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    *Very* OT (sorry!), where's my RAID array??

    I've stuck a Abit RAID Hotrod 100 card in my machine, and a couple of Maxtor
    D740x 80gb hdd's.
    Everything went smooth, I configured the array in the setup utility and
    after exiting setup the bios utility found the drives (I recognised the name I'd
    given them) yet when I went into Windows I can't find my new super-fast
    160gb drive.
    Where is the bugger?!??!?!
    I ran the utility where you can see the status of the array and everything
    is fine, all drivers are installed correctly yet where is the blumin' drive?
    Thanks,
    Will
    Last edited by Will Hay; 26 November 2002, 12:55.
    --
    The trouble with democracy is every stupid b*****d get's a vote
    --
    Windows XP, SP1
    Elite K7S5A
    AMD Athlon XP2000+
    Matrox 32mb G400 Dual Head (682.016 display package) *not* in my father-in-law's machine
    Matrox Rainbow Runner G Series Capture Card (628 display driver and vt155e video tools) *not* in a box in the study
    Primary IDE Master: IBM Deskstar 40GB GXP
    Secondary IDE Master: Panasonic LF-D311 DVD-R Burner
    Secondary IDE Slave: Lite-On 16102b (x16x10x40) Burner
    Primary IDE Slave: Toshiba 105 DVD-Rom Drive
    2 x Maxtor 80gb D740X on RAID 0
    512mb SDRam PC133 Memory
    SB Live 1024 Soundcard (driver 4.06.656)
    ADSL EA900 USB Modem
    ...........ATI Radeon 64mb DDR ViVo *not* installed in place of my trusty old G400
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  • #2
    I've since removed the two hdd's and the RAID card, and installed one of the hdd's as master on the second IDE channel.
    Stilll the same - appears in device manager as another hdd but doesn't appear in windows explorer.
    What am I doing wrong?
    Grrrrrrr, I want to try capturing to my super-fast RAID!
    Arrrghhhh!
    --
    The trouble with democracy is every stupid b*****d get's a vote
    --
    Windows XP, SP1
    Elite K7S5A
    AMD Athlon XP2000+
    Matrox 32mb G400 Dual Head (682.016 display package) *not* in my father-in-law's machine
    Matrox Rainbow Runner G Series Capture Card (628 display driver and vt155e video tools) *not* in a box in the study
    Primary IDE Master: IBM Deskstar 40GB GXP
    Secondary IDE Master: Panasonic LF-D311 DVD-R Burner
    Secondary IDE Slave: Lite-On 16102b (x16x10x40) Burner
    Primary IDE Slave: Toshiba 105 DVD-Rom Drive
    2 x Maxtor 80gb D740X on RAID 0
    512mb SDRam PC133 Memory
    SB Live 1024 Soundcard (driver 4.06.656)
    ADSL EA900 USB Modem
    ...........ATI Radeon 64mb DDR ViVo *not* installed in place of my trusty old G400

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    • #3
      Have you used fdisk to create dos partitions then formatted the drives? If not windows won't see them

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      • #4
        Erm, no (blushing).
        My floopy drive doesn't like to work in windows for some reason, it'll only work at bootup.
        I can run a Win98 startup disk, but will I be able to identify the drives from the disk?
        Will
        Last edited by Will Hay; 27 November 2002, 01:14.
        --
        The trouble with democracy is every stupid b*****d get's a vote
        --
        Windows XP, SP1
        Elite K7S5A
        AMD Athlon XP2000+
        Matrox 32mb G400 Dual Head (682.016 display package) *not* in my father-in-law's machine
        Matrox Rainbow Runner G Series Capture Card (628 display driver and vt155e video tools) *not* in a box in the study
        Primary IDE Master: IBM Deskstar 40GB GXP
        Secondary IDE Master: Panasonic LF-D311 DVD-R Burner
        Secondary IDE Slave: Lite-On 16102b (x16x10x40) Burner
        Primary IDE Slave: Toshiba 105 DVD-Rom Drive
        2 x Maxtor 80gb D740X on RAID 0
        512mb SDRam PC133 Memory
        SB Live 1024 Soundcard (driver 4.06.656)
        ADSL EA900 USB Modem
        ...........ATI Radeon 64mb DDR ViVo *not* installed in place of my trusty old G400

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        • #5
          ah, that's the problem..You have to use fdisk and format from dos. If you don't know how to do I'll try to put a guide together

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          • #6
            yes you need to use fdisak and format...and you might want to check your bios for a "report no floppy to win95" option to see if you can your floppy working in windows

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Marshmallowman
              ...and you might want to check your bios for a "report no floppy to win95" option to see if you can your floppy working in windows
              Very strange this one, I've been down this route before and couldn't find anything in the BIOS.
              It was working up to a point though, can't remember when it stopped as like everyone else floppy disks are few and far between nowadays.
              It definatley boots using the Win98 startup disk so at least I can FDISK & Format.
              Thanks,
              Will
              Last edited by Will Hay; 27 November 2002, 01:22.
              --
              The trouble with democracy is every stupid b*****d get's a vote
              --
              Windows XP, SP1
              Elite K7S5A
              AMD Athlon XP2000+
              Matrox 32mb G400 Dual Head (682.016 display package) *not* in my father-in-law's machine
              Matrox Rainbow Runner G Series Capture Card (628 display driver and vt155e video tools) *not* in a box in the study
              Primary IDE Master: IBM Deskstar 40GB GXP
              Secondary IDE Master: Panasonic LF-D311 DVD-R Burner
              Secondary IDE Slave: Lite-On 16102b (x16x10x40) Burner
              Primary IDE Slave: Toshiba 105 DVD-Rom Drive
              2 x Maxtor 80gb D740X on RAID 0
              512mb SDRam PC133 Memory
              SB Live 1024 Soundcard (driver 4.06.656)
              ADSL EA900 USB Modem
              ...........ATI Radeon 64mb DDR ViVo *not* installed in place of my trusty old G400

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              • #8
                Originally posted by keithm
                ah, that's the problem..You have to use fdisk and format from dos. If you don't know how to do I'll try to put a guide together
                I can't believe I didn't think of this, I'd done it before when I bought an IBM a couple of years ago.
                I take it I need to install both drives as the primary - one at a time of course! (ie. remove my existing IBM drive) and Fdisk and Format them from there?
                I Fdisk'ed one last night (I forgot to format, it was getting late!) and stuck it on the secondary IDE channel as master but the Win98 startup disk didn't see it, it only saw the primary IBM on the first IDE channel.
                Thanks Keith (again!),
                Will
                Last edited by Will Hay; 27 November 2002, 01:23.
                --
                The trouble with democracy is every stupid b*****d get's a vote
                --
                Windows XP, SP1
                Elite K7S5A
                AMD Athlon XP2000+
                Matrox 32mb G400 Dual Head (682.016 display package) *not* in my father-in-law's machine
                Matrox Rainbow Runner G Series Capture Card (628 display driver and vt155e video tools) *not* in a box in the study
                Primary IDE Master: IBM Deskstar 40GB GXP
                Secondary IDE Master: Panasonic LF-D311 DVD-R Burner
                Secondary IDE Slave: Lite-On 16102b (x16x10x40) Burner
                Primary IDE Slave: Toshiba 105 DVD-Rom Drive
                2 x Maxtor 80gb D740X on RAID 0
                512mb SDRam PC133 Memory
                SB Live 1024 Soundcard (driver 4.06.656)
                ADSL EA900 USB Modem
                ...........ATI Radeon 64mb DDR ViVo *not* installed in place of my trusty old G400

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                • #9
                  Did you perhaps buy your hard drives off me?

                  Small World
                  Last edited by Adam_F; 27 November 2002, 05:27.
                  P4 2400MHz , On Intel i845GE, 1024MB Cas 2 DDR
                  Matrox G550 Dual DVI
                  2x iiyama 4332 17" LCD
                  2x WD 80000JB (8MB Cache)
                  Echo Mia
                  Plextor PlexCombo
                  CoolerMaster ATC-500
                  Canopus ADVC-100

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Adam_F
                    Did you perhaps buy your hard drives off me?
                    Aarrrrrrhhhhhh, stalker!
                    Small world indeed
                    Hard drives are formatting happily away at home as I type!
                    --
                    The trouble with democracy is every stupid b*****d get's a vote
                    --
                    Windows XP, SP1
                    Elite K7S5A
                    AMD Athlon XP2000+
                    Matrox 32mb G400 Dual Head (682.016 display package) *not* in my father-in-law's machine
                    Matrox Rainbow Runner G Series Capture Card (628 display driver and vt155e video tools) *not* in a box in the study
                    Primary IDE Master: IBM Deskstar 40GB GXP
                    Secondary IDE Master: Panasonic LF-D311 DVD-R Burner
                    Secondary IDE Slave: Lite-On 16102b (x16x10x40) Burner
                    Primary IDE Slave: Toshiba 105 DVD-Rom Drive
                    2 x Maxtor 80gb D740X on RAID 0
                    512mb SDRam PC133 Memory
                    SB Live 1024 Soundcard (driver 4.06.656)
                    ADSL EA900 USB Modem
                    ...........ATI Radeon 64mb DDR ViVo *not* installed in place of my trusty old G400

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