cheers
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "Carlos" wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >> Has anyone tried the NVidia RAID & SATA updates that showed up today as
> > > > > >> "optional" in Windows update (Vista x64)?
> > > > > >> If someone did it, what version are they?
> > > > > >> Carlos
> > > > >
> > > > >