Acessing Windows Raid

Staffy · 7 Oct 2011 at 03:57

Setup and tested Arch on a spare rig pretty happy with it. Now I would like to dual boot on my main rig with XP.

Before I do my main rig is setup with a pair of hard drives using the on board raid controller with Windows XP (needed for some boring work stuff). I will be installing Arch on to a separate hard drive.

Is there a way to access the files on the raid array or will I have to re install XP without the raid?

Staffy · 7 Oct 2011 at 14:10

It was around 4 years ago now, I maintain it well. Still as quick as when it was installed

If I remember rightly I did it I set the drives up in the bios then the stripe, then Windows needed some drivers. Gigabyte DS3, q6600.

Staffy · 7 Oct 2011 at 15:11

I haven't done the install yet just trying to get an idea if I need to change it first to be honest.

I was thinking of dropping the XP raid install and then install Arch in software raid on the two drives and XP on the spare drive.

Staffy · 10 Oct 2011 at 23:08

Thanks for the help.

OK, the RAID you have on your motherboard is software RAID designed to work for windows

That's what I thought to be honest.

Hopefully going to get it sorted later this week one way or another.