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Confused · 04-04-2004, 08:49 AM

Then I would suspect a BIOS setting or RAID setup problem.

I haven't ran RAID so I can only offer some suggestions until someone with experience using that board and RAID replies.

1) From what I have read on this forum, RAID array works best when drives are a matched pair.

2) Since XP has been loaded on one of the drive they are no longer identical. You might try doing a zero fill on the drive that had XP loaded to it. Load could be getting confused since when it tries to write (either mirrow or stripe) and it sees a load already there.

What type of RAID are you trying to set up, stripe or mirrow?
Chas

04-04-2004, 08:49 AM	#12
Confused Member (13 bit) Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Mt Washington, KY Posts: 4,927	Then I would suspect a BIOS setting or RAID setup problem. I haven't ran RAID so I can only offer some suggestions until someone with experience using that board and RAID replies. 1) From what I have read on this forum, RAID array works best when drives are a matched pair. 2) Since XP has been loaded on one of the drive they are no longer identical. You might try doing a zero fill on the drive that had XP loaded to it. Load could be getting confused since when it tries to write (either mirrow or stripe) and it sees a load already there. What type of RAID are you trying to set up, stripe or mirrow? Chas __________________ I may not be much, but I'm all I think about.