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    hi, i have Windows XP running on a genuine Intel CPU and Intel Motherboard, with 4 SATA drives (71GB each) configured as two RAID0 volumes. i upgraded one of the volumes (two drives) to 500GB last night. i am struggling to set them up as a RAID0 volume - XP recognized and set the drives as two independent 500GB hard drives. XP on-line help has a section on setting up XP on a RAID0 volume, but does not have any help on how to add RAID0 volume. any help/cheetsheet is welcome. please.

      

    Saturday, December 22, 2007 1:19 AM

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    you are right. the drives are HW configured.

     

    i found out that i did not have the Intel Matrix Storage Management (IMSM) Raid driver software. i downloaded it from intel.com and it worked like a charm. from WinXP i ran the driver, it recognized the two non-raid disks, asked how raid to be configured, and it was done. after that, i went into computer management, storage and formatted the now raid0 1TB volume. the machine is now singing...

     

    thanks.

    Saturday, December 22, 2007 5:41 PM

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    Mash,

     

    Are your RAID arrays originating from hardware, that is, are you using a RAID setup utility that is accessed during system boot up?

     

    Saturday, December 22, 2007 6:44 AM
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    you are right. the drives are HW configured.

     

    i found out that i did not have the Intel Matrix Storage Management (IMSM) Raid driver software. i downloaded it from intel.com and it worked like a charm. from WinXP i ran the driver, it recognized the two non-raid disks, asked how raid to be configured, and it was done. after that, i went into computer management, storage and formatted the now raid0 1TB volume. the machine is now singing...

     

    thanks.

    Saturday, December 22, 2007 5:41 PM
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    Mashimama,

     

    Don't you just love it when a plan comes together?!!

     

    Friday, December 28, 2007 5:49 PM