Problem Formatting RAID 0 Array in XP Pro

cwtriano · 03-20-2009, 02:35 AM

I'm trying to set up 2 - 320 Gb WD SATA drives in a raid 0 array. Controller is a SIL3112 and array is created in BIOS with no problem. The latest driver loads with no problem at F6. Array is also recognized by XP Pro setup, but when install tries to format the drive it fails. I have tried to format the drives before the XP install, both NTFS and FAT32 with no luck, but I am able to set it up as a RAID 1 with no problem. Any thoughts? Thanks for any help!

**raptor_pa** · 03-20-2009, 05:49 AM

Does format start then fail or does it fail before it starts? any error message other than format failed? It will have to be NTFS unless you want a bunch of 32 GB partitions sincs FAT32 only allows 32 GB partitions...

cwtriano · 03-21-2009, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by raptor_pa

Does format start then fail or does it fail before it starts? any error message other than format failed? It will have to be NTFS unless you want a bunch of 32 GB partitions sincs FAT32 only allows 32 GB partitions...

Thanks for the reply. The format (which takes hours) actually completes to 100% and then says that "Windows cannot format this drive". I drives are working properly, as they work in a RAID 1 config. Yes, it is NTFS.

03-20-2009, 02:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
cwtriano Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2 OS: XP Pro SP3 My System	Problem Formatting RAID 0 Array in XP Pro I'm trying to set up 2 - 320 Gb WD SATA drives in a raid 0 array. Controller is a SIL3112 and array is created in BIOS with no problem. The latest driver loads with no problem at F6. Array is also recognized by XP Pro setup, but when install tries to format the drive it fails. I have tried to format the drives before the XP install, both NTFS and FAT32 with no luck, but I am able to set it up as a RAID 1 with no problem. Any thoughts? Thanks for any help!

03-20-2009, 05:49 AM	#2 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,810 OS: XP	Re: Problem Formatting RAID 0 Array in XP Pro Does format start then fail or does it fail before it starts? any error message other than format failed? It will have to be NTFS unless you want a bunch of 32 GB partitions sincs FAT32 only allows 32 GB partitions... __________________