Raid0 creation, XP gives BSOD

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MrPatate

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I just tried to make a RAID for the first time... But without success and I need some help....

My motherboard is a P5K Deluxe, the drives a two identical WD 500 RE2 (data drives not OS) that I've been using(as single drives) over a year without any problem.

What I did:
- Selected "raid" in the BIOS instead of IDE,
- When the intel raid screen appeared I pressed "ctrl + i".
- Selected "Create a new Raid",
- Chose the spec I wanted (Raid0, the volume's name, the drives that needed to be in it).

Everything looks ok.

I reboot, XP loading screen appears (not the log on, but the first image XP shows with the progress bar) and then a blue screen flash so quickly I cannot read anything.

I deleted the Raid in the Intel menu and re-created it but nothing is working. Also tried safe mode and it gives me the same blue screen.
Then I deleted the Raid again, changed the BIOS back to IDE and now can load windows. My first data disc is still accessible and with all the data I've left in it (I made back-up). But the second drive isn't there(in the explorer). In the Disk Management utility I see all drives and also the second disk, it'ssimply not formatted anymore...

Can you help me please, as I said this is my first RAID attempt, I tried google but without success for this particular issue...

Also: Is a software based Raid be simpler, better or more reliable (since a hardware Raid will rarely be working if transferred in another system).

Thanks
 
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The link isn't the solution for me.

I tried again raid to see what the blue screen was saying and its telling me I should do a checkdisk to verify if everything is allright, but nothing more.

I noticed the Intel Raid drivers where not installed. Tried to install them, but I keep getting an error message that my system doesn't have the good requirement (!?!) and in the log I see it's searching for a missing INF file.

After all this I got two new sata controller, but there's still one thing that has a "!" on it (and I suppose that's what enables raid?), in the property I get "Intel(R) ICH9R LPC Interface Controller - 2916". But nothing I can find gives it the right drivers.

I'm really lost, I really need help please.
 
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Anyone!?!?
It's my first attempt, I beleive I did everything I could on my own. Help is more than welcome.....
 
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