set up RAID 1

[timtv]

I can't seem to set up a RAID1 system on my PC.
Motherboard: Asus P5GD1.
SATA1 connection: Hitachi HDD (system disk C).
SATA 3 & 4 connections: Maxtor S9 HDDs.
In my AMI BIOS I can see all disks.
I configure my Maxtor disks as RAID in the BIOS (IDE Configuration>Configure SATA as> RAID).
The next step is to pair the two disks. Seems to work.
Untill so far nothing abnormal except that Windows XP doesn't start up any more
(stop: 0x00000007B (0xF898D63C, .., ..))!
Nobody I spoke to has a clue, Knowledge bases dont help, anybody????
Txs in advance!!!

 

[timtv]

If I remember correctly the motherboard also gave boot preference to the RAID and this can cause hangups as well....
somebody wrote on a forum elsewere.
This didn't work for me.

 

[montag451]

Is the RAID your boot drive?

 

[timtv]

No, I boot on the Hitachi HDD on SATA1 connector, I also set my boot devices to CD>flop>HD (hitachi) and nothing else (disable)

 

[wkinney]

did you configure your RAID via the RAID boot utility? it is usually not found inside the bios, but rather after it and before the O/S boots

 

[timtv]

Yes I did that, everything works fine there, able to dedicate the two Maxtor HDDs as piared Raid disks, trouble only starts after that when Window starts..

 

[montag451]

Can you boot into windows at all?
If yes, configure the drives as dynamic in disk management - see if that does it.

 

[wkinney]

maybe format the raid drive via dos prompt/boot floppy?