Installing OS onto 2x SSD- Samsung 850 Evo 250GB

JelloBoyFrozen

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I've been dealing with this for hours. I've looked all across the internet and I have yet to fix my issue.
I also have another topic on another site with info too: http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/390070-trying-install-windows-7-2x-samsung-850-evos-raid-array.html

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SPECS/ISSUES
MSI GT80 Titan Laptop
Windows 7

I just bought/installed two Samsung SSD 850 Evo M.2s
I already have a 1TB HHD with all my stuff and OS on it (windows 7)-Not Samsung

Followed these instructions perfectly in Video directly from MSI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1md2eUqKrKo

I have already Raid configured my two new SSD's into a Stripped Array and booted SATA etc
The system on boot does not install/try to install an OS. It acts like there should be an OS and fails the Windows screen load(freezes for a sec on the colors) then brings me to .5 sec blue screen that I cant even read its so fast, then it starts the "start windows normally screen/or restore previous version", neither of which work cuz it just fails over again etc.

I've tinkered more, and decided to test out just a normal array of the SSD's to non-raid and when I boot it just ignores trying to install on the new SSDS and loads up the OS from my HDD. Even more frustrating. Apparantly when the two SSDS are Stripped and Together they are DYNAMIC and they can't have a OS installed onto them?!

Now a new problem-------
Also after setting up the Bios and my RAID array- When I go back to Bios to start/save it before installing OS it loads windows/starts to install but I get LOAD DRIVER error etc and I'm stuck at that point. It doesn't recognize the drivers in the boot cd so I'm stuck there currently.
 
The "Starting Windows" screen is shown when trying to install Windows 7, so I think that it IS booting from the CD drive, and it is running the procedure to install windows. BUT I think something is going wrong in the process leading to a blue screen. If possible, take a quick snapshot of the bluescreen either by video or photo and using the error code to further help diagnose the problem.
 


It's too fast or I would have for sure 🙁
 


This happened to me once where I kept getting blue screen when I was running a certain application. What I did was set up a tripod with a camera recording close enough to clearly read the screen. When the blue screen hit, I had it all on tape and all I had to do was rewind a view the error code.
 


Hahaha, well thats not an option I have to use. I don't think its even a real blue screen.
 


Go into advanced boot options by pressing F8 during boot and disable automatic restart on system failure.

Have you tried disconnecting your hard drive then just booting with the SSDs and the CD in?

Are you able to load into windows by using your HDD as the boot device without the CD in?
 


I've gotten more along on the other forum, I'm now at the point of creating a system image of my disk 1 to restore to disk 0 hopefully. I dont want to flood this topic with pics etc hard to keep both going. Yes I'm able to load windows with my HDD its my main HD atm. And I would never disconnect my HD on boot to try and install windows to the SSDs when it already starts to try to load/install windows but gives me driver errors.