I've just reloaded XP Home and Service Pack 2 on my computer, and although
the RAID Controller and SATA Drives are shown as working correctly in BIOS,
and Device manager, the drive does not appear in My Computer. The RAID
management software also works in Windows and shows both attached drives to
be functioning, so I'm sure there is no electrical or physical problem.

I've tried uninstalling the drives and RAID Controller (an SII 3112) using
Device manager, physically removing the drives by detaching the SATA cables,
and reformatting my C: drive, reloading Windows from CD, and reinstalling the
controller, and software drivers. All apears to go well but the drives do not
appear in My Computer and hence the RAID array is not accesible.

My system is:

Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
AMD Athlon 2800+
1 off 120 GB Western Digital Dric=ve C:
2 off 120 GB SATA drives
1 GB DDR RAM
--
Home User

You used the F6 option to install third party drivers (Sil driver) from
floppy during the reinstall?

"StewartA" <StewartA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2E89BC09-E8AC-4562-B80A-5B36F0B04468@microsoft.com...
> I've just reloaded XP Home and Service Pack 2 on my computer, and although
> the RAID Controller and SATA Drives are shown as working correctly in
BIOS,
> and Device manager, the drive does not appear in My Computer. The RAID
> management software also works in Windows and shows both attached drives
to
> be functioning, so I'm sure there is no electrical or physical problem.
>
> I've tried uninstalling the drives and RAID Controller (an SII 3112) using
> Device manager, physically removing the drives by detaching the SATA
cables,
> and reformatting my C: drive, reloading Windows from CD, and reinstalling
the
> controller, and software drivers. All apears to go well but the drives do
not
> appear in My Computer and hence the RAID array is not accesible.
>
> My system is:
>
> Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
> AMD Athlon 2800+
> 1 off 120 GB Western Digital Dric=ve C:
> 2 off 120 GB SATA drives
> 1 GB DDR RAM
> --
> Home User

The driver came on an installation CD, so after installing Windows, I
uninstalled the SiI RAID controller, rebooted and the computer loaded the
drivers off the CD. Device Manager tells me both ther drives and RAID
controller are functioning perfectly.
--
Home User


"DL" wrote:

> You used the F6 option to install third party drivers (Sil driver) from
> floppy during the reinstall?
>
> "StewartA" <StewartA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2E89BC09-E8AC-4562-B80A-5B36F0B04468@microsoft.com...
> > I've just reloaded XP Home and Service Pack 2 on my computer, and although
> > the RAID Controller and SATA Drives are shown as working correctly in
> BIOS,
> > and Device manager, the drive does not appear in My Computer. The RAID
> > management software also works in Windows and shows both attached drives
> to
> > be functioning, so I'm sure there is no electrical or physical problem.
> >
> > I've tried uninstalling the drives and RAID Controller (an SII 3112) using
> > Device manager, physically removing the drives by detaching the SATA
> cables,
> > and reformatting my C: drive, reloading Windows from CD, and reinstalling
> the
> > controller, and software drivers. All apears to go well but the drives do
> not
> > appear in My Computer and hence the RAID array is not accesible.
> >
> > My system is:
> >
> > Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
> > AMD Athlon 2800+
> > 1 off 120 GB Western Digital Dric=ve C:
> > 2 off 120 GB SATA drives
> > 1 GB DDR RAM
> > --
> > Home User
>
>
>

THey are partitoned and formnatted?

Do they show up in Disk Management, though?
Start>Run> diskmgmt.msc

"StewartA" wrote:

> I've just reloaded XP Home and Service Pack 2 on my computer, and although
> the RAID Controller and SATA Drives are shown as working correctly in BIOS,
> and Device manager, the drive does not appear in My Computer. The RAID
> management software also works in Windows and shows both attached drives to
> be functioning, so I'm sure there is no electrical or physical problem.
>
> I've tried uninstalling the drives and RAID Controller (an SII 3112) using
> Device manager, physically removing the drives by detaching the SATA cables,
> and reformatting my C: drive, reloading Windows from CD, and reinstalling the
> controller, and software drivers. All apears to go well but the drives do not
> appear in My Computer and hence the RAID array is not accesible.
>
> My system is:
>
> Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
> AMD Athlon 2800+
> 1 off 120 GB Western Digital Dric=ve C:
> 2 off 120 GB SATA drives
> 1 GB DDR RAM
> --
> Home User

Doesnt help,
You have to install from floppy during Win installation

"StewartA" <StewartA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:32243AA4-89C8-4525-A883-862D124B6AAA@microsoft.com...
> The driver came on an installation CD, so after installing Windows, I
> uninstalled the SiI RAID controller, rebooted and the computer loaded the
> drivers off the CD. Device Manager tells me both ther drives and RAID
> controller are functioning perfectly.
> --
> Home User
>
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
> > You used the F6 option to install third party drivers (Sil driver) from
> > floppy during the reinstall?
> >
> > "StewartA" <StewartA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:2E89BC09-E8AC-4562-B80A-5B36F0B04468@microsoft.com...
> > > I've just reloaded XP Home and Service Pack 2 on my computer, and
although
> > > the RAID Controller and SATA Drives are shown as working correctly in
> > BIOS,
> > > and Device manager, the drive does not appear in My Computer. The RAID
> > > management software also works in Windows and shows both attached
drives
> > to
> > > be functioning, so I'm sure there is no electrical or physical
problem.
> > >
> > > I've tried uninstalling the drives and RAID Controller (an SII 3112)
using
> > > Device manager, physically removing the drives by detaching the SATA
> > cables,
> > > and reformatting my C: drive, reloading Windows from CD, and
reinstalling
> > the
> > > controller, and software drivers. All apears to go well but the drives
do
> > not
> > > appear in My Computer and hence the RAID array is not accesible.
> > >
> > > My system is:
> > >
> > > Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
> > > AMD Athlon 2800+
> > > 1 off 120 GB Western Digital Dric=ve C:
> > > 2 off 120 GB SATA drives
> > > 1 GB DDR RAM
> > > --
> > > Home User
> >
> >
> >

They are partitioned and formatted and contain a lot of data. Thanks for the
tip about diskmgmt.msc, that's a new one to me. They don't show up there!
--
Home User


"Dixonian69" wrote:

> THey are partitoned and formnatted?
>
> Do they show up in Disk Management, though?
> Start>Run> diskmgmt.msc
>
> "StewartA" wrote:
>
> > I've just reloaded XP Home and Service Pack 2 on my computer, and although
> > the RAID Controller and SATA Drives are shown as working correctly in BIOS,
> > and Device manager, the drive does not appear in My Computer. The RAID
> > management software also works in Windows and shows both attached drives to
> > be functioning, so I'm sure there is no electrical or physical problem.
> >
> > I've tried uninstalling the drives and RAID Controller (an SII 3112) using
> > Device manager, physically removing the drives by detaching the SATA cables,
> > and reformatting my C: drive, reloading Windows from CD, and reinstalling the
> > controller, and software drivers. All apears to go well but the drives do not
> > appear in My Computer and hence the RAID array is not accesible.
> >
> > My system is:
> >
> > Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
> > AMD Athlon 2800+
> > 1 off 120 GB Western Digital Dric=ve C:
> > 2 off 120 GB SATA drives
> > 1 GB DDR RAM
> > --
> > Home User

They're formatted as NTFS??

"StewartA" wrote:

> They are partitioned and formatted and contain a lot of data. Thanks for the
> tip about diskmgmt.msc, that's a new one to me. They don't show up there!
> --
> Home User
>
>
> "Dixonian69" wrote:
>
> > THey are partitoned and formnatted?
> >
> > Do they show up in Disk Management, though?
> > Start>Run> diskmgmt.msc
> >
> > "StewartA" wrote:
> >
> > > I've just reloaded XP Home and Service Pack 2 on my computer, and although
> > > the RAID Controller and SATA Drives are shown as working correctly in BIOS,
> > > and Device manager, the drive does not appear in My Computer. The RAID
> > > management software also works in Windows and shows both attached drives to
> > > be functioning, so I'm sure there is no electrical or physical problem.
> > >
> > > I've tried uninstalling the drives and RAID Controller (an SII 3112) using
> > > Device manager, physically removing the drives by detaching the SATA cables,
> > > and reformatting my C: drive, reloading Windows from CD, and reinstalling the
> > > controller, and software drivers. All apears to go well but the drives do not
> > > appear in My Computer and hence the RAID array is not accesible.
> > >
> > > My system is:
> > >
> > > Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
> > > AMD Athlon 2800+
> > > 1 off 120 GB Western Digital Dric=ve C:
> > > 2 off 120 GB SATA drives
> > > 1 GB DDR RAM
> > > --
> > > Home User