Abit and Raid Question

[NastyNative]

Ok so i got a kn8 ultra board and 2 80gb 3gb/s hitachi drives...i just finished putting the rig together and the bios recognizes both of my sata drives...
the next step was to go back in the bios.....then go to onchip/ide raid function>Raid function>Enable Raid function and then enable serial ata 1 raid and serial ata 2 raid since thats where i have my 2 drives connected to(sata1 and sata 2 on the board)..is this Correct?
then when i restart again it ask me to press f10 to load raid drives.( i have a disk that came with the mobo..its reads NVraid driver disk version 1.05) so i stick the disk in and load from it..but any suggestions on what to do next..i wanna set up raid 0 for speed

Sorry im still a n00bie at raid setup and since its late and im going to bed now i wanna get some info on what to expect next because everything is going too smoothly so far i dont wanna mess up the raid setup thanks guys.

PS: with the help of the pcmech i will have this things kicking ass in no time

Case: antec 500 watts (kick ass case)
Mobo: Abit kn8 ultra
CPU: 64 3700+ Sandiego
Ram: Corsair Twinx (2gb..1gbstick X 2)
HDD: 2X hitachi 80gb 3g/s sata 2
Video: Evga nvidea 256 pci express 7600 gs
Sound: Creative Xfi plat
LG all in one burner

[EzyStvy]

the next step was to go back in the bios.....then go to onchip/ide raid function -> This is where you tell it which raid method you want to use....

Also, it is usually the F6 key to load the drivers..

[NastyNative]

ok so i already told the bios which drives i want to set up in raid..but now i have to go back in the bios and tell it i want raid 0..is that what your telling me?
where excatly would i be able to do that cause i didnt see any options to tell it to be raid 0 or raid 1 in the bios and also it does ask me to push f10 .


Thanks for all your help guys...

[EzyStvy]

You'll need to double check the settings in the bios...

You will have to re-install Windows.
Be sure and have a good backup plan since raid 0 doubles your chance of losing ALL data.

[NastyNative]

ohh i havent installed windows yet...its only the bios im looking for the option to make raid 0...i have a network at home so everything that is important i will be backing up in there..
So do i need to install windows first and then setup up raid..that where my confusion is..do i setup raid first do i install the OS..can u explain that to me a little cause im really lost in that dept..thanks alot man i really apreciate your help

[EzyStvy]

The option to setup the raid 0 is in the bios or the raid uitility you generally see once you enable raid.

I'm not familiar with the mobo you have. You'll have to look in the manual.

[NastyNative]

ok so i enable raid for both sata 1 and sata 2..then on the utility i setup stripping and add both disk..the it read Boot:yes......Statu:healthy....Raid: stripping and then i boot from xp install the drivers off the disk and then when it comes time for windows to recognise my disk i get ...it can't find any storage press f3 to quit...any suggestions

When i load the utility disk on the f6 of the xp installation i have 4 options..raid sata..raid nv sata..i already used both and the other say pata sata and raid 5...
any suggestions on why it wont see my drives...?

Im using XP home with the latest raid drivers from nvidia..v1.05