I just build my htpc and all works great. I setup the raid 5 through the bios and installed my OS, windows 7 RTM on my os HD. So I have the 640gb WD os drive and 3 WD 1tb drives configured for raid 5.
When I go to computer, disk management and format disk. The raid 5 option is greyed out. The only option at this point is to create a new volume. I am confused at this point on what to do. I know windows 7 doesnt support raid 5 but since I already have the hardware raid setup through the bios, what else do i need to do. It looks like my only option is to create the volume, format the drives and go from there.
I would appreciate any help and advice you can provide me.
Thanks
Jim
When I go to computer, disk management and format disk. The raid 5 option is greyed out. The only option at this point is to create a new volume. I am confused at this point on what to do. I know windows 7 doesnt support raid 5 but since I already have the hardware raid setup through the bios, what else do i need to do. It looks like my only option is to create the volume, format the drives and go from there.
I would appreciate any help and advice you can provide me.
Thanks
Jim