I sugest this only if you have a fair amount of experiance with windows disk
management utility diskpart, otherwise it could do more harm than good from
the command line type diskpart and that will take you to the disk managers
enviroment via commandline where all the advanced D.M. "disk manager"
features are located
Also with the recovery console there are more features which might be of
assistance to you such as map , fix M.B.R. And other functions not available
in the basic Winxp Interface I have included a useful link to resources for
you if nothing else heres more knowledge best of luck The
"FarMan"
http://www.theeldergeek.com/recovery_console.htm
"StewartA" wrote:

> I'm not trying to load Windows onto my RAID array, I'm merely trying to get
> back to the situation I had before, with the C: drive for programs and the
> RAID array for data.
>
> I do not want to format the RAID array since it contains a lot of data!
>
> I did install the nVidia drivers from Windows after installation.
>
> The RAID array is recognised by BIOS during POST, and I did use F6 to select
> and install the SiI RAID Controller driver for Windows XP as part of the XP
> installation routine. In Device Manager the RAID controller is listed as
> working perfectly, and the RAID array is listed as a drive under "Drives" and
> is shown as working correctly.
>
> I used Administrative Tools->Computer Management->Disk Management, and the
> array is shown as present, but without a drive letter allocated. The drive is
> referred as "Main Data Drive", the name given to it by me in the previous,
> working, XP installation.
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> Home User
>
>
> "Andrew E." wrote:
>
> > 1st,you must remove all drives except the RAID set and cdrom during
> > installation.
> > Also,does youre RAID configuration boot utility show the set on start-up,it
> > must
> > if its configured.Also,in F6 press s specify,select drivers,press s
> > again,select drivers
> > you should then see the text:drivers being installed Then after 2nd run
> > press enter
> > key,procceed to xp installation.Also,you dont install any windows drivers
> > in DOS,
> > youre installing nvidia drivers cant be right those get installed after xp
> > opens.Also,
> > you saved settings on youre RAID set,how are you installing xp-repair!!!You
> > should
> > do a clean install,format the RAID set.
> >
> > "StewartA" wrote:
> >
> > > I have a system as folows:
> > >
> > > Asus A7N8XE Deluxe with embedded Silicon Image 3112 Raid Controller
> > > 1 Off 120 GB Drive C:
> > > 2 Off SATA drives configured as mirrored RAID
> > > LG DVD-RAM drive
> > >
> > > The system has worked fine for 18n months, but I recently had a problem with
> > > the DVD-RAM drive, when it was returning "old" doisk contents on inserting a
> > > new CD-ROM, making loading of a new program impossible. I also couldn't write
> > > to CD, so I made backups of all my favourites, internet downloads eetc onto
> > > the RAID array.
> > >
> > > I therefore decided to re-install Windows XP Home and SP2. The isntallation
> > > disk that came with the motherboard did not give good instructions about
> > > setting up and initialising the array within Windows XP, but eventually I
> > > realised I had to ce reate a floppy disk for use during the Windows
> > > installation.
> > >
> > > I reloaded Windows from the XP CD-ROM, pressed F6 when requested, and leter
> > > during teh install, the computer asked me to select the appropriate RAD array
> > > driver for the SiI3122 controller. I did this and the installation proceeded
> > > OK with no reported problems.
> > >
> > > However, on booting the newly installed XP, and installing the supplementary
> > > drivers need for the NForce chipset, all apears normal, but the RAID array is
> > > not visible in My Computer. Curiously, the drive is visible in BIOS, is
> > > visible using the XP drive management tools, and is visible using the
> > > proprietary RAID management software. The drive management tool shows the
> > > correct drive name, as used in the previously successful Windows
> > > installation, it shows the drive correctly as a single partition, and the
> > > correct amount of used an unused space.
> > >
> > > I've consulted the Asus and SiI web-sites but had no luck. I'm thinking
> > > there must be a registry problem. Can anyone suggest a fix please?
> > >
> > >
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