Problem with the hard drive install

RatattacK · 07-17-2007, 11:25 AM

My old HD's were starting to fail so I picked up two new HD's and wanted to set them up in a RAID 0 configuration. After installing them, I started the computer and entered bios, set up raid 0 and then went to install windowsXP and it wouldn't boot from disk. Restarted CPU, entered bios, still have raid set and check system hardware and the only two things that has anythin is IDE DVD ROM and IDE CD-ROM, in the SATA rows 1-4 it shows nothing.

What am I doing wrong...it appears that the computer is not reading the drives.

**Lead3** · 07-17-2007, 01:31 PM

Once RAID is set the drives don't show up in the BIOS. However, you should set the Boot order to CD-ROM first.

RatattacK · 07-17-2007, 01:59 PM

I'll give a shot...please check back around 5:00 p.m. PST to see if it worked, I'll update then. Thanks (prematurely, but optomistic) again.

Side note: How do I wipe the Hard Drives clean before attempting this. I had used my respawn disc from AlienWare so I know there is data on the discs.

07-17-2007, 11:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
RatattacK Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 4 OS: XP Pro	Problem with the hard drive install My old HD's were starting to fail so I picked up two new HD's and wanted to set them up in a RAID 0 configuration. After installing them, I started the computer and entered bios, set up raid 0 and then went to install windowsXP and it wouldn't boot from disk. Restarted CPU, entered bios, still have raid set and check system hardware and the only two things that has anythin is IDE DVD ROM and IDE CD-ROM, in the SATA rows 1-4 it shows nothing. What am I doing wrong...it appears that the computer is not reading the drives.

07-17-2007, 01:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lead3 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 1,283 OS: 98SE,2000,XP SP3,VISTA SP2 x64 & x86, Windows 7 RC x64 & x86 My System	Re: Problem with the hard drive install Once RAID is set the drives don't show up in the BIOS. However, you should set the Boot order to CD-ROM first. __________________

07-17-2007, 01:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
RatattacK Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 4 OS: XP Pro	Re: Problem with the hard drive install I'll give a shot...please check back around 5:00 p.m. PST to see if it worked, I'll update then. Thanks (prematurely, but optomistic) again. Side note: How do I wipe the Hard Drives clean before attempting this. I had used my respawn disc from AlienWare so I know there is data on the discs.