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Old June 25, 2009, 05:52 PM
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Default new raid0 setup, but no option to install windows to drive
Ok, so I set up my 2 SSD's (30gb OCZ vertex and 64GB gskill falcon) in raid0, for a 94GB drive. When I load up windows vista to install it, it only gives me my 2 regular HDD's as options to install windows to. How can I make windows see my Raid drive?
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I always thought that a raid 0 array had to be comprised of identical drives.
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Old June 25, 2009, 06:03 PM
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really? under the raid controller it shows both drives configured as a 94gb drive

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sorry, I stand corrected. It is a JBOD configuration
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Old June 25, 2009, 07:40 PM
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You need to load the RAID drivers. Use vlite to make your own custom install of windows and add the RAID drivers from your motherboard support disc yourself.

Once you do this, the RAID0 will be seen as 1 drive, twice the size of a single drive (unless you make it smaller for whatever reason)

vLite - Windows Vista configuration tool

Worked like magic for me. Don't even bother trying to do it any other way. This way is best, and works.
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When I create a raid0 array, I simply load the raid drivers onto a floppy (or whatever media you prefer). When windows starts loading, it will prompt you to press F6 if additional drivers are required. Insert disc and you're done.
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Old June 25, 2009, 08:07 PM
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When I create a raid0 array, I simply load the raid drivers onto a floppy (or whatever media you prefer). When windows starts loading, it will prompt you to press F6 if additional drivers are required. Insert disc and you're done.
i second that for both my raid ) array .... holy shit we are in 2009 and we still use floppy LOL
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floppy or usb or cd or even dvd if your using vista any of the above i have used all except for the dvd 1 yet ( did not want to waste a dvd on just drivers) know i slip stream the drivers on to the vista iso then made a bootable usb drive(s) intalling from usb full install takes less then 15 min.
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Old June 26, 2009, 06:58 AM
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I tried to source the drivers from my classified Mobo CD during the installation, and it doesn't recognize them. I'll have to try one of the other ways tonight.
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have you try to make a driver disk while you are in windows using the support disk from evga? You can do that with the asus utility disk.
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Old June 27, 2009, 09:22 AM
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or you can boot from the support cd and it should give you an option to make floppy driver disk
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