New i7 Build Raid help

mattyg · 9 May 2009 at 15:55

Hiya Folks,

Just back from overclockers and the other mob(SSD from the dark side)

I now have all the components for my new shiney i7 build.

I have never done raid before so thats where I'm stuck.

I have a 60gb vertex ssd and two 1000gb F1 wanted 320gb but wasnt concentrating hard enough when He did my order, back home and there the big ones.

What my plan was/is.
Using the ssd for OS (windows7) and then the F1's for apps games etc.

So after I put it all together(I've done that bit 5-6 times in the past) where do i start with raid.

In the words of penelope pitstop HHaaaeeellp.

Cheers
Matt

mattyg · 9 May 2009 at 23:02

ok I have got windows 7 installed on the vertex. and I have set up raid on the two f1's Bios sees them but windows doesnt.

There is a section in the motherboard (ud5)manual regarding a floppy for the drivers but I dont have a floppy drive.

What's my next step

Cheers
matt

fobose · 9 May 2009 at 23:19

Go in to disk management and see if they show in there, you might just need to format and assign a drive letter to the raid array. I am not sure on win 7, but in vista you just right click on "Computer" and click manage, then locate to disk management.

JohnR · 10 May 2009 at 10:10

Copy the drivers onto a USB pen drive and during installation you will get option to load disk drivers. Installation process will then scan for USB drives and find the drivers.

Edit - Oops I have just read that you already have Windows 7 installed. I am not sure what to do in that case.

gary996 · 10 May 2009 at 15:09

You set the raid up in windows (yes you do go into the bios though) as its not your boot drive

remy87 · 10 May 2009 at 15:13

ok once you done raid on bios press "ctrl-i" on boot once in there you have to raid the 2 chosen drives you can choose stripes here 64k or 128k is the best.

Depending on OS of you choice you will need to put the drivers on floppy or USB
Vista and win 7 won't need any additional drivers since they are implemented already, who would wanna use legacy OS anywas :cool:

mattyg · 10 May 2009 at 18:04

Hiya Folks,

I may have sorted it,

I have Raid set up bios recognises it as "Performance"

I have formated it as a simple format and It shows as one big drive.

Is this right??

So far very happy windows boots in 20 secs from the start of the loading windows screen (And with 9 digit password). OCZ Vertex

I'm also having a little troubl with MS office accounting that i have on my xp HDD. If I try to boot off my XP 32 bit it BSOD with a session3 initialization failure.

It wont let me open existing business as it was created on another pc.

I'm thinking the only way round this at the moment is to buy another PSU and build up my old system and run that for my accounting software as I cant move over the programs to windows7.