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35573	2002-02-13 21:49:00	What is a PCI Raid Controller and how do I identify it? In my system properties I have a 'pci raid cotroller' listed under 'other devices' with no drivers loaded, when I try to update drivers I don't know what I'm trying to update. There are no other conflicts listed. Also I still have 'MS-DOS is using ms-dos compatibility mode file' listed under the performance tab, I'm a bit thick but I can't seem to follow win98 help to fix the problem and need step by step advise, can someone out there please help a lost sole. Colin	Guest (0)
35574	2002-02-13 22:36:00	open case and have a look where the ide cables go to. if to a pci board then have a look at the board for name&model. if on motherboard find out what motherboard you have (i'm assumeing you don't have the manafactures disks) and get the drivers from the manafactures web site. follow the install instuctions. concidering you don't know what raid is, its advisable you do some research on setting up a raid array or post some more details on your hardware(mobo,drives,cards etc)	Guest (0)
35575	2002-02-14 00:44:00	Colin, RAID stands for Redundant Array(s) of Inexpensive Disks. It's a way to aggregate hard disks in a computer system, for purposes such as improving I/O performance and/or mirroring data to provide a measure of safety. For instance, you can connect two hard disks to a RAID controller, one of which will be a mirrored copy of the other; or, you could ask the RAID controller to write the data to both disks at once, which would speed up disk I/O considerably. You can use more than two disks, of course. Some newer motherboards come with a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect, a type of expansion bus) RAID controller. Check your motherboard manual if that's the case. If not, you have a fairly munted Windows installation. You could try to rectify things through the Device Manager, by deleting the PCI Raid Controller, and restarting the system. Windows Plug-And-Play should detect the hardware change, and prompt to install new drivers if necessary. Only do this if you are sure you do not have a PCI RAID controller! Also, remember that changing anything as fundamental as your disk controller settings carries a certain amount of risk. You could end up with a non-functional system, so back up before touching anything, and if you're not sure what you're doing, take the system to a professional instead. Cheers, -- Juha	Guest (0)
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