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Raid lvl 0: Win XP won't install

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squeakygeek

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I have two empty 80gb maxtor drives in a lvl 0 array. I am using a Promise Fastrack S150 TX2Plus card. I do install the drivers when I attempt to install Windows XP Professional. When I have only the array connected with no additional drives, I have this problem. When I get to the part of the install when you can manage partitions and select one to install to, there appear to be two "drives". The first option is "unknown disk [next line, indented] there is no disk in this drive". I cannot select this option. The second disk is my array, and it looks normal. I create a partition and select it for install, but I get an error along the lines of "Setup needs to copy files to UNKNOWN DISK, but there is no valid partition. create a partition on the disk".

If I have another drive on the motherboard, windows installs and everything seems normal, but the un-selectable "unknown disk" still appears on that screen.

This card is fresh from an RMA. I never did get an independant windows install on the array, even when the card was new. On a sidenote, I would not reccomend Promise. I have to RMA every single time the power goes out and/or I attempt to flash the bios. My first RMA with them was the single worst experience I have ever had with any company.

Thanks.
 
Are you using SATA drives?
I don't think XP has native SATA support. You might need a boot-disk.
 
Order said:
Perhaps the jumpers on your drives are in the incorrect places?
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Please take the time to read the details in my post if you have not already done so.

Thanks.
 
You said you're loading the drivers on the install, are you loading the correct drivers?
 
I've had a similar problem with XP.

what I did was create a partition using FDISK then when i installed XP I deleted that partition and recreated it. I Dunno why it worked it just did.
 
defakto said:
You said you're loading the drivers on the install, are you loading the correct drivers?
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Yes.

jnex26 said:
I've had a similar problem with XP.

what I did was create a partition using FDISK then when i installed XP I deleted that partition and recreated it. I Dunno why it worked it just did.
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I will try this.
 
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