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| 690808 | 2008-07-21 04:47:00 | hi everyone, just got my cousin a new box with some ****ty spare parts i had. Unfortunately the gigabyte motherboard i got only has 1 IDE channel. Thats okay, CDROM and first IDE drive is okay. But i have another IDE drive which i've plugged into a fast track tx2000 raid card. I was wondering how would i show the drive in my computer? Obviously i am using windows vista. I've managed to install the drivers. Windows also updated it with the latest one in its updates repository (yes i know the repo thing is from linux, cant find another word for it :)). So yeah, Windows Vista Home Premium+Fasttrack tx2000 raid card (uses promise chipset) = no drive in my computer. The drive is currently also set to stripe on the raid interface (sorry dont know what it means either). any help would be greatly appreciated. cheers |
Xavier (11355) | ||
| 690809 | 2008-07-21 04:49:00 | Does it appear in Disk Management? Type Computer Management into the search if your not sure where it is, then open the Disk Management section. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 690810 | 2008-07-21 04:50:00 | If the hdd hasnt been formatted before, you have to go to computer management / disk management, then highlight it then format it. Dont know where it is in Vista, i dont use it |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 690811 | 2008-07-21 07:21:00 | fastest way i know to get to disk management is: Win+R then type in "mmc" and then click on file and then choose add/remove snap in and then from the list choose disk management. anyway, after doing that; checking in there, it does not show up the drive at all. However when booting the computer it says no array defined, press control+f to go into setup to use the hdd. it shows the harddrive there as CH1M Seagate 200gb drive. Just in windows it does not show. sigh :( any other suggestions please :) cheers |
Xavier (11355) | ||
| 690812 | 2008-07-21 21:45:00 | The RAID card is 100% definitely being seen in the device manager, and the drivers are installed for it? Perhaps try getting some drivers from the manufacturer's website, rather than from M$. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 690813 | 2008-07-21 22:06:00 | If the drive is currently set to striped, it won't show up. You may need to change the array to JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks). I had a quick look at the manual and it doesn't mention anything about just attaching drives as non-RAID storage. |
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