NF7-S SATA 2 drives without raid
After doing some searching I found this thread http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40416&highlight=nf7-s+sata which has a link detailing setup of sata raid. I currently have my OS hd as primary master on ide. I've just installed 160gb and 500gb drives on sata that I'd like to use as storage seperately. The SATA boot detects the drives and allowed me to format them, but they don't show up in Windows. According to the guide in the link, they should be detected fine. Any ideas?
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If you're getting prompted to format during POST, I believe that's the RAID controller talkin', yes? Have you disabled RAID in the BIOS?
One reason the drives may not be showing up in windows after having configured them through the RAID controller during post is the RAID drivers aren't installed in Windows. (Do the drives show up in [ Start \ Administrative Tools \ Computer Management \ Storage \ Disk Management] ?
I may be totally off . I'm no RAID expert that's for sure. I'll read the thread, etc. to be sure I'm not wacko here.
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I read through the thread you referenced. Have you tried (w/ your IDE HDD disconnected for safety's sake) removing the RAID? I believe prof' mentioned that in the last post of the thread.
After you've done this, reconnect your primary HDD then disconnect one of the new SATA drives. Get the one that's still connected working and showing up in Windows. Then do the same w/ the remaining SATA drive.
Thanks though Pterocarpous.
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But hadn't you already installed Windows? Ahhh, you hadn't installed your mobo SATA drivers yet, yes? Ok, I got it... :rolleyes2