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SATA RAID ?
- Thread starter jbmx4life
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But don't I somehow have to get the RAID drivers into the OS? Like when your installing XP and it says "hit F6 to load..." and then you upload the drivers from floppy or CD. These are my first SATA drives (I am a little behind the times storage-wise) so this is a bit of a learning experience for me.
syntx said:Yes you will probably need to use RAID drivers from floppy (F6) in installation setup.
I understand that but is there a way to implement them w/o doing a fresh install? I want to copy over the system partition that I already have.
unhappy_mage
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If you install the drivers on the current install, then image it over, you'll at least stand a chance of getting it to boot properly. But Windows doesn't (generally) like changing from one type of media to another - move your install from an IDE controller to a SATA one, and it'll likely complain and die. It may work, it may not.
Sorry, I didn't answer your question correctly, didn't sleep for 2 days. You don't want a fresh install you want to transfer the existing system partition from a single drive (no raid) to a RAID setup.jbmx4life said:I understand that but is there a way to implement them w/o doing a fresh install? I want to copy over the system partition that I already have.
Ok, well, this is what you can do. I do not know if this will work or not. Install the 2 drives in RAID0 (enable RAID) along with the current drive. Then install the raid drivers to make the RAID0 work in current installation. Then do the image thing. Swap current drive with RAID0.
Usually in BIOS you can select RAID and which channels to put in raid. I suggest to enable RAID in bios for some channel(s) other than the one with the current drive. Then you can install the drivers. After that you can do an image with the drivers.
Well the RAID is going to be on SATA and the current drive in the system is IDE, so there is no confusion/problem there. I am still not sure about the RAID drivers tho. I am thinking that I have to incorporate them into the current XP install and then image everything over. That correct?
syntx said:Then you can install the drivers in Windows XP current install. Then you can image.
That is what I am asking for help with! Where do I put the RAID DRIVERS within the current install of XP? I know about the physical hooking-up and set-up of the HARD DRIVES for the RAID. I need to know where to put ther DRIVERS tho.
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First: BACKUP EVERYTHING IMPORTANT TO YOU!
I don't know if you're using a card or the controller on the motherboard. If motherboard, verify after rebooting by going to the Device Manager under "SCSI and RAID Controllers" and make sure your controller shows up and that everything is ok. If there is nothing there, you'll need to find drivers. Are there any Unknown Devices (typically Mass Storage Controller) listed in the Device Manager?
You never explained to us where the SATA connectors are!!!
Shutdown, install the drives (if you have not already done so), boot the computer, and follow the SATA RAID controller card or chipset (if on the motherboard) manufactures instructions to set up a RAID-0 array.
Most manufactures will let you image the new array from an existing drive at this point. Do so if you want. If that's not an option, someone else here will need to explain how to get your old drives contents over to the new drive. Maybe use the disk / partition tools on the Ultimate Boot CD
Once into Windows XP again, Windows should detect new hardware (hard disk drive). Check under My Computer and / or Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management, Disk Management to see if the new array is there. If you have one new drive, 80GB, congrats! If you see two 40GB drives, the RAID-0 array was not created.
Reboot and change the boot order in the BIOS to make the SATA RAID-0 array be the boot drive. Sometimes this is SATA, sometimes controller card, sometimes Other Devices, etc. You have not provided enough information for us to determine that.
Remove the IDE drive at this point. Make sure the system still boots. If everything is cool, you can put it back and use it for other storage, etc.
Hope that helps. If it doesn't, PLEASE GIVE US DETAILS! We really do want to help you, but it's difficult when your posts are that vague.
I don't know if you're using a card or the controller on the motherboard. If motherboard, verify after rebooting by going to the Device Manager under "SCSI and RAID Controllers" and make sure your controller shows up and that everything is ok. If there is nothing there, you'll need to find drivers. Are there any Unknown Devices (typically Mass Storage Controller) listed in the Device Manager?
You never explained to us where the SATA connectors are!!!
Shutdown, install the drives (if you have not already done so), boot the computer, and follow the SATA RAID controller card or chipset (if on the motherboard) manufactures instructions to set up a RAID-0 array.
Most manufactures will let you image the new array from an existing drive at this point. Do so if you want. If that's not an option, someone else here will need to explain how to get your old drives contents over to the new drive. Maybe use the disk / partition tools on the Ultimate Boot CD
Once into Windows XP again, Windows should detect new hardware (hard disk drive). Check under My Computer and / or Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management, Disk Management to see if the new array is there. If you have one new drive, 80GB, congrats! If you see two 40GB drives, the RAID-0 array was not created.
Reboot and change the boot order in the BIOS to make the SATA RAID-0 array be the boot drive. Sometimes this is SATA, sometimes controller card, sometimes Other Devices, etc. You have not provided enough information for us to determine that.
Remove the IDE drive at this point. Make sure the system still boots. If everything is cool, you can put it back and use it for other storage, etc.
Hope that helps. If it doesn't, PLEASE GIVE US DETAILS! We really do want to help you, but it's difficult when your posts are that vague.
I am using an MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum motherboard with the on-board SATA headers and the NVRAID utility I assume. I believe that I have to use headers 3+4 since they are locked/seperate so that I can keep my overclock on this system. I read thru the manual and the only thing that it talks about is loading the drivers during a Windows install which is what I do NOT want to do. I haven't installed the drives yet as I just want to get the jist of what I need to do once I do get installing them. I am actually looking for cables for the drives right now before I install them.