Vista doesn't see backup RAID drive

PPD3195 · 12-17-2008, 11:24 PM

So, I loaded Vista 64 onto the new machine.

EVGA X58 Motherboard
WD Velociraptor 300GB
2-Seagate 500GB in RAID-0

After starting the Vista install, it comes to the drive selection screen. It sees the WD, but not the RAID. Of course after loading the JMicron drivers off the disk it now sees the 1TB RAID drive.

I select the WD as the install drive, complete the install, all is well.

Except when I open My Computer...no second drive there, just the WD.

I've tried turning the SATA mode in the bios to RAID and IDE, no luck on either. The bios sees the drive, the JMicron bios shows the drive loading during the post screen, but Vista is not picking it up after the install completes.

Any ideas?

**raptor_pa** · 12-18-2008, 05:13 AM

Are there vista drivers for the J-Micron Raid? I was playing with a couple old IDE raid cards yesterday and with both a rocket raid and promise raid, had to add the drivers to XP before the drives would be recognized.

PPD3195 · 12-18-2008, 10:56 AM

I think I've narrowed the problem down. The JMicron does have drivers, which I installed during the initial Vista install and after doing so the installer did see the drive.

The ICH10R chip also supports raid, and I wasn't plugged into those ports, so I switched and set the raid drive up with the windows chipset.

The problem comes in when I change the SATA setting in the bios from IDE to RAID. Vista BSOD's during the little green loading bar screen. As soon as I switch it back to IDE, it boots fine but wont see the drive.

I'm at a loss as to what could be causing the BSOD by having SATA set to RAID.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

**raptor_pa** · 12-18-2008, 11:05 AM

What Raid level is it using? If it's raid 0 or 5 and you installed as single drives, then the data is probably being read in stripes and sent to Windows as bad data. The settings to run should be the same settings as used to install the OS. If it's Raid 1 then it really shouldn't matter. You can't make a striped type raid out of disks with existing data.

12-17-2008, 11:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
PPD3195 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Vista 64	Vista doesn't see backup RAID drive So, I loaded Vista 64 onto the new machine. EVGA X58 Motherboard WD Velociraptor 300GB 2-Seagate 500GB in RAID-0 After starting the Vista install, it comes to the drive selection screen. It sees the WD, but not the RAID. Of course after loading the JMicron drivers off the disk it now sees the 1TB RAID drive. I select the WD as the install drive, complete the install, all is well. Except when I open My Computer...no second drive there, just the WD. I've tried turning the SATA mode in the bios to RAID and IDE, no luck on either. The bios sees the drive, the JMicron bios shows the drive loading during the post screen, but Vista is not picking it up after the install completes. Any ideas?

12-18-2008, 05:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,578 OS: XP	Re: Vista doesn't see backup RAID drive Are there vista drivers for the J-Micron Raid? I was playing with a couple old IDE raid cards yesterday and with both a rocket raid and promise raid, had to add the drivers to XP before the drives would be recognized. __________________

12-18-2008, 10:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
PPD3195 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Vista 64	Re: Vista doesn't see backup RAID drive I think I've narrowed the problem down. The JMicron does have drivers, which I installed during the initial Vista install and after doing so the installer did see the drive. The ICH10R chip also supports raid, and I wasn't plugged into those ports, so I switched and set the raid drive up with the windows chipset. The problem comes in when I change the SATA setting in the bios from IDE to RAID. Vista BSOD's during the little green loading bar screen. As soon as I switch it back to IDE, it boots fine but wont see the drive. I'm at a loss as to what could be causing the BSOD by having SATA set to RAID. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

12-18-2008, 11:05 AM	#4 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,578 OS: XP	Re: Vista doesn't see backup RAID drive What Raid level is it using? If it's raid 0 or 5 and you installed as single drives, then the data is probably being read in stripes and sent to Windows as bad data. The settings to run should be the same settings as used to install the OS. If it's Raid 1 then it really shouldn't matter. You can't make a striped type raid out of disks with existing data. __________________