Missing Local Disk Drive

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SATARaid drives 0 and 1 are shown during POST, but only drive 0 appears in
XP. In XP, the local disk drives should be C:\, D:\, and G:\. I have 2
hard drives connected on the SATA slot and one on IDE. Go easy on me, I
know nothing about RAID. Thanks for your help.
 
SATARaid drives 0 and 1 are shown during POST, but only drive 0 appears in
XP. In XP, the local disk drives should be C:\, D:\, and G:\. I have 2
hard drives connected on the SATA slot and one on IDE. Go easy on me, I
know nothing about RAID. Thanks for your help.
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Are these two drives configured in a RAID array? RAID0 or
RAID1 or just single drive stripes or spans? JBOD?

If the two are members of an array, they're not meant to
show up separately in XP.

What's the history of the system? Were both drives
formatted? Where does "in XP" mean exactly? Does the
missing drive (if not a member of a multi-drive array as
mentioned above) show up in Disk Management?

If all else fails, find the appropriate RAID Manager
software for your (motherboard or add-on RAID card,
whichever provides this RAID feature), and see what it
reports as the connected drives.
 
Are these two drives configured in a RAID array? RAID0 or
RAID1 or just single drive stripes or spans? JBOD?



I did not configure the drives. I have no knowledge of using RAID.

The drives are listed during POST as

0 Model # 152627MB

1 Model # 152627MB


If the two are members of an array, they're not meant to
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show up separately in XP.



Before I reinstalled XP, in My Computer, only one drive was shown, but with
the volume of both drives. 2 drives, 160 GB each appeared as one drive with
at least 293 GB.


What's the history of the system? Were both drives
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formatted? Where does "in XP" mean exactly? Does the
missing drive (if not a member of a multi-drive array as
mentioned above) show up in Disk Management?



Don't know is both drives were formatted. I meant in My Computer. Before
reinstalling XP, I can't say about how the drives appeared in Disk
Management, I didn't think to look. Now only one drive appears in both
explorer and Disk Management.


If all else fails, find the appropriate RAID Manager
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software for your (motherboard or add-on RAID card,
whichever provides this RAID feature), and see what it
reports as the connected drives.



Please help as I am clue less.
 
The drives are listed during POST as
0 Model # 152627MB
1 Model # 152627MB

Before I reinstalled XP, in My Computer, only one drive was shown, but
with the volume of both drives. 2 drives, 160 GB each appeared as one
drive with at least 293 GB.

Now only one drive appears in both explorer and Disk Management.
Click to expand...

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How big is the one drive that appears in explorer? If it is the size of your
2 160GB drives added together, then all is working properly. Perhaps not how
you want it to work, but the 2 drives are working together in a RAID array.
Suggest you google for RAID and check out the various options. Read about
RAID 0 and RAID 1.
 
The drive that appears in explorer is 149 gb,
GT said:
The drives are listed during POST as

0 Model # 152627MB
1 Model # 152627MB

Before I reinstalled XP, in My Computer, only one drive was shown, but
with the volume of both drives. 2 drives, 160 GB each appeared as one
drive with at least 293 GB.

Now only one drive appears in both explorer and Disk Management.
Click to expand...

[lots snipped]

How big is the one drive that appears in explorer? If it is the size of
your 2 160GB drives added together, then all is working properly. Perhaps
not how you want it to work, but the 2 drives are working together in a
RAID array. Suggest you google for RAID and check out the various options.
Read about RAID 0 and RAID 1.
Click to expand...
 
Sunshine said:
The drive that appears in explorer is 149 gb,
GT said:
The drives are listed during POST as

0 Model # 152627MB
1 Model # 152627MB

Before I reinstalled XP, in My Computer, only one drive was shown, but
with the volume of both drives. 2 drives, 160 GB each appeared as one
drive with at least 293 GB.

Now only one drive appears in both explorer and Disk Management.
Click to expand...

[lots snipped]

How big is the one drive that appears in explorer? If it is the size of
your 2 160GB drives added together, then all is working properly. Perhaps
not how you want it to work, but the 2 drives are working together in a
RAID array. Suggest you google for RAID and check out the various
options. Read about RAID 0 and RAID 1.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

Could be RAID 1... One disk has data, the second is a mirror copy. It's a
decent way to backup against drive failure, but doesn't help much when it
comes to virii.
 
Using the BIOS RAID Utility, I am trying to create RAID Set. The message I
get is Set 0 PM Invalid RAID drive. I low level formated drive. What now.
Noozer said:
Sunshine said:
The drive that appears in explorer is 149 gb,
GT said:
The drives are listed during POST as

0 Model # 152627MB
1 Model # 152627MB

Before I reinstalled XP, in My Computer, only one drive was shown, but
with the volume of both drives. 2 drives, 160 GB each appeared as one
drive with at least 293 GB.

Now only one drive appears in both explorer and Disk Management.

[lots snipped]

How big is the one drive that appears in explorer? If it is the size of
your 2 160GB drives added together, then all is working properly.
Perhaps not how you want it to work, but the 2 drives are working
together in a RAID array. Suggest you google for RAID and check out the
various options. Read about RAID 0 and RAID 1.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

Could be RAID 1... One disk has data, the second is a mirror copy. It's a
decent way to backup against drive failure, but doesn't help much when it
comes to virii.
Click to expand...
 
Sunshine said:
Using the BIOS RAID Utility, I am trying to create RAID Set. The message I
get is Set 0 PM Invalid RAID drive. I low level formated drive. What now.
Click to expand...

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Thanks
Sunshine said:
Using the BIOS RAID Utility, I am trying to create RAID Set. The message
I get is Set 0 PM Invalid RAID drive. I low level formated drive. What
now.
Noozer said:
Sunshine said:
The drive that appears in explorer is 149 gb,
The drives are listed during POST as

0 Model # 152627MB
1 Model # 152627MB

Before I reinstalled XP, in My Computer, only one drive was shown, but
with the volume of both drives. 2 drives, 160 GB each appeared as one
drive with at least 293 GB.

Now only one drive appears in both explorer and Disk Management.

[lots snipped]

How big is the one drive that appears in explorer? If it is the size of
your 2 160GB drives added together, then all is working properly.
Perhaps not how you want it to work, but the 2 drives are working
together in a RAID array. Suggest you google for RAID and check out the
various options. Read about RAID 0 and RAID 1.
Click to expand...

Could be RAID 1... One disk has data, the second is a mirror copy. It's
a decent way to backup against drive failure, but doesn't help much when
it comes to virii.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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