Help!

heavenlyhel · 10-18-2005, 02:19 PM

Ok, the problem is that my hard disks are set up as a RAID array in a SATA RAID port, with an empty NTFS partition to install Windows XP into. But Windows XP won't find the hard disks, despite whether I load up the drivers or not and on the drivers which I now think MAY be compatible cause an error when I try and load them up.
Could anyone help me out here?

**please** · 10-21-2005, 02:02 PM

@ heavenlyhel
You will need to share your system specs with us. What motherboard(brand and model number, BIOS version) and hard drives in question(size and brand and model number). What other components do you have connected to the MB?

ebackhus · 10-21-2005, 02:04 PM

When does it not see them? During installation or once the OS is installed?

10-18-2005, 02:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
heavenlyhel Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1 OS: xp	Help! Ok, the problem is that my hard disks are set up as a RAID array in a SATA RAID port, with an empty NTFS partition to install Windows XP into. But Windows XP won't find the hard disks, despite whether I load up the drivers or not and on the drivers which I now think MAY be compatible cause an error when I try and load them up. Could anyone help me out here?

10-21-2005, 02:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
please TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,186 OS: WinXP SP2	@ heavenlyhel You will need to share your system specs with us. What motherboard(brand and model number, BIOS version) and hard drives in question(size and brand and model number). What other components do you have connected to the MB? __________________ P4P800E-D:~:P4 3.0C@3.75GHz:~:Zal7000AlCu:~:OCZ4001024ELDCPER2-K@250MHz 2.5-3-3-7 WinXP SP2>2X160GB Samsung SATA ICH5R RAID1:~:2x80GB Samsung SATA Promise RAID0 ATI A-I-W X800XT~SB Audigy2 ZS~2X BenQ1620~Antec SLK3700AMB~Antec SmartPower2.0 500W

10-21-2005, 02:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
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