Re: XP Home Edition & Raid?

Thanks for the speedy reply, DL.

I should elaborate.

I tried a software RAID solution. Didn't work. Uninstalled everything.

I purchased a 3WARE controller. Installed it, updated drivers, checked
firmware, configured an array.... per the manual. *BUT* it still doesn't
work, for the same reason the software raid didn't work...

The Windows XP Home Edition Disk Managment Utility is not finding the array.
Nothing. It's not there. But, the 3ware software says it is operating and
available. As I said, this is the same problem I had with the software
solution.

I believe there is something wrong elsewhere in the system. Either
something with XP Home Edition, or something with the Disk Management Utility.

Now, I looked through some of the logs, and found that "the logical disk"
service had stopped. It was set to manual start. I set it to automatic and
restarted, but it still didn't show anything in Disk Management.

Any ideas? Am I on the right track... or even in the right station?
Suggestions for what I should look for?

-Mike

"DL" wrote:

Software raid is somewhere you shouldnt go.
You would need to install the raid drivers supplied by 3ware, enter the
3ware raid bios, usually when booting, then configure your raid.
Its got absolutly nothing to do with Disk Management or win xp
You need to read the manual supplied by 3ware

"Michael" <Michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:8B3E912C-ABB2-4A98-BEDA-67F4761D1480@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I've tried to install both a software based raid solution, and now 3ware
9650
controller card based raid solution, onto my XP Home Edition pc. Both
times, I get everything loaded but then am unable to find the device using
the "Disk Management" utility found in the conftrol panel. I thought this
was a bug with the software based controller, but now I think this is a
bug
w/ Windows XP Home Edition.

I found some information indicating that "dynamic disks" were not
supported
by Home Edition. Would these RAID subsystems rely on this, or would it
appear as a "basic disk" and so show up in Home Edition Disk Management?

Any assistance will be really, really appreciated.

-Mike



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