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From: RomeoJ on 6 Dec 2006 22:08
I'm trying to install 2 Western Digital 250gb hard drives in a RAID 1 setup.
I get it setup fine in the BIOS and RAID setup utility (nVidia RAID on a
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI mobo), but Windows doesn't show the drive. What do I
need to do to get them setup in Windows???

From: "Dennis Pack" dennispack at hotmail dot on 6 Dec 2006 22:51
When installing XP or XP x64 you need to use F6 to install the raid drivers
from a floppy.


"RomeoJ" <trailzman7(a)hotmail.com*n0_5pam*> wrote in message
news:E31E66AF-3BE9-4D4A-88B0-513024A4A332(a)microsoft.com...
> I'm trying to install 2 Western Digital 250gb hard drives in a RAID 1
> setup.
> I get it setup fine in the BIOS and RAID setup utility (nVidia RAID on a
> Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI mobo), but Windows doesn't show the drive. What do I
> need to do to get them setup in Windows???
>

From: RomeoJ on 6 Dec 2006 23:04
I've already got x64 installed on a separate drive. I'm going to copy my old
160gb onto the new 500gb RAID array, but I need Windows to recognize it first!

"Dennis Pack" wrote:

> When installing XP or XP x64 you need to use F6 to install the raid drivers
> from a floppy.
>
>
> "RomeoJ" <trailzman7(a)hotmail.com*n0_5pam*> wrote in message
> news:E31E66AF-3BE9-4D4A-88B0-513024A4A332(a)microsoft.com...
> > I'm trying to install 2 Western Digital 250gb hard drives in a RAID 1
> > setup.
> > I get it setup fine in the BIOS and RAID setup utility (nVidia RAID on a
> > Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI mobo), but Windows doesn't show the drive. What do I
> > need to do to get them setup in Windows???
> >
>
From: Tony Sperling on 7 Dec 2006 03:51
I would say: You have to do a 'Repair Install' to get to the Floppy Stage.

You should be able to do that on your old system, then when it reaches the
Partition Manager Stage, your new drives will become visible. I think you
should probably finish the normal installation and leave the transfer of the
system until later, since your RAID is configured and ready, they should all
behave like normal HD's after that.

The Repair Install will require that you have all system drivers ready, but
it will not affect your personal files or installed app's.

Tony. . .


"RomeoJ" <trailzman7(a)hotmail.com*n0_5pam*> wrote in message
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> I've already got x64 installed on a separate drive. I'm going to copy my
old
> 160gb onto the new 500gb RAID array, but I need Windows to recognize it
first!
>
> "Dennis Pack" wrote:
>
> > When installing XP or XP x64 you need to use F6 to install the raid
drivers
> > from a floppy.
> >
> >
> > "RomeoJ" <trailzman7(a)hotmail.com*n0_5pam*> wrote in message
> > news:E31E66AF-3BE9-4D4A-88B0-513024A4A332(a)microsoft.com...
> > > I'm trying to install 2 Western Digital 250gb hard drives in a RAID 1
> > > setup.
> > > I get it setup fine in the BIOS and RAID setup utility (nVidia RAID on
a
> > > Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI mobo), but Windows doesn't show the drive. What
do I
> > > need to do to get them setup in Windows???
> > >
> >


From: Steve Foster [SBS MVP] on 7 Dec 2006 05:52
RomeoJ wrote:

>I'm trying to install 2 Western Digital 250gb hard drives in a RAID 1
>setup.
>I get it setup fine in the BIOS and RAID setup utility (nVidia RAID on a
>Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI mobo), but Windows doesn't show the drive. What do I
>need to do to get them setup in Windows???

If this is during Windows installation, you need a driver floppy and F6.

If it's for an existing Windows installation on another drive in the same
machine, Install a driver for the RAID hardware. You should find that
Device Manager has either an "Unknown Device", or a named device that
matches your RAID hardware with a yellow exclamation (ie it's been
identified, but is non-functional or has no driver).

--
Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
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