cannot install windows on sata raid mode

[svgn]

Hi. I am trying to setup Intel Smart Response Technology. I have a 500GB HDD and a 24GB SSD, which I want to use as cache for the HDD. After I change the SATA mode from AHCI to RAID, it says that I have to reinstall the OS. Okay, that's not a problem. The problem is that I can't choose where to install the OS. It says:

Windows can't be installed on drive 0 (or 1) partition 1 (or 2).

Windows cannot be installed on 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.

So, I tried a lot of things and I have no idea what else to try. I tried with difference OS setup USBs (Windows 10 and 7, both x64).

Any ideas?

[svgn · Accepted solution]

I managed to change to the SATA mode to RAID. I am not sure what exactly helped from the many things I've tried, but here are some things I did today:

- updated the BIOS to the latest version

- used this to change the sata mode without reinstall, it didn't work yesterday, so I'm not sure whether is from the new BIOS version or other things that I did, like trying to install different IRST drivers, etc.

- I saw that the SAFE MODE installed intel mobile express chipset sata raid controller 13.44.0.1026 driver which is older that the latest IRST drivers, but with that you can actually boot the windows after changing the sata mode to RAID

- after that, installed latest IRST driver and I setup the intel smart response technology

- I had to manually sinc the RAID drive in the CTRL+I menu, because there was a booting problem after the first restart