Cant see my raid 0 drives.

RadeonRadeon
edited May 2006 in Hardware
Windows could not start becouse the following file is missing or
corrupt :
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

You can attemp to repair this file by starting Windows Setup
using the original Setup CD-ROM.
Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair

I do this. I install Windows Setup disk in to the CD-ROM drive.
I get to the first screen and select "r" to go to the Microsoft Windows XP Recovery Console and i get this.

Windows XP home Edition Setup
==========================
Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer.
Make sure any hard disk drives are power on and properly connected to your computer, and that any disk-related hardware configuration is correct .This may involve running a manufacturer-supplied diagnostic or setup program.

Setup cannot continue. To quit setup, press F3.

I have loaded twice with the same results.
I have looked at each drive. The ATA cable on both drives is pluged in to the hard drive and the mainboard and the power cables are hooked up too. I also pulled cables and hooked them back up.
I have looked in the bios. Under Integrated Peripheral/OnBoard PCI Controller To make sure that I have Promise (P20378 S.ATA Controller) Set to the RAID option.
I have looked in the bios. Under Advanced BIOS Features/Boot Sequence/2nd Boot is set too BBS-0(RAID): FT 378 Ary 1
note* The other options BBS-1(Network):MBA UNDI(Bus0 Slot10) and BBS-2(Network):Realtek boot Agent.
I have looked at the FastBuild Utility 2.01 it shows / Array No=Array 1 / RAID=Stripe / Total Drv=2 / Capacity(MB)=148710/ Status=Functional /
I have looked at the Realtek RTL8110S/Gigabit Boot Agent Configuration Menu v1.01 it shows / Network Boot Protocol=PXE / Boot Order=Int 19h / Show Config Message=Enable / Show Massage Time=3 Seconds /
note* Not sure what im looking at.
I have tryed Data Lifegaurd Diagnostic version 5.04f. Ran quick test on the 1st drive it pased. When i run the test on the 2nd drive it freezes the program.
What should i look at next or try?

Info System
Windows XP Home Edition
computer stats and info
MAINBOARD
Manufacturer : Micro-Star International
Manufacturer Web Site : http://www.msicomputer.com/
Model Number : K8T Neo-FIS2R
Part Number : MS 6702
Serial Number :
Mainboard Web Site : http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p...FIS2R&class=mb
BIOS Update Web Site : http://www.msicomputer.com/support/TechSupport.asp
PROCESSOR
Manufacturer : AMD
Manufacturer www.amd.com
Model Number : AMD 3400 +
Socket Type : 754
Serial Number :
MEMORY
Manufacturer : Corsair
Manufacturer Web Site : http://www.corsairmemory.com/
Model Number : TWINX1024-3200XLPT
Serial Number : N/A
Memory Web Site : http://corsairmemory.com/corsair/pro...024-3200xl.pdf
Note ! Two Matched CMX512-3200Xl Modules
DDR400, latency 2-2-2-5
GRAPHICS CARD
Manufacturer : ATI Technologies Inc.
Manufacturer Web Site : http://www.ati.com/
Model Numbem : Radeon 9800PRO 256MB DDR VVOD
Serial Number :
Graphics Card Drive Web Site : https://support.ati.com/ics/support/...ge&folderID=27
POWER SUPPLY
Manufacturer : Thermaltake
Manufacturer Web Site : http://www.thermaltake.com/goldenorb2.htm
Model Number : XP480
Serial Number :
Power Supply Web Site : http://www.thermaltake.com/XaserCase...mi/bwa/bwa.htm
Note!
400 Wates
Hard Drives
Drive # 1
Manufacturer : Western Digital
Item : Western Digital Raptor WD74GD 74GB Serial ATA 10,000RPM Hard Drive w/8MB Buffer and Serial ATA Singlal Cable Bundle
Manufacturer Web Site : http://www.wdc.com/en/index.asp?Language=en
Model Number : WD74GD
Serial Number :
Hard Drive Web Site : http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Produ...65&Language=en
Drive # 2
Manufacturer : Western Digital
Item: Western Digital Raptor WD74GD 74GB Serial ATA 10,000RPM Hard Drive w/8MB Buffer and Serial ATA Singlal Cable Bundle
Manufacturer Web Site : http://www.wdc.com/en/index.asp?Language=en
Model Number : WD74GD
Serial Number :
Hard Drive Web Site : http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Produ...65&Language=en
Drive # 3
Manufacturer : Western Digital
Item : Western Digital Caviar SE EIDE 250 GB Hard Drive
Manufacturer Web Site : http://www.wdc.com/en/index.asp?Language=en
Model Number : WD2500JB
Serial Number :
Hard Drive Web Site : http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Produ...ail&DriveID=42
Note!
Drive # 1 and # 2 are set up in a raid 0 (striping) drive # 3 is data drive and is removed
CDRW DRIVE
Manufacturer : I/O Magic
Manufacturer Web Site : http://www.iomagic.com/
Model Number : IDE5232
Part Number : P6074610112
Serial Number :
CDRW Drive Web Site : http://www.iomagic.com/Products/show...ProdID=DR-CD56
DVD+RW DRIVE
Manufacturer : Lite-On
Manufacturer Web Site : http://www.liteonamericas.com/us/index1.htm
Model Number : SOHW-1693S
Serial Number :
DVD+RW Drive Web Site : http://www.liteonamericas.com/us/DVDRW_1693S.htmFLOPPY DRIVE
FLOPPY DRIVE
Manufacturer : Mitsumi
Manufacturer Web Site : http://www.mitsumi.com/indexusa.html
Model Number : D359M3D
Serial Number : N/A
MONITOR
Manufacturer : ViewSonic
Item : ViewSonic's N2750w high-performance 27" wide-screen LCD TV
Manufacture Web Site : http://www.viewsonic.com/index.htm
Model Number : N2750w
Serial Number : N/A
Monitor Web Site : http://www.viewsonic.com/products/de.../lcdtv/n2750w/
KEYBOARD
Manufacturer : Logitech
Manufacturer Web Site : http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm?co...9&languageid=1
Model Number : 967415-0403
Serial Number :
Keyboard Web Site : http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/pr...CONTENTID=8655
MOUSE
Manufacturer : Razer
Manufacturer Web Site : http://www.razerzone.com/
Model Number : 8971260008
Serial Number : N/A
CASE
Manufacturer : Thermaltake Tsunami Dream
Manufacturer Web Site : http://www.thermaltake.com/goldenorb2.htm
Model Number :VA3400BWA
Serial Number : N/a
Case Web Site : http://www.thermaltake.com/XaserCase...mi/bwa/bwa.htmy

Comments

  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited May 2006
    You have to load the raid drivers from the floppy when you boot. Watch the Win XP startup options. It says something liek press F6 to load optional storage drivers.

    And you have created the array in the raid bios correct? And this is raid-0? Was it running before or is this the first load of the OS or ???

    When you load the OS to a onboard raid-0 array its alwasys best to unhook the regular ide drive (your 250gb) during the load of the OS so that all the boot files are actually on the raid-0 array. Otherwise it still loads a handful of bootfiles on the first ide drive.

    Tex
  • RadeonRadeon
    edited May 2006
    You have to load the raid drivers from the floppy when you boot. Watch the Win XP startup options. It says something liek press F6 to load optional storage drivers.Thought i allready tryed this but must have grabed the wronge driver disk.Thanks this allowed me to get in to Windows Recovery Console.

    And you have created the array in the raid bios correct? yes And this is raid-0? yes Was it running before or is this the first load of the OS or ??? running before with no problem. The system left on to down load a progarm while i went to work came home and system locked up and i did a hard boot and now i have this problem.
    When you load the OS to a onboard raid-0 array its alwasys best to unhook the regular ide drive (your 250gb) during the load of the OS so that all the boot files are actually on the raid-0 array. yes did that Otherwise it still loads a handful of bootfiles on the first ide drive.



    Need some help with the drive dose this look right and can i fix it.

    c:\> DIR
    The volume in drive DRIV1_VOL1
    The volume Serial Number is b188-b5a0

    04/15/05 05:03a d
    0 ATI
    10/08/05 08:56p -a
    0 AutoEXEC.BAT
    10/08/05 08:49p ---hs--- 211 boo.ini
    10/08/05 08:56p -a
    0 CONFIG.SYS
    10/08/05 09:15p d
    0 Documents and settings
    10/08/05 08:56p -arhs--- 0 IO.sys
    10/14/05 11:50p d
    0 Lxk510
    10/15/05 05:44p -a
    255570 MDaclog.txt
    10/08/05 08:56p -arhs--- 0 MSDOS.SYS
    08/04/04 12:00p -arhs--- 47564 NTDETECT.COM
    08/04/04 12:00p -arhs--- 250032 ntldr
    04/29/06 05:08a d-r
    0 Program Files
    10/08/05 10:10p d--hs--- 0 RECYCLER
    10/08/05 09:00p d--hs--- 0 System Volume Information
    05/03/06 06:47p d
    0 WINDOWS
    15 file(s) 323377 bytes
    117296775168 bytes free
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited May 2006
    Again look at the first sentence. When you boot into the recovery console you have to load the drivers by pressing f6. That is most likely why it does not see the drives in recovery console if neither drive has failed in the raid bios.

    tex
  • RadeonRadeon
    edited May 2006
    Thx That helped.
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