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 Sep 17 2008, 10:51 AM
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 Visiting Alien  Group: Members Posts: 4,959 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963  |
QUOTE see what changing the ide/sata raid function to disabled does that should turn off raid and enable you to reset the fat to factory defaults by deleting the partitions -------------------- Chewy
life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run |
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Sep 17 2008, 11:18 AM
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Ok i did as you said - deleted any partitions on each HDD individually (there was only one on one disk @ 400GB) - started back up in RAID mode and same thing - sees both individually.
Surely this is to be expected as my motherboard manual tells you to insert a floppy (when F6 is pushed) to install the RAID drivers... and this lets it see it as one 400GB HDD which worked when i tried it. Maybe my BIOS isnt updated? i havnt updated it manually in 3 years. So now im back to the same point where i can get it to see one 400 GB HDD and install windows but it has the BSOD i described earlier: "disable any anti-virus disk defrag or backup utilities. Check HDD configuration and check for driver updates; run CHKDSK /F to check for hardware corruption. Techincal info: STOP (xxxxx...)" Any more ideas  P.S. Chewy when you said "reset the fat to factory defaults", what do yo mean by fat?? This post has been edited by danstar10: Sep 17 2008, 11:18 AM |
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Sep 17 2008, 12:18 PM
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Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 4,959 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963 |
file alocation tables
FAT -------------------- Chewy
life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run |
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Sep 17 2008, 01:41 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 32 Joined: 13-September 08 Member No.: 238,417 |
fat... Rite.
So it sems RAID just aint gonna wrk then... Il just have to bite the bullet and forget about RAID. My next option is to get a new HDD, thinking 1TB so it will do me for a while in terms of capacity. I will then use one of the old 200GB HDDs as an internal backup. Have you guys got any good advice on a 1TB HDD for around £100 ($200)? I saw this and was interested: http://www.saverstore.com/productinfo/prod...=10&tid=162 It look any good? Thanks for the help by the way, shame i couldnt get back working 
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Sep 17 2008, 01:49 PM
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Forum Addict Group: Members Posts: 6,542 Joined: 3-September 05 From: Killeen, TX Member No.: 33,068 |
I would never advise a home user to get a 1TB drive...just too large for practical home computing.
All of your eggs (no matter how many partitions you might create) are in one basket...I prefer to spread the possibility of error around a bit by using multiple hard drives and partitions. Running either chkdsk /r or defragging a drive of that size...becomes a 2-day task for many users, which probably means that it would not get done. Really...there's nothing gained by using a drive of that size...unless you really have huge files or you just think that having all your data on one drive is a good thing. It's not, IMO. Louis |
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Sep 17 2008, 02:02 PM
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Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 4,959 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963 |
you already were using outdated budget drives with a better mobo
did you use utilities from this page? http://support.wdc.com/product/download.as...603&lang=en -------------------- Chewy
life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run |
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Sep 17 2008, 02:07 PM
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I do have large sets of files being a computer animator - and i download alot so thats why im thinking of 1TB. Plus as i said i will use a 200GB HDD to backup important work stuff so its not all my eggs in one basket!
chewy - yup i used the diognostic utility on both HDDs and wiped them clean a few days ago - (said there were no errors) This post has been edited by danstar10: Sep 17 2008, 02:08 PM |
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Sep 17 2008, 02:13 PM
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Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 4,959 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963 |
QUOTE A message which says "Clear disk data?" will appear. If you are sure to clear the data in the selected hard drives, press Y. (If the hard drives contain previously created RAID array, you need to press Y to clear the data from the hard drives.) Did you do this the last time you created the stripe? -------------------- Chewy
life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run |
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Sep 17 2008, 02:15 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 32 Joined: 13-September 08 Member No.: 238,417 |
yeah i did. cant figure out why it wont work, seems iv tried everything.
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Sep 18 2008, 05:30 AM
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Any final ideas about getting this darn RAID to work anyone?
If not some advice on a 1TB HDD for around £100 ($200) would be great - I know you said you do not reccomend 1TB louis but i will be backing up on a seperate HDD as I said and i do use alot of data. http://www.saverstore.com/productinfo/prod...=10&tid=162 - Look any good? Cheers This post has been edited by danstar10: Sep 18 2008, 05:35 AM |
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Sep 18 2008, 06:51 AM
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Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 4,959 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963 |
I prefer seagate, longer warranty, and smaller size which has been out longer and hopefully worked the bugs out, a friend bought a 1TB a few months ago, it crashed shortly after he had almost loaded all his data on it, he's a DJ and his music and karaoke almost filled it.
http://www.saverstore.com/productinfo/Prod...mp;rstrat=12708 -------------------- Chewy
life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run |
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Sep 18 2008, 08:39 AM
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cool looks good. I could get a couple of these - but the seagate data rate is @ 105MBPS where as the samsung is @ 300MBPS - quite a difference?!
An anoying thing i have is that my newish graphichs card covers 2 of my SATA ports on my motherboard, i dont suppose there is any kind of work around to this, like a small extension / adaptor that doesnt pertrude from the port which the HDD cable can plug into? This post has been edited by danstar10: Sep 18 2008, 08:41 AM |
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Sep 18 2008, 09:19 AM
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Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 4,959 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963 |
QUOTE samsung is @ 300MBPS nothing but a bald faced lie, that's the sata 2 speed and burst only do the math and even at 32MB in cache, burst only lasts 1/10 second the 100MB/s is a sustained transfer peak rate http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.as...12%20-%20Retail -------------------- Chewy
life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run |
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Sep 18 2008, 09:46 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 32 Joined: 13-September 08 Member No.: 238,417 |
Awesome that cable looks spot on.
Rite here is my new thinking...  Il buy one of those Seagate 500GB HDDs and run that as the C drive with windows and my docs etc Il use one of my 200GB HDDs as a secondary HDD for downloads and other random stuff Il use the other 200GB HDD as a backup for my docs and important stuff. NO RAID! hehe. How does that sound? I should have no probs setting that up should I... surely?! |
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Sep 18 2008, 09:55 AM
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Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 4,959 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963 |
Sounds like a good plan, after you get the new hard drive up and running, be sure and partition it so you can have a data partition also, I would keep critical stuff there
recheck each of the old drives before trusting them, those cheapo models tend to die after a few years -------------------- Chewy
life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run |
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