The previous suggestions for repairing with the Vista install disk failed. The "repair" function can't see the existing installation even after loading the raid drivers. The "install" function does see the disk once the drivers are loaded but it sees the disk as empty.
Here are the results of the boot info script. I believe sda and sdb are the raid array where Vista is installed, sdc id the auxillary NTFS disk used with Vista, and sdd is where Karmic is installed:
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Syslinux is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc
=> Syslinux is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdd
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system:
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type ''
sdc1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
sdd1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 9.10
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/fstab
sdd2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdd5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdd6: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: xfs
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xefbb15a7
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2,048 976,746,495 976,744,448 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda1 ends after the last sector of /dev/sda
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
Invalid MBR Signature found
Drive: sdc ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdc: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x8a57b74f
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdc1 2,048 488,392,703 488,390,656 7 HPFS/NTFS
Drive: sdd ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdd: 41.2 GB, 41174138880 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5005 cylinders, total 80418240 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf310f310
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdd1 * 63 20,852,369 20,852,307 83 Linux
/dev/sdd2 20,852,370 80,405,324 59,552,955 5 Extended
/dev/sdd5 20,852,433 22,651,649 1,799,217 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdd6 22,651,713 80,405,324 57,753,612 83 Linux
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
/dev/sdb: TYPE="jmicron_raid_member"
/dev/sdc1: UUID="E03E49623E493338" LABEL="Backup" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdd1: UUID="a7d3d835-b380-4f56-9ce1-1e6a5295b380" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdd5: UUID="7e0eb14a-ab18-4d5d-aba3-5d4a7c5485a0" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdd6: UUID="602e271a-add2-4317-be96-f8d3dc8253bd" TYPE="xfs"
=============================== "mount" output: ===============================
/dev/sdd1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
/dev/sdd6 on /var/lib type xfs (rw)
=========================== sdd1/boot/grub/menu.lst: ===========================
# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.
## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 0
## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 3
## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
hiddenmenu
# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue
## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret
#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#
#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST
### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below
## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs
## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=a7d3d835-b380-4f56-9ce1-1e6a5295b380 ro
## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=a7d3d835-b380-4f56-9ce1-1e6a5295b380
## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true
## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false
## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash
## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false
## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=
## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0
## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single
## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all
## specify if running in Xen domU or have grub detect automatically
## update-grub will ignore non-xen kernels when running in domU and vice versa
## e.g. indomU=detect
## indomU=true
## indomU=false
# indomU=detect
## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true
## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false
## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false
## ## End Default Options ##
title Ubuntu 9.10, kernel 2.6.31-15-generic
uuid a7d3d835-b380-4f56-9ce1-1e6a5295b380
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-15-generic root=UUID=a7d3d835-b380-4f56-9ce1-1e6a5295b380 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-15-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 9.10, kernel 2.6.31-15-generic (recovery mode)
uuid a7d3d835-b380-4f56-9ce1-1e6a5295b380
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-15-generic root=UUID=a7d3d835-b380-4f56-9ce1-1e6a5295b380 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-15-generic
title Ubuntu 9.10, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
uuid a7d3d835-b380-4f56-9ce1-1e6a5295b380
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=a7d3d835-b380-4f56-9ce1-1e6a5295b380 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 9.10, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (recovery mode)
uuid a7d3d835-b380-4f56-9ce1-1e6a5295b380
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=a7d3d835-b380-4f56-9ce1-1e6a5295b380 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
title Ubuntu 9.10, memtest86+
uuid a7d3d835-b380-4f56-9ce1-1e6a5295b380
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
=============================== sdd1/etc/fstab: ===============================
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'vol_id --uuid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# / was on /dev/sdd1 during installation
UUID=a7d3d835-b380-4f56-9ce1-1e6a5295b380 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /var/lib was on /dev/sdd6 during installation
UUID=602e271a-add2-4317-be96-f8d3dc8253bd /var/lib xfs defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sdd5 during installation
UUID=7e0eb14a-ab18-4d5d-aba3-5d4a7c5485a0 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sdd1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
.0GB: boot/grub/menu.lst
.0GB: boot/grub/stage2
.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-15-generic
.0GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic
.0GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-15-generic
.0GB: initrd.img
.0GB: vmlinuz
=======Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive==============
sde sdf sdg sdh