Formating one drive of RAID0

csx · 12-07-2003, 03:51 PM

Hi
Want to use one of my maxtor drives which was a VIA Raid0 as a spare drive in my system. (Now using SATA Raid0.

However i am inable to format it (cause its unrecognisable. half a raid0) in XP. How can i recover and format it so I can then use it as a single duive

Ta
CSX

Fraoch · 12-07-2003, 04:54 PM

An idea:

1. Boot using a DOS boot disc. Format. It'll have to be FAT32. You can make a DOS boot disc by right-clicking the floppy drive in XP, selecting "Format" and specifying "Create an MS-DOS startup disk". Or you can download a boot disc from http://www.bootdisk.com/.

2. Reformat the disc as NTFS from within XP.

Another thought - do you still have the other disc? If so, connect it to the other channel of the RAID controller and, on reboot, reset the discs to non-RAID.

shootcraps · 12-07-2003, 05:07 PM

Try using disk management, click Start - Run - compmgmt.msc. Maybe you can whack the partition are recreate it.

csx · 12-07-2003, 06:01 PM

This has been a nightmare.
To cut a long story short as its bed time.

Now got it formatted but no matter what I do will only format as NTFS.

I am selling it so wanna do it as FAT32
Any clues ?
Been on this nearly all day.

Its now in the via connector. just woulnt have it on the IDE kept wanting to be the boot drive even though my SATA RAID0 was set up as boot

Ta CSX

:o

epicbard · 12-07-2003, 06:11 PM

wait... did you use the boot rom to delete the raid ?

also try pluging them in the intel sata ports instead (if you can)

csx · 12-08-2003, 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by isomer
wait... did you use the boot rom to delete the raid ?

Yep done that ta

also try pluging them in the intel sata ports instead (if you can)

Its an IDE connector so I have to stick with the VIA connectors or IDE.

Still as my previous post. ie
Now formatted & working of my VIA connector as a single drive but want to format as FAT32 but it wont let me

Strange thing - When I connect an ide drive to the ide connectors (Pri Master) it defaults to that being the boot drive. (My SATA RAID0 are the Boot). Confusing. I thought that if I could get it to work on the normal IDE connectors it might let me do a FAT32 format. plus id rather connect it here than on the VIA as it keeps it all tidy

Thanks for the replies
CSX

12-07-2003, 03:51 PM	#1
csx Slick and Stock Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bath Posts: 133	Formating one drive of RAID0 Hi Want to use one of my maxtor drives which was a VIA Raid0 as a spare drive in my system. (Now using SATA Raid0. However i am inable to format it (cause its unrecognisable. half a raid0) in XP. How can i recover and format it so I can then use it as a single duive Ta CSX __________________ Asus P4P800 Deluxe BIOS 1016 - P3.2C - ICE X800XTPE 256MB - Viewsonic 191b 8ms 19" LCD - Raid 0 twin 36GB Raptors Asaks 500W PSU Kingston HyperX 2x512MB Creative 5.1 driven from MBO Xp optimised as Tweaktown 2 5" case fans 1 blowing 1 sucking Temps idle 38/40 UT2004 50/47 Stock intel cooling on CPU Non O/C setup 2/3/2/6/8 3DMARK05 5894 Sandra B4861/4867
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12-07-2003, 04:54 PM	#2
Fraoch Resident ABX Wizard Join Date: May 2003 Location: London, Ontario Posts: 8,814	An idea: 1. Boot using a DOS boot disc. Format. It'll have to be FAT32. You can make a DOS boot disc by right-clicking the floppy drive in XP, selecting "Format" and specifying "Create an MS-DOS startup disk". Or you can download a boot disc from http://www.bootdisk.com/. 2. Reformat the disc as NTFS from within XP. Another thought - do you still have the other disc? If so, connect it to the other channel of the RAID controller and, on reboot, reset the discs to non-RAID.
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12-07-2003, 05:07 PM	#3
shootcraps Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,023	Try using disk management, click Start - Run - compmgmt.msc. Maybe you can whack the partition are recreate it. __________________ The big metal container has been delivered and my pc's are here. Doing some mods on the big rig. (P4P800, P4 2.8C, 2 X 512 Mushkin 3500 Level 2 Black, ATI Radeon 9700 Pro, Not one but THREE Raid 0 arrays, Creative SB Audigy2 Platinum, Sparkle 550w psu, Sony DRU500a CD+-RW, Pioneer 106s DVD, Lite-On 52X CDRW, LS-120 120MB floppy drive Wife's PC: Albatron PX845PE PROIIS Silver PCB, P4 2.4B, 512M Geil DDR 433, Gefore MX 200 64MB)
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12-07-2003, 06:01 PM	#4
csx Slick and Stock Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bath Posts: 133	This has been a nightmare. To cut a long story short as its bed time. Now got it formatted but no matter what I do will only format as NTFS. I am selling it so wanna do it as FAT32 Any clues ? Been on this nearly all day. Its now in the via connector. just woulnt have it on the IDE kept wanting to be the boot drive even though my SATA RAID0 was set up as boot Ta CSX :o __________________ Asus P4P800 Deluxe BIOS 1016 - P3.2C - ICE X800XTPE 256MB - Viewsonic 191b 8ms 19" LCD - Raid 0 twin 36GB Raptors Asaks 500W PSU Kingston HyperX 2x512MB Creative 5.1 driven from MBO Xp optimised as Tweaktown 2 5" case fans 1 blowing 1 sucking Temps idle 38/40 UT2004 50/47 Stock intel cooling on CPU Non O/C setup 2/3/2/6/8 3DMARK05 5894 Sandra B4861/4867
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12-07-2003, 06:11 PM	#5
epicbard mmm... bacon bits Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Treehouse Posts: 4,266	wait... did you use the boot rom to delete the raid ? also try pluging them in the intel sata ports instead (if you can) __________________
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