Re: [fixed] re-enabling RAID1 on existing XP install (Intel® Matrix Storage)
- From: Erwin Moller <Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:28:00 +0200
Erwin Moller schreef:
Hi group,
Firsttimer in here: if this group is inapropriate for my question, please direct me te right way. :-)
First some tech stuff, question follows:
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Running XP SP3
Hardware: Motherboard: ASUS P5K-e
Intel® Chipset Identification Utility says:
System Information Chipset
Detected Chipset: Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset
Chipset Components
Memory Controller: Intel(R) 82G33/G31 Memory Controller Hub
I/O Controller: Intel(R) 82801IR Intel(R) I/O Controller Hub (ICH9R)
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I have 2 SATA HDs in my machine that were working as RAID1 earlier.
I remember installing them as RAID1 Array during XP installation by
pressing F6 (Load Thrid Part SCSI/RAID drivers).
During normal boot-up I always got: Intel® Matrix Storage screen (which
I could enter by pressing ctrl-i to configure it).
My RAID1 functioned normal.
How I screwed up:
My machine never booted the first time, it always needed a second try to get past POST message and into windows boot.
So I fiddled around in the BIOS, and decided, in my endless wisdom, to change my SATA from IDE to RAID. --> WRONG!
No more booting at all. :-(
No problem, I thought, let's put it back to IDE.
Now my machine boots again, but my drivers for RAID (Intel® Matrix Storage) are totally gone.
I have now, of course, an extra HD, since my RAID1 is gone, which is indeed a mirror of the C-drive I boot from now. (Better maybe: it WAS a mirror, since I have no more mirroring going on now. )
The Intel® Matrix Storage Manager (a windows application) fails to start and says it misses the required plug-ins.
How do I reenable RAID1 on my XP?
I DO have a floppy with the right drivers, the ones I used with the first time install.
Any advise?
I don't feel like reinstalling my whole XP and all the apps on it.
I read through the manual of intell, but they adress only loading the RAID drivers during XP setup.
Thanks.
Regards,
Erwin Moller
Hi,
I fixed it. :-)
In case somebody else runs into a similar problom, maybe this helps:
What confused me was the fact my SATA-controllers were in IDE mode, even though I had RAID1 up and running.
This is what I did:
1) Update my BIOS. (Version P5KE1013 in my case)
2) unplug second drive
3) booted -> go to BIOS -> changed my SATA controller from IDE to RAID.
4) Reboot -> Check if if Intel® Matrix comes up during boot.
(It did in my case)
It reported degraded RAID array (duh, 1 drive was disconnected)
5) booted into Windows, where Intel® Matrix Storage manager complained it missed a drive.
6) shut down.
7) inserted the second SATA drive
8) Rebooted.
All works fine now (it is rebuilding now.)
And I am glad my BIOS reports my drives now on SATA controller as RAID.
Oh well, sorry for the noise. ;-)
Regards,
Erwin Moller
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