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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Hardware / May 2006Windows x64 Professional - JBOD RAID?
Hi guys/gals, Here's my story: Note: My main installation drive is a single 300GB SATA drive on it's own. No RAID on that one, no nothing. Installed Windows x64 Professional version onto the SATA drive and I lose my JBOD array. I created a copy of x64 with my RAID driver integrated, and during install it picks it up fine (JBOD: 260GB). After installing I'm shown a single drive that when double clicked on, prompts me to format it. Obviously I don't select this. If I navigate to computer management and look at the drives, I see 2 drives that are meant to be in the RAID array. One is activated, but can't be read (prompts me to format). The other is 'offline' or inactivated. If I activate that drive, i don't get any new ones listed in 'My Computer' but it prompts me to convert it to a dynamic disk. Any ideas why this is happening? My JBOD works fine in 32bit XP, but this only happens in 64bit. Could it be a potential driver issue? Windows issue? Any advice welcome, Rich. For assistance with WinXP 64-bit, please visit a 64-bit newsgroup. Steve > Hi guys/gals, > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Any advice welcome, > Rich. > For assistance with WinXP 64-bit, please visit a 64-bit newsgroup. > Steve Helpful, Steve. Which group would that be then? I don't see a 64 bit newsgroup for XP anywhere. Cheers, Rich. microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general Steve >> For assistance with WinXP 64-bit, please visit a 64-bit newsgroup. >> Steve [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Cheers, > Rich. : Hi guys/gals, : [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] : Any advice welcome, : Rich. Did you load the x64 bit drivers for your RAID and/or SATA controller card at the beginning of XP setup by hitting <F6> - it is done really early in the white text on blue backgroup portion of setup? If not, this could explain the problem. Also note, the 32-bit drivers will not work with 64-bit OS and vice-versa, you need the correct bit version for the OS being installed. Just like when we moved from 16-bit to 32-bit Operating Systems.  SignatureStar Fleet Admiral Q @ your service! Google is your friend! http://www.google.com > Did you load the x64 bit drivers for your RAID and/or SATA > controller card at the beginning of XP setup by hitting <F6> - it is [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > the correct bit version for the OS being installed. Just like when > we moved from 16-bit to 32-bit Operating Systems. The 64bit drivers are actually integrated into the OS now, so no need for F6 whilst installing, it just picks it up automatically. And yes, I'm using the 64bit drivers. Rich. > The 64bit drivers are actually integrated into the OS now, so no need for F6 > whilst installing, it just picks it up automatically. *Some* drivers are in the OS. F6 is still needed if the necessary drivers are not included. SignatureSharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User > *Some* drivers are in the OS. F6 is still needed if the necessary drivers > are not included. The drivers are from Nvidia. I've integrated them myself, they're working fine or it wouldn't see the JBOD in the first place. Rich. > The drivers are from Nvidia. I've integrated them myself, they're working > fine or it wouldn't see the JBOD in the first place. Then you're one of the lucky ones, Rich. I think the advice here should be "have the drivers on hand just in case." If install supplies the drivers for you, great. If not, run setup again and use F6. SignatureSharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User |
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