Windows XP and RAID 0?

[bowser]

I've been attempting to install a couple of WD Raptor 36G drives in a RAID 0
array, and get stopped every time. I've got an Intel MOBO with Serial ATA
RAID built-on the board (Silicon Image) I've got the drives connected,
they're recognized by the MOBO, and I can configure the array. The problem
comes when I start to install XP. I boot from the CD, press F6, feed it the
proper drivers, and XP then recognizes the single 76G array. Then XP creates
a partition, but won't use it. The installer says that the partition isn't
Windows XP compatible, and I'm stopped. I'm stumped. Any ideas?

 

[Ken']

Might be a silly question, did you format the drive?
Ken'

 

[Matt]

I actually installed both drives and formatted them together as an array,
and then separately to test the drives. They worked fine in a working
Windows XP system.

I guess the equally silly retort is: is there another way to format the
partition other than what I've described? Is there a utility in the RAID
setup program, or in Windows XP setup?

There is a format utility in Setup and it should prompt you as to which
partition to use. You did see the partition in setup, didn't you?

 

[Eric Gisin]

You don't format drives for Win 2K/XP, setup does that when you create an OS
partition.

| Might be a silly question, did you format the drive?
|
| | > I've been attempting to install a couple of WD Raptor 36G drives in a RAID
| 0
| > array, and get stopped every time. I've got an Intel MOBO with Serial ATA
| > RAID built-on the board (Silicon Image) I've got the drives connected,
| > they're recognized by the MOBO, and I can configure the array. The problem
| > comes when I start to install XP. I boot from the CD, press F6, feed it
| the
| > proper drivers, and XP then recognizes the single 76G array. Then XP
| creates
| > a partition, but won't use it. The installer says that the partition isn't
| > Windows XP compatible, and I'm stopped. I'm stumped. Any ideas?
| >
| >
|
|

 

[bowser]

Yes, I see the partition, and as soon as I select it, I get the message that
says the partition isn't compatible with Windows XP. After that, I have no
option for format, like I usually do during setup.

 

[bowser]

Except when XP setup created the partition, it's labeled as new and raw, and
I get no option to format.

 

[Shazbot]

Have you configured the BIOS to accept both the SATAs and RAID as they need
to be "switched on"

This is easly done throught the BIOS