In article <zK_0e.4902$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Andre
LaFramboise" <(E-Mail Removed)> 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/w...ages/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...b;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