Recent content by RichT

Been away for a while but back trying to get the array seen in DM.... I did a XP repair re-install last night (full XP-SP2 with the RAID and ACHI drivers but not nLite'd in any other way) with no impact... same issues still :( Found an INTEL forum that discussed issues relating to having...

Thanks for the reply and info about MBR... I couldn't fine that out after lots of research. I've progressed a little... after backing up everything: * I've tested the disks with Sea Tools.. OK * Removed the array bootingto win, close win, reattach drives, boot.. no impact * Delete...

Could this have anything to do with the MBR (seem to contain disk and partition info) possibly being corrupt on the raid ? I can't seem to find if the MBR is applicable only for the boot disk or for any disk... including raids. Any ideas ?

On a Gigabyte GA-P35-DSP I have WinXP Pro installed on a Raptor 74GB, I also have a 640GB Raid 0 array and a 300GB single disk all defined on the SB Intel ICH9R. The BIOS is in RAID mode, the ICH9R iaStor.inf (Raid) drivers were installed when installing XP. The raid was defined and then...

Anyone know if there is anything fundamentally wrong with trying to run a single drive SATA (Raptor) as the System drive AND a RAID off the Southboard (Intel) controller at the same time ? Will the Raptor be OK with the controller mode as RAID ? Also, if in RAID mode, does that include or...