Windows XP and RAID, what could my problem be?

[Oni]

When I install windows XP on my computer my raid hard drive isn't recognized. XP sees that there is some device there, but doesn't give the drive a letter.
The RAID controller on my Epox 8K7A+ mobo is installed correctly. Here is my hard drive arrangement:
1 IBM 60 gig 60GXP drive partitioned into a 7.5 gig and remaining space. Then two IBM 40 gig 60GXP drives in RAID-0 to be one large 80 GIG.
I've alsot tried partitioning the 80 gig so that it has a primary 5 gig and then the remainder and that didn't work either. Is this a major problem? I've heard lots of people are having problems with RAID setups and windows XP. Is it also possible that I should install partition magic in XP and format the Drive while in XP?

 

[mbetea]

i'm going to go out on a limb here, but are you formatting it? or disk management won't let you format it? i don't trust 3rd party software to take care of my drives/partitions/etc.

well if luck is a lady, it explains why i have no luck :frown:

 

[Oni]

the drive is already formatted and works great in windows 98se with FAT32, but the second I install XP, and boot into it the drive doesn't get a drive letter.
XP sees some hard drive device but it doesn't work

 

[mbetea]

i don't know if they changed it or not in winXP (didn't try it when i tested it). but in w2k you cannot have a fat32 disk/partition over 32gb. it will fail on the format or won't recognize it from the get-go. go into diskmanagement in admin tools and delete it. then set it up as a logical drive and format ntfs. i'm thinking it'll probably work.

well if luck is a lady, it explains why i have no luck :frown:

 

[Oni]

aw but ntfs won't be seen in windows 98se
Is there any way around this drive limit? I know there has to be a way, there are hundreds if not thousands of people with raid drives and win2kpro who use WAY more than 32 gigs in their raid setups

 

[mbetea]

yep, true and either 1 of a couple things. they have their array partitioned (which i wouldn't do) or they format ntfs. what's going on with win98? but i thought i too heard about some 3rd party hack tool that would do the job, but i've never tried it.

well if luck is a lady, it explains why i have no luck :frown: