Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 and HDD set up.

[mickeyfinagin]

Hi all,
started my build, all power up ok. Not overclocked yet!!!

Trying to set up my C300 ssd and a samsung 1tb Hdd.

Bios is set to AHCI

Sata6G_1 showing c300 enabled , and have been able to load windows 7 fine.

Sata3G_3 dvd drive enabled
sata3G_4 samsung 1tb Hdd enabled


when i go to the Boot section of the bios i have the following

Boot option Priorities

Boot1 P1: c300 ssd
Boot 2 P3 dvd

Under this is
cd/dvd bbs prorities - click on that and it shows Boot option#1 P3dvd

under this is

Hard drive BBs priorities click on this, it says

Boot option#1 P:1 c300ssd
Boot#2 P4 samsung 1tb HDD.

I cant change the setting so that the os system sees the HDD, the Bios will not allow me to change the Second boot option to the Hdd.
If I click on the Boot bios option , for Boot option #2 it only gives me the option of the ssd or the dvd not the hdd?????

WHAT AM I DOING WRONG???



I want to add another 1tb hdd to raid both hdds in raid 1.

I am using the ssd for os only, I want to store everything else on the hdd.

Do I need to change the sata mode to Raid rather than AHCI mode to be

Banging my head against a wall at the moment

Help appreciated

 

[mickeyfinagin]

can no one help me out with this one????

 

[mickeyfinagin]

ok thanks.
when i first started, I only had the ssd and dvd connected.
the bios was set to AHCI by default, loaded windows 7 onto new ssd.

Will I need to totally wipe the ssd drive now, and reload with raid enabled in the bios.

do i need to format the hdd's before they geet picked up.

Thanks for you help so far

 

[mickeyfinagin]

thanks for you help.
Will have a go tommorow.head is hurting now!!!!!!!!
i will try changing to raid,and see what happens.i didnt want just change things to make things more complicated for myself, first full build and all.
had a quick look at formating ssd's, not advised to do a full format.