XP not detecting my Raid 0

I have installed 3 hard drives: set them up as 1 to boot to windows and the
other 2 160gb in a RAID 0 - the 2 striped show up during the POST and in
device mgr. but i doesn't show up in my computer under the hard disk drives.
in short i have loaded all drivers for my 680i SLI nForce, everything is
enabled in the BIOs. What gives? any suggestions is welcome.

just passin' time

You've formated the drives in Disk Management?

"NiteLife" <imhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:C929362A-361F-436F-AC27-2C0318A6CA74@microsoft.com...
>I have installed 3 hard drives: set them up as 1 to boot to windows and the
> other 2 160gb in a RAID 0 - the 2 striped show up during the POST and in
> device mgr. but i doesn't show up in my computer under the hard disk
> drives.
> in short i have loaded all drivers for my 680i SLI nForce, everything is
> enabled in the BIOs. What gives? any suggestions is welcome.
>
> just passin' time

I formated them during the install of my XP pro.
--
just passin'' time


"DL" wrote:

> You've formated the drives in Disk Management?
>
> "NiteLife" <imhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:C929362A-361F-436F-AC27-2C0318A6CA74@microsoft.com...
> >I have installed 3 hard drives: set them up as 1 to boot to windows and the
> > other 2 160gb in a RAID 0 - the 2 striped show up during the POST and in
> > device mgr. but i doesn't show up in my computer under the hard disk
> > drives.
> > in short i have loaded all drivers for my 680i SLI nForce, everything is
> > enabled in the BIOs. What gives? any suggestions is welcome.
> >
> > just passin' time
>
>
>

Youre installation of xp is the problem(s)...When installing xp how were both
sets of hds formated during xp install..Either way,if the solo hd is to be
youre
OS,then physically disconnect them during xp install,reconnect after.If RAID
is to be the OS,disconnect the solo,press F6 while booting to xp cd,install
xp.You'll
find RAID 0 would be the best for the OS,see the
specs:http://www.intel.com/performance/des...erformance.htm

"NiteLife" wrote:

> I have installed 3 hard drives: set them up as 1 to boot to windows and the
> other 2 160gb in a RAID 0 - the 2 striped show up during the POST and in
> device mgr. but i doesn't show up in my computer under the hard disk drives.
> in short i have loaded all drivers for my 680i SLI nForce, everything is
> enabled in the BIOs. What gives? any suggestions is welcome.
>
> just passin' time

No you didnt, you formated your boot, C, drive.
What does Disk Management say about your drives, or show?


"NiteLife" <imhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:55854AAA-8F32-43FF-8E25-6F5321852FDF@microsoft.com...
>I formated them during the install of my XP pro.
> --
> just passin'' time
>
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
>> You've formated the drives in Disk Management?
>>
>> "NiteLife" <imhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>> news:C929362A-361F-436F-AC27-2C0318A6CA74@microsoft.com...
>> >I have installed 3 hard drives: set them up as 1 to boot to windows and
>> >the
>> > other 2 160gb in a RAID 0 - the 2 striped show up during the POST and
>> > in
>> > device mgr. but i doesn't show up in my computer under the hard disk
>> > drives.
>> > in short i have loaded all drivers for my 680i SLI nForce, everything
>> > is
>> > enabled in the BIOs. What gives? any suggestions is welcome.
>> >
>> > just passin' time
>>
>>
>>

It states Status "not initialized"
How do i format it to see it?
any suggestions?
--
just passin'' time


"DL" wrote:

> No you didnt, you formated your boot, C, drive.
> What does Disk Management say about your drives, or show?
>
>
> "NiteLife" <imhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:55854AAA-8F32-43FF-8E25-6F5321852FDF@microsoft.com...
> >I formated them during the install of my XP pro.
> > --
> > just passin'' time
> >
> >
> > "DL" wrote:
> >
> >> You've formated the drives in Disk Management?
> >>
> >> "NiteLife" <imhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> >> news:C929362A-361F-436F-AC27-2C0318A6CA74@microsoft.com...
> >> >I have installed 3 hard drives: set them up as 1 to boot to windows and
> >> >the
> >> > other 2 160gb in a RAID 0 - the 2 striped show up during the POST and
> >> > in
> >> > device mgr. but i doesn't show up in my computer under the hard disk
> >> > drives.
> >> > in short i have loaded all drivers for my 680i SLI nForce, everything
> >> > is
> >> > enabled in the BIOs. What gives? any suggestions is welcome.
> >> >
> >> > just passin' time
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

In Disk Management;
Select the 'not initialized' drive rt click Format / initialize

PS I assume you only see a single not initialized drive, if you see 2 after
formatting you need to enter the raid bios and build the array

"NiteLife" <imhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:715C457E-3B03-4B75-9737-7AB583726440@microsoft.com...
> It states Status "not initialized"
> How do i format it to see it?
> any suggestions?
> --
> just passin'' time
>
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
>> No you didnt, you formated your boot, C, drive.
>> What does Disk Management say about your drives, or show?
>>
>>
>> "NiteLife" <imhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>> news:55854AAA-8F32-43FF-8E25-6F5321852FDF@microsoft.com...
>> >I formated them during the install of my XP pro.
>> > --
>> > just passin'' time
>> >
>> >
>> > "DL" wrote:
>> >
>> >> You've formated the drives in Disk Management?
>> >>
>> >> "NiteLife" <imhere@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:C929362A-361F-436F-AC27-2C0318A6CA74@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I have installed 3 hard drives: set them up as 1 to boot to windows
>> >> >and
>> >> >the
>> >> > other 2 160gb in a RAID 0 - the 2 striped show up during the POST
>> >> > and
>> >> > in
>> >> > device mgr. but i doesn't show up in my computer under the hard
>> >> > disk
>> >> > drives.
>> >> > in short i have loaded all drivers for my 680i SLI nForce,
>> >> > everything
>> >> > is
>> >> > enabled in the BIOs. What gives? any suggestions is welcome.
>> >> >
>> >> > just passin' time
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>