P4PE + S-ATA + Promise

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I got a new SATA HDD and when installing it, I first didn't realize, that I
need floppy for drivers. So I tried setting up RAID with only 1 drive. It
did accept that, but I still needed to do the floppy thing for drivers (btw.
how to install SATA drivers without floppy drive...?) .

OK. Now I have working system (XP), but every time I boot up, the machine
stops for a little while showing up the RAID configuration utility and then
continues. It is not very many seconds, but still...

So it is really needed to set up RAID or can I remove it and still use SATA
HDD? I'm planning for complete re-install anyway, so I don't care if
everything get lost when removing RAID.

TIA

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"Jouko®" <no_spam@dlc.fi> wrote in
news:JPgcc.2121$nD5.765@reader1.news.jippii.net:

> So it is really needed to set up RAID or can I remove it and still use
> SATA HDD? I'm planning for complete re-install anyway, so I don't care
> if everything get lost when removing RAID.

I think you have set it up correctly already. From what I have seen, the
use of the SATA interface on current mobos with SATA/PATA is really using
the raid controller, and what you have just done is set up a single drive
raid. AFAIK that is the correct way to use it.

 

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You need to install drivers whether yr using raid or not.
Its normal for there to be a slight pause a the raid config utility, its so
that you can access it.

"Jouko®" <no_spam@dlc.fi> wrote in message
news:JPgcc.2121$nD5.765@reader1.news.jippii.net...
> I got a new SATA HDD and when installing it, I first didn't realize, that
I
> need floppy for drivers. So I tried setting up RAID with only 1 drive. It
> did accept that, but I still needed to do the floppy thing for drivers
(btw.
> how to install SATA drivers without floppy drive...?) .
>
> OK. Now I have working system (XP), but every time I boot up, the machine
> stops for a little while showing up the RAID configuration utility and
then
> continues. It is not very many seconds, but still...
>
> So it is really needed to set up RAID or can I remove it and still use
SATA
> HDD? I'm planning for complete re-install anyway, so I don't care if
> everything get lost when removing RAID.
>
> TIA
>
> --
>
> Jouko
>
> On the net since 1997
>
> ***
> In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people
> very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
> - Douglas Adams
> ***
>
>
>