Vista does not recognize non-raid disk next to raid disks

Mausix · 04-30-2008, 11:50 AM

Hi All,

I recently added a third hard disk to my system but Vista does not recognize this non-raid disk next to two raid disks.

Details are below.

Can anyone help me with this please? My harddisks are almost full!

Details:
Since a few months I have a system with the following (relevant) hardware:

motherboard: Gigabyte P35-DS4 with RAID controller ICH9R
OS: Windows Vista Basic
HDD: three Western Digital Caviar 16SE 500GB of which two are in RAID1
All harddisks are connected to the RAID controller via SATA, as the two non-raid SATA connectors on the mobo are used for the external ESATA connections.

I had two WD HDD's set up as RAID1 when I installed Vista Basic. Just worked perfect. But now my Harddisks are almost full. So I thought I add a third disk to store all my downloads on. This third disk can be non-raid.

I installed the third disk and the RAID BIOS nicely shows this third HDD as non-raid. However in Windows Vista I still only see only one harddisk, the C-drive (the RAID disks) but Vista does not recognize the non-raid disk.

Can anyone help me please?
Many thanks in advance!

Mausix · 04-30-2008, 12:21 PM

I have solved it now myself.

WHat I did:
Go to start > computer
right mouse button
manage
storage > disk management
disk1 was the new disk which was not initialized
right click on the disk1
initialize
right click on unallocated space
new simple volume

04-30-2008, 11:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
Mausix Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Vista Basic	Vista does not recognize non-raid disk next to raid disks Hi All, I recently added a third hard disk to my system but Vista does not recognize this non-raid disk next to two raid disks. Details are below. Can anyone help me with this please? My harddisks are almost full! Details: Since a few months I have a system with the following (relevant) hardware: motherboard: Gigabyte P35-DS4 with RAID controller ICH9R OS: Windows Vista Basic HDD: three Western Digital Caviar 16SE 500GB of which two are in RAID1 All harddisks are connected to the RAID controller via SATA, as the two non-raid SATA connectors on the mobo are used for the external ESATA connections. I had two WD HDD's set up as RAID1 when I installed Vista Basic. Just worked perfect. But now my Harddisks are almost full. So I thought I add a third disk to store all my downloads on. This third disk can be non-raid. I installed the third disk and the RAID BIOS nicely shows this third HDD as non-raid. However in Windows Vista I still only see only one harddisk, the C-drive (the RAID disks) but Vista does not recognize the non-raid disk. Can anyone help me please? Many thanks in advance! Last edited by Mausix; 04-30-2008 at 11:53 AM.

04-30-2008, 12:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mausix Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Vista Basic	Re: Vista does not recognize non-raid disk next to raid disks I have solved it now myself. WHat I did: Go to start > computer right mouse button manage storage > disk management disk1 was the new disk which was not initialized right click on the disk1 initialize right click on unallocated space new simple volume