Hello - I have a Gigabyte motherboard with the ICH10R controller, running Windows Vista on a Raid 5 boot array. I've created a 100Gb partition on the array (unformatted), and intend to do a clean installation of Windows 8 to that part of the array. When running the Win8 installer, it immediately asks me for a 'missing' driver, which I presume to be for the Intel raid controller. I've downloaded the 'F6' driver bundles for Win8, version 11.6.0.1030 for both x86 and x64. However, when I browse to either of these driver bundles, upon seeing only one match in the driver list (both for the Desktop/Workstation Raid Driver), hitting next causes the installer to think for a bit before displaying a message that no new driver can be found. At this point I cannot proceed.
The strange part to me is that when I'm browsing for the driver files, which I have on a thumb drive, the current Vista Raid 5 partition is active and visible; if the Win8 installer needs a driver for the array, how can I browse to files on that partition? Is there a possibility that the installer is looking for a driver for a different component on my PC - i.e. should one have to point to the 'F6' drivers for the ICH10R chipset when doing a clean install of Win8?