Not able to use drives from old RAID

jackheem · 05-02-2008, 04:28 AM

I have 6 old SATA drives from a RAID 5 file server that I pulled and replaced with larger drives. Now I want to start using these drives in work stations as regular single drives BUT when I attach them they appear in the device manager but they do not appear in the disk management (WinXP). What do I need to do for them to be usable?

**Deleted090308** · 05-02-2008, 03:57 PM

Welcome to TSF.

Erase the drives with DBAN - then format them.

05-02-2008, 04:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
jackheem Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1 OS: Windows XP	Not able to use drives from old RAID I have 6 old SATA drives from a RAID 5 file server that I pulled and replaced with larger drives. Now I want to start using these drives in work stations as regular single drives BUT when I attach them they appear in the device manager but they do not appear in the disk management (WinXP). What do I need to do for them to be usable?

05-02-2008, 03:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Not able to use drives from old RAID Welcome to TSF. Erase the drives with DBAN - then format them.