Win10 "Can't be installed on this disk" RAID0 config

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Trying to install Win10 on a software RAID0 disk, getting the error "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. "this computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu."
Pretty sure the hardware supports booting to the disk as I'm reinstalling win10 after breaking and adding a drive to the array, and it worked flawlessly last time I installed it. BIOS also shows the disk as bootable and that the controller is enabled.
I've tried with the drives partitioned by the installer and unpartitioned, neither works.
Specs:
Wn10 Home x64
Asus Maximus VIII Hero
i7 6700k
EVGA 980ti
Kingston 120gb SSDNow 300 SSDs
Any ideas?
 
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for shits and giggles try using a legacy install.

And i would use a LSI based card. there are plenty out there.

Getting them new though is $$$$. I would try a legacy install first. Also make sure that the drive is converted to GPT when you do the RAID 0. Have to open up a command prompt at the disk selection windows and use diskpart to make it GPT as well.
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Is it a software RAID 0 that was made within windows? If so that is way. The only Software RAID you can install windows on is a RAID 1 but the thing is that is only because you make the RAID 1 AFTER you install windows.

If it is a Hardware RAID 0 then something might be going on here.
 
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It was made in BIOS, not windows. Not sure if this is considered a hardware raid or a software raid. Someone mentioned it as a software raid if it didn't use a separate raid controller, so I was going off that.
 
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It is still considered a hardware RAID but it isn't a True Hardware RAID as a True RAID controller handles all of the RAID functions as the CPU does nothing where has a onboard RAID relies on the CPU to do the RAID and then a Software RAID is controlled strictly though software or windows.

So does it show just one big unallocated empty space?

 
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Yeah, it does show one unallocated empty space that's the right size to include all of the drives, and I can add partitions to it with the installer, but still can't install onto them. when I test it with a single drive, it creates the sys reserved and primary partitions fine, but with RAID it only makes a single one and says it can't install on it.

Thanks for replying :)
 
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Yea I have had issues like these before and I can't remember what I did.

What drives are they? The kingston SSD's you said? or they some other disk? Try breaking the RAID and remaking it. Trying to think of what we can do. I know I had this issue when I was making a custom Install disk as well but I just gave up on that one lmao
 
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Yeah, theyre the kingston SSDs. I used 4 of them in an array just fine, and then decided I wanted more storage so I formatted them and remade it with 6 drives. I've been breaking and remaking the RAID for the last two days trying different combinations, less drives, more drives, RAID5, RAID1, etc, and nothing's changed. I also tried remaking the 4 disk array with the same 4 drives, and that didnt work either.

Any chance it could be like a bad mobo or something? I ruled that out at first because it worked the first time just fine, but now I don't know.
 
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Using UFEI.
Would it save time to just use an actual hardware RAID card, and if so, what one do you recommend? Preferably I'd like to use these 6 120gb drives, because I've got tons of them laying around.
 
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for shits and giggles try using a legacy install.

And i would use a LSI based card. there are plenty out there.

Getting them new though is $$$$. I would try a legacy install first. Also make sure that the drive is converted to GPT when you do the RAID 0. Have to open up a command prompt at the disk selection windows and use diskpart to make it GPT as well.
 
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I'm in waayyy over my head here, but I'll give it a go. Also had a look at RAID cards, I feel like at that point I'd be better just getting a single large SSD for the money. I'm using the 120s because I had them laying around and it was easy to do (the first time).
 
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Got it.

Burned a win8.1 install disk, that refused to even recognize a drive, but it allowed me access to the command prompt, which the win10 disk wouldnt, and from there I cleaned and formatted the disk to GPT several times using diskpart, and then swapped the win10 disk back in and it worked.
Oddly, it took several format attempts with diskpart for it to work, but at least it did in the end. Now I'm struggling to make the win10 backup tool read the disk image I made before I wiped the drives.
I have to say though, even being a fairly loyal windows user, this whole problem has been almost enough to make me wish I was using Mac xD
Thanks so much for taking the time to suggest solutions for this, and for suggesting that I use diskpart to make sure it's GPT.
 
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