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well i check ever thing and the only way to get windows to see the 160 gig
was to format darn.but that is ok i still have most of the files on my other
system were i have not format that c drive yet so i can burn to cd.now to
fix the sata raid thing .
"Andre LaFramboise" <razz@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> thanks paul i did not want to make it to long with all the info.
> i was hoping not to format the 160 and loose all the info i have on it
> just swap from other system were it was used as storage aswell.
> plus the raid show space as 160 gig and if 2 -80 gig are striped should it
> not be 1- 80 gig in windows then.
> i tried to use them on the intel south brige but i got to install part
> and windows could not find them.which drivers should i use on a floppy and
> hit the f6 key on install.
> or which raid is faster the promise or the intel south bridge. thanks
> "Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
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>> In article <zK_0e.4902$Ln.226680@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>, "Andre
>> LaFramboise" <razz@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> p4c800e ,2-wd80 gig sata,1-wd 160 gig ide,lg 4163 dvdrw,benq 52 cdrw.i
>>> had
>>> setup in bios promise raid .i wanted to have the 2 sata raid 0 for
>>> primary
>>> drive the 160 ide for storage.i have the sata on raid 1 the 160 on the
>>> promise ide and the dvd rw on ide 1 the benq on ide 2.they are all new
>>> but
>>> the sata show striped 0 total 160 gig show the dvd rw and the cdrw but
>>> can
>>> not get the 160 gig if get the promise set in bios to ide it will not
>>> raid
>>> the sata and bootup .windows xp pro sp2 loaded to sata before hooking up
>>> 160
>>> .tried putting it on ide1 as master and 2 burners on ide2 .win picks it
>>> up
>>> and shows it as disk drive in device manager but can not access it .
>>
>> Let me see if I have this straight:
>>
>> P4C800-E Deluxe
>> (2) western digital 80GB SATA drives (boot array, RAID0, ICH5R ports)
>> (1) western digital 160GB IDE drive (data drive - Promise IDE)
>> (1) LG 4163 DVD/RW (IDE cable 1 on ICH5R)
>> (1) Benq 52x CDRW (IDE cable 2 on ICH5R)
>>
>> From your description, you installed WinXP SP2 on the RAID0,
>> with the 160GB IDE drive disconnected. That is a good way to
>> do it. Now, whether you connect the 160GB drive to either
>> the Promise chip (when it is set to IDE), or to the ICH5R,
>> you say you cannot access the 160GB IDE drive.
>>
>> 1) Set Promise to IDE in the BIOS, then install the Promise
>> "ATA" driver in Windows. Go to Disk Management and format the
>> drive. I have only used WinXP once, for a short time, and
>> that step had me stumped for a while as well. Here is a
>> picture of Disk Management.
>>
>>
http://www.credochs.org/courses/IT/win2000/images/disk1.jpg
>>
>> 2) Instructions for what to do next, are here. Basically right
>> click on the disk, then select "format":
>>
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309000
>>
>> The comments from the other poster, have to do with punctuation.
>> Breaking your post into separate paragraphs, with a complete
>> thought in each one, will make your post easier to read, and
>> easier to respond to. Just some friendly advice.
>>
>> My writing style leaves a lot to be desired too, so I am the
>> last person who should be giving lectures
>>
>> Paul
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