Raid 1 Problems.....

Camoe · 15 Jul 2010 at 16:57

Try to Mirror the disks, Wot let me, What am i doing wrong?

vanandjuanunited · 15 Jul 2010 at 17:04

did you set the raid up in the bios?

Camoe · 15 Jul 2010 at 17:18

its a Raid card, and if i set up raid in the bios only one of the disks appears in the disk thing

Fanatic · 15 Jul 2010 at 17:38

Disk 2 needs to be un-allocated space so you need to delete the volume on it

Edit: I am sure if you do it this way you are only going to end up with a software RAID. With a hardware RAID you would only see the 1 disk and the mirror would be hidden I would have thought. Consult the manual that came with the RAID card?

rickh · 15 Jul 2010 at 17:43

You're not doing it right.
Hardware RAID is not managed by windows!

Camoe · 15 Jul 2010 at 18:05

im not looking to do a hardware raid, im looking to do a software raid!

Fanatic · 15 Jul 2010 at 18:23

Then you just need to delete the volume on the empty disk so it is un-allocated space, then right click the other disk and add mirror and you should be able to select the un-allocated space.

Camoe · 15 Jul 2010 at 18:29

nope its still blanked out mate!

Camoe · 15 Jul 2010 at 18:32

do they have to be dynamic?

AbsenceJam · 15 Jul 2010 at 18:36

Camoe said:
do they have to be dynamic?

Yes.

Fanatic · 15 Jul 2010 at 18:38

Post a screenshot of how the disks look now.

Fanatic · 15 Jul 2010 at 18:44

Reading on the Internet it seems you need Windows 7 Pro or above, so if you have Home Premium it may not be possible.

Camoe · 15 Jul 2010 at 18:52

im using XP Mate!!

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