how to raid

[canadian_divx]

ok i got 2 40gb hdd's and i want to raid them to make one 80gb how do i do this? i got onboard promice raid.

 

[Zedric]

In short:

1. Connect the drives to the RAID channel(s).
2. On bootup, enter the RAID BIOS.
3. Set up the array as RAID 0 (striped) (the "how" may vary)
4. Reboot and start Windows.
5. Partition, format and assign a drive letter in Disk Management.

Good luck.

 

[canadian_divx]

ok all set up but i ran into anouther problem. the raid is corectly set up to how i want it.(shows me in bios) 2 40gb hdd's st 1 80gh hdd but when i go to set up windows and i puch f6 to load raid driver nad then to the partition and format section. it shows both drives , shouldent it just show one 80gb?

 

[silky62678]

Originally posted by canadian_divx
ok all set up but i ran into anouther problem. the raid is corectly set up to how i want it.(shows me in bios) 2 40gb hdd's st 1 80gh hdd but when i go to set up windows and i puch f6 to load raid driver nad then to the partition and format section. it shows both drives , shouldent it just show one 80gb?

I have the same mobo, did u have to use serial ata to set up the raid or 2 ide drives, if so, how did u do it?

 

[canadian_divx]

actually this was done on a different mobo i never raided my sata on this