Multiboot setup with windows 7

Vista was bit flaky before I flashed the bios it seems that supermicro don't
update their bios very often not as often as Asus. I think I will deep six my
motherboard, I doubt that Supermicro will have anything usefull to say.
BTW the 48300 has the latest firmware as well.
Now I'll have to find one with a pci-x slot
Thanks to those who replied.



"Dominic Payer"
> wrote in message news:...
> There is a BIOS update which might make a difference if you have not already applied it.
>
> When installing Windows 7 you should install on empty space and let the installation
> routine format the drive. This lets the installer create a 100MB partition for its boot
> files. The format is a quick format - full formats with disk surface tests take far too
> long to be acceptable.
>
> Try removing one of the memory modules.
>
> Sometimes there are problems with a motherboard and particular versions of disk
> firmware. I can find no reports of that but your board is not a very common one.
>
>
> On 26/11/2009 14:18, Master Lee wrote:
>> Well I have been trying for the last 2 weeks to install Windows 7 and ever time it
>> comes
>> to reboot after the files are copied to the hard drive and it crashes. I have given up!
>> My configiration as follows
>>
>> C2SBX motherboard cpu intel Q6700 I have tried Gskil and Apagee GT 4gB DDR3
>> Adaptec 48300 HA Gigabyte HD4550 Video card Leadtek DVR3200H tv tuner card
>> and Adaptec says there are drivers in Window for the 48300 card
>>
>> I have Windows XP X64 and Vista business X64 on different drives which work ok
>> I have tried to install Windows 7 on both SAS and SATA drives and reformated them
>> every time. Do you know how long it takes to format a 300gB sas drive slow
>> format. Now you tell me it is not the motherboard!!!! Why does it work ok on
>> Windows XP X64 and Vista X64 but not Windows 7 Give me a logical argument.
>> I even tried to upgrade Vista and it rolled back the upgrade.
>> BTW I contacted Supermicro who have not replied yet.

My suspicion is that the Adaptec 48300 HA drivers are not included on
the Windows 7 DVD and that you must supply them the the setup program by
another mean. You should be able to specify other drivers when you
select the disk and partition for the installation.

John

Master Lee wrote:
> Well I have been trying for the last 2 weeks to install Windows 7 and ever time it comes
> to reboot after the files are copied to the hard drive and it crashes. I have given up!
> My configiration as follows
>
> C2SBX motherboard cpu intel Q6700 I have tried Gskil and Apagee GT 4gB DDR3
> Adaptec 48300 HA Gigabyte HD4550 Video card Leadtek DVR3200H tv tuner card
> and Adaptec says there are drivers in Window for the 48300 card
>
> I have Windows XP X64 and Vista business X64 on different drives which work ok
> I have tried to install Windows 7 on both SAS and SATA drives and reformated them
> every time. Do you know how long it takes to format a 300gB sas drive slow
> format. Now you tell me it is not the motherboard!!!! Why does it work ok on
> Windows XP X64 and Vista X64 but not Windows 7 Give me a logical argument.
> I even tried to upgrade Vista and it rolled back the upgrade.
> BTW I contacted Supermicro who have not replied yet.
>
> "Dominic Payer" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> The Supermicro compatibility chart http://www.supermicro.com/support/resources/OS/C2.cfm
>> only shows that they have not tested and confirmed compatibility. They only show results
>> for the Windows 7 RC anyway.
>>
>> The board specs http://www.supermicro.com/products/m.../X38/C2SBX.cfm
>> suggest that Windows 7 should run perfectly well.
>>
>>
>> On 26/11/2009 00:56, Master Lee wrote:
>>> Thanks
>>> I have just found out what may be the reason why Windows 7 will not install
>>> it seems according the Supermicro website my motherboard C2SBX does not support
>>> Windows 7
>>> what a wasted effort.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> "R. C. White"<> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> Hi, Lee.
>>>>
>
>

But that does not explain why it would not install on a SATA drive.
"John John - MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> My suspicion is that the Adaptec 48300 HA drivers are not included on the Windows 7 DVD
> and that you must supply them the the setup program by another mean. You should be able
> to specify other drivers when you select the disk and partition for the installation.
>
> John
>
> Master Lee wrote:
>> Well I have been trying for the last 2 weeks to install Windows 7 and ever time it
>> comes
>> to reboot after the files are copied to the hard drive and it crashes. I have given up!
>> My configiration as follows
>>
>> C2SBX motherboard cpu intel Q6700 I have tried Gskil and Apagee GT 4gB DDR3
>> Adaptec 48300 HA Gigabyte HD4550 Video card Leadtek DVR3200H tv tuner card
>> and Adaptec says there are drivers in Window for the 48300 card
>>
>> I have Windows XP X64 and Vista business X64 on different drives which work ok
>> I have tried to install Windows 7 on both SAS and SATA drives and reformated them
>> every time. Do you know how long it takes to format a 300gB sas drive slow
>> format. Now you tell me it is not the motherboard!!!! Why does it work ok on
>> Windows XP X64 and Vista X64 but not Windows 7 Give me a logical argument.
>> I even tried to upgrade Vista and it rolled back the upgrade.
>> BTW I contacted Supermicro who have not replied yet.
>>
>> "Dominic Payer" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> The Supermicro compatibility chart
>>> http://www.supermicro.com/support/resources/OS/C2.cfm only shows that they have not
>>> tested and confirmed compatibility. They only show results for the Windows 7 RC
>>> anyway.
>>>
>>> The board specs http://www.supermicro.com/products/m.../X38/C2SBX.cfm
>>> suggest that Windows 7 should run perfectly well.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 26/11/2009 00:56, Master Lee wrote:
>>>> Thanks
>>>> I have just found out what may be the reason why Windows 7 will not install
>>>> it seems according the Supermicro website my motherboard C2SBX does not support
>>>> Windows 7
>>>> what a wasted effort.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "R. C. White"<> wrote in message
>>>> news:...
>>>>> Hi, Lee.
>>>>>
>>

According to Supermicro it would use the Intel ICH9R SATA Driver, I
would think this would be on the Windows 7 DVD, but you could still try
to supply the drivers when you install and see what happens.

http://www.supermicro.com/support/resources/

Or maybe the controller is set to a mode that is causing problems... RAID?

John

Master Lee wrote:
> But that does not explain why it would not install on a SATA drive.
> "John John - MVP" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> My suspicion is that the Adaptec 48300 HA drivers are not included on the Windows 7 DVD
>> and that you must supply them the the setup program by another mean. You should be able
>> to specify other drivers when you select the disk and partition for the installation.
>>
>> John
>>
>> Master Lee wrote:
>>> Well I have been trying for the last 2 weeks to install Windows 7 and ever time it
>>> comes
>>> to reboot after the files are copied to the hard drive and it crashes. I have given up!
>>> My configiration as follows
>>>
>>> C2SBX motherboard cpu intel Q6700 I have tried Gskil and Apagee GT 4gB DDR3
>>> Adaptec 48300 HA Gigabyte HD4550 Video card Leadtek DVR3200H tv tuner card
>>> and Adaptec says there are drivers in Window for the 48300 card
>>>
>>> I have Windows XP X64 and Vista business X64 on different drives which work ok
>>> I have tried to install Windows 7 on both SAS and SATA drives and reformated them
>>> every time. Do you know how long it takes to format a 300gB sas drive slow
>>> format. Now you tell me it is not the motherboard!!!! Why does it work ok on
>>> Windows XP X64 and Vista X64 but not Windows 7 Give me a logical argument.
>>> I even tried to upgrade Vista and it rolled back the upgrade.
>>> BTW I contacted Supermicro who have not replied yet.
>>>
>>> "Dominic Payer" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> The Supermicro compatibility chart
>>>> http://www.supermicro.com/support/resources/OS/C2.cfm only shows that they have not
>>>> tested and confirmed compatibility. They only show results for the Windows 7 RC
>>>> anyway.
>>>>
>>>> The board specs http://www.supermicro.com/products/m.../X38/C2SBX.cfm
>>>> suggest that Windows 7 should run perfectly well.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 26/11/2009 00:56, Master Lee wrote:
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> I have just found out what may be the reason why Windows 7 will not install
>>>>> it seems according the Supermicro website my motherboard C2SBX does not support
>>>>> Windows 7
>>>>> what a wasted effort.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "R. C. White"<> wrote in message
>>>>> news:...
>>>>>> Hi, Lee.
>>>>>>
>

According to Supermicro they will respond within one business day they
have failed they have exceeded they time.
"John John - MVP" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> According to Supermicro it would use the Intel ICH9R SATA Driver, I would think this
> would be on the Windows 7 DVD, but you could still try to supply the drivers when you
> install and see what happens.
>
> http://www.supermicro.com/support/resources/
>
> Or maybe the controller is set to a mode that is causing problems... RAID?
>
> John
>
> Master Lee wrote:
>> But that does not explain why it would not install on a SATA drive.
>> "John John - MVP" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> My suspicion is that the Adaptec 48300 HA drivers are not included on the Windows 7
>>> DVD and that you must supply them the the setup program by another mean. You should
>>> be able to specify other drivers when you select the disk and partition for the
>>> installation.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> Master Lee wrote:
>>>> Well I have been trying for the last 2 weeks to install Windows 7 and ever time it
>>>> comes
>>>> to reboot after the files are copied to the hard drive and it crashes. I have given
>>>> up!
>>>> My configiration as follows
>>>>
>>>> C2SBX motherboard cpu intel Q6700 I have tried Gskil and Apagee GT 4gB DDR3
>>>> Adaptec 48300 HA Gigabyte HD4550 Video card Leadtek DVR3200H tv tuner card
>>>> and Adaptec says there are drivers in Window for the 48300 card
>>>>
>>>> I have Windows XP X64 and Vista business X64 on different drives which work ok
>>>> I have tried to install Windows 7 on both SAS and SATA drives and reformated them
>>>> every time. Do you know how long it takes to format a 300gB sas drive slow
>>>> format. Now you tell me it is not the motherboard!!!! Why does it work ok on
>>>> Windows XP X64 and Vista X64 but not Windows 7 Give me a logical argument.
>>>> I even tried to upgrade Vista and it rolled back the upgrade.
>>>> BTW I contacted Supermicro who have not replied yet.
>>>>
>>>> "Dominic Payer" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:...
>>>>> The Supermicro compatibility chart
>>>>> http://www.supermicro.com/support/resources/OS/C2.cfm only shows that they have not
>>>>> tested and confirmed compatibility. They only show results for the Windows 7 RC
>>>>> anyway.
>>>>>
>>>>> The board specs
>>>>> http://www.supermicro.com/products/m.../X38/C2SBX.cfm suggest that
>>>>> Windows 7 should run perfectly well.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 26/11/2009 00:56, Master Lee wrote:
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> I have just found out what may be the reason why Windows 7 will not install
>>>>>> it seems according the Supermicro website my motherboard C2SBX does not support
>>>>>> Windows 7
>>>>>> what a wasted effort.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "R. C. White"<> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:...
>>>>>>> Hi, Lee.
>>>>>>>
>>

Master Lee wrote:
> Vista was bit flaky before I flashed the bios it seems that supermicro don't
> update their bios very often not as often as Asus. I think I will deep six my
> motherboard, I doubt that Supermicro will have anything usefull to say.
> BTW the 48300 has the latest firmware as well.
> Now I'll have to find one with a pci-x slot
> Thanks to those who replied.
>
>
>
> "Dominic Payer"
> > wrote in message news:...
>> There is a BIOS update which might make a difference if you have not already applied it.
>>
>> When installing Windows 7 you should install on empty space and let the installation
>> routine format the drive. This lets the installer create a 100MB partition for its boot
>> files. The format is a quick format - full formats with disk surface tests take far too
>> long to be acceptable.
>>
>> Try removing one of the memory modules.
>>
>> Sometimes there are problems with a motherboard and particular versions of disk
>> firmware. I can find no reports of that but your board is not a very common one.
>>
>>
>> On 26/11/2009 14:18, Master Lee wrote:
>>> Well I have been trying for the last 2 weeks to install Windows 7 and ever time it
>>> comes
>>> to reboot after the files are copied to the hard drive and it crashes. I have given up!
>>> My configiration as follows
>>>
>>> C2SBX motherboard cpu intel Q6700 I have tried Gskil and Apagee GT 4gB DDR3
>>> Adaptec 48300 HA Gigabyte HD4550 Video card Leadtek DVR3200H tv tuner card
>>> and Adaptec says there are drivers in Window for the 48300 card
>>>
>>> I have Windows XP X64 and Vista business X64 on different drives which work ok
>>> I have tried to install Windows 7 on both SAS and SATA drives and reformated them
>>> every time. Do you know how long it takes to format a 300gB sas drive slow
>>> format. Now you tell me it is not the motherboard!!!! Why does it work ok on
>>> Windows XP X64 and Vista X64 but not Windows 7 Give me a logical argument.
>>> I even tried to upgrade Vista and it rolled back the upgrade.
>>> BTW I contacted Supermicro who have not replied yet.
>
>
Go into the BIOS and find the modes for the drives. Modes will be
something like RAID, Combo, ACPI, and IDE. Set the mode for the drive
to IDE.

If it works, then you do have a driver problem. I never could get the
SATA driver loaded (I was never sure which on was the right one), the
mode in my BIOS is still set to "IDE". They say it doesn't run as fast,
but it seems fine to me. My system tends to bottleneck on the processor
not the hard drive anyway.

Thanks for the suggestion but my motherboard does not have that opton it has either auto
or sata and had
already disabled the raid function as I am not runing sata raid.
"Anon" <> wrote in message news:...
> Master Lee wrote:
>> Vista was bit flaky before I flashed the bios it seems that supermicro don't
>> update their bios very often not as often as Asus. I think I will deep six my
>> motherboard, I doubt that Supermicro will have anything usefull to say.
>> BTW the 48300 has the latest firmware as well.
>> Now I'll have to find one with a pci-x slot
>> Thanks to those who replied.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Dominic Payer"
>> > wrote in message news:...
>>> There is a BIOS update which might make a difference if you have not already applied
>>> it.
>>>
>>> When installing Windows 7 you should install on empty space and let the installation
>>> routine format the drive. This lets the installer create a 100MB partition for its
>>> boot files. The format is a quick format - full formats with disk surface tests take
>>> far too long to be acceptable.
>>>
>>> Try removing one of the memory modules.
>>>
>>> Sometimes there are problems with a motherboard and particular versions of disk
>>> firmware. I can find no reports of that but your board is not a very common one.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 26/11/2009 14:18, Master Lee wrote:
>>>> Well I have been trying for the last 2 weeks to install Windows 7 and ever time it
>>>> comes
>>>> to reboot after the files are copied to the hard drive and it crashes. I have given
>>>> up!
>>>> My configiration as follows
>>>>
>>>> C2SBX motherboard cpu intel Q6700 I have tried Gskil and Apagee GT 4gB DDR3
>>>> Adaptec 48300 HA Gigabyte HD4550 Video card Leadtek DVR3200H tv tuner card
>>>> and Adaptec says there are drivers in Window for the 48300 card
>>>>
>>>> I have Windows XP X64 and Vista business X64 on different drives which work ok
>>>> I have tried to install Windows 7 on both SAS and SATA drives and reformated them
>>>> every time. Do you know how long it takes to format a 300gB sas drive slow
>>>> format. Now you tell me it is not the motherboard!!!! Why does it work ok on
>>>> Windows XP X64 and Vista X64 but not Windows 7 Give me a logical argument.
>>>> I even tried to upgrade Vista and it rolled back the upgrade.
>>>> BTW I contacted Supermicro who have not replied yet.
>>
>>
> Go into the BIOS and find the modes for the drives. Modes will be something like RAID,
> Combo, ACPI, and IDE. Set the mode for the drive to IDE.
>
> If it works, then you do have a driver problem. I never could get the SATA driver
> loaded (I was never sure which on was the right one), the mode in my BIOS is still set
> to "IDE". They say it doesn't run as fast, but it seems fine to me. My system tends to
> bottleneck on the processor not the hard drive anyway.

BTW I ran upgrade adviser and the only thing it found was ati manager which I removed
seemed like a useless prgram if it did not pickup my problem.



"Master Lee" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> According to Supermicro they will respond within one business day they
> have failed they have exceeded they time.
> "John John - MVP" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> According to Supermicro it would use the Intel ICH9R SATA Driver, I would think this
>> would be on the Windows 7 DVD, but you could still try to supply the drivers when you
>> install and see what happens.
>>
>> http://www.supermicro.com/support/resources/
>>
>> Or maybe the controller is set to a mode that is causing problems... RAID?
>>
>> John
>>
>> Master Lee wrote:
>>> But that does not explain why it would not install on a SATA drive.
>>> "John John - MVP" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> My suspicion is that the Adaptec 48300 HA drivers are not included on the Windows 7
>>>> DVD and that you must supply them the the setup program by another mean. You should
>>>> be able to specify other drivers when you select the disk and partition for the
>>>> installation.
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>> Master Lee wrote:
>>>>> Well I have been trying for the last 2 weeks to install Windows 7 and ever time it
>>>>> comes
>>>>> to reboot after the files are copied to the hard drive and it crashes. I have given
>>>>> up!
>>>>> My configiration as follows
>>>>>
>>>>> C2SBX motherboard cpu intel Q6700 I have tried Gskil and Apagee GT 4gB DDR3
>>>>> Adaptec 48300 HA Gigabyte HD4550 Video card Leadtek DVR3200H tv tuner card
>>>>> and Adaptec says there are drivers in Window for the 48300 card
>>>>>
>>>>> I have Windows XP X64 and Vista business X64 on different drives which work ok
>>>>> I have tried to install Windows 7 on both SAS and SATA drives and reformated them
>>>>> every time. Do you know how long it takes to format a 300gB sas drive slow
>>>>> format. Now you tell me it is not the motherboard!!!! Why does it work ok on
>>>>> Windows XP X64 and Vista X64 but not Windows 7 Give me a logical argument.
>>>>> I even tried to upgrade Vista and it rolled back the upgrade.
>>>>> BTW I contacted Supermicro who have not replied yet.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Dominic Payer" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:...
>>>>>> The Supermicro compatibility chart
>>>>>> http://www.supermicro.com/support/resources/OS/C2.cfm only shows that they have not
>>>>>> tested and confirmed compatibility. They only show results for the Windows 7 RC
>>>>>> anyway.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The board specs
>>>>>> http://www.supermicro.com/products/m.../X38/C2SBX.cfm suggest that
>>>>>> Windows 7 should run perfectly well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 26/11/2009 00:56, Master Lee wrote:
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> I have just found out what may be the reason why Windows 7 will not install
>>>>>>> it seems according the Supermicro website my motherboard C2SBX does not support
>>>>>>> Windows 7
>>>>>>> what a wasted effort.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "R. C. White"<> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:...
>>>>>>>> Hi, Lee.
>>>>>>>>
>>>
>
>

Create a Multiboot System for Windows 7
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/m.../ee851553.aspx

spock wrote:
> Hello All
>
> I have multi boot setup in the begining I had two copies of XP X64 which are drive C: and
> D: then I installed Vista but that called installation called the drive C: I wanted it to
> be E: but how Do I do that and want to put windows 7 on if I ever get it to work.
> I would like replace vista with with windows 7 but want to be drive E: it this possible.
>
> I had problems with Vista until I updated the bios and it seems to be ok now. I just can
> not can not get windows 7 to install.
> I just can not understand why the bsod does not stay long enough to read it, so you can
> find what the error is.
>
> I just don't know what to try next.
>
> Lee
>
>