Problems with windows VISTA 64BIT

[Guest Maz]

Hi there everyone,

I have a problem with my VISTA 64bit , i purchased three western digital 500

GB hard drives (WD5000ABYS) to do a RAID 5 with them ... and i'm using the

onboard RAID controller , i set the RAID 5 up and it's saying that it's

"HEALTHY" but when i go into My computer under the windows vista , i can't

see the new drive !!! but when i go into Device Manager i can see the 937GB

drive that been made with the Raid but when i go into My Computer i can't see

it , so i don't know what's the problem and how can i solve it !!! i've tried

to update the Motherboard chipset software from Nvidia but still didn't make

any diffrence ... so is there anyone can suggest what can i do to make

windows show me the new drive in My Copmuter so i can actually use it !

my system is :

ASUS Crosshair Motherboard

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+

Leadtek 8800GTX video card

4GB DDR2 pc 6400

320 GB Seagate "primary"

3 x 500 GB WD "in RAID 5"

Creaive X-Fi Fatal1ty sound card

so please please if anybody have any idea for me what to do that'll be most

apreciated ,

Thank's everybody so much ...

[Guest Carlos]

RE: Problems with windows VISTA 64BIT

 

Maz,

My best guess is that there is still no driver letter assigned to it and

that it is not formatted.

Right click on "Computer", click Manage (translation may be inaccurate. I

have Vista in Spanish).

Choose Disk Management.

Your RAID array should appear in the center pane.

Right-click on it and choose whatever menu shows up for assigning/changing a

drive latter.

Format it (preferrably quick format) later.

That should do it.

Carlos

 

 

"Maz" wrote:

> Hi there everyone,

> I have a problem with my VISTA 64bit , i purchased three western digital 500

> GB hard drives (WD5000ABYS) to do a RAID 5 with them ... and i'm using the

> onboard RAID controller , i set the RAID 5 up and it's saying that it's

> "HEALTHY" but when i go into My computer under the windows vista , i can't

> see the new drive !!! but when i go into Device Manager i can see the 937GB

> drive that been made with the Raid but when i go into My Computer i can't see

> it , so i don't know what's the problem and how can i solve it !!! i've tried

> to update the Motherboard chipset software from Nvidia but still didn't make

> any diffrence ... so is there anyone can suggest what can i do to make

> windows show me the new drive in My Copmuter so i can actually use it !

> my system is :

> ASUS Crosshair Motherboard

> AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+

> Leadtek 8800GTX video card

> 4GB DDR2 pc 6400

> 320 GB Seagate "primary"

> 3 x 500 GB WD "in RAID 5"

> Creaive X-Fi Fatal1ty sound card

> so please please if anybody have any idea for me what to do that'll be most

> apreciated ,

> Thank's everybody so much ...

[Guest Maz]

RE: Problems with windows VISTA 64BIT

 

Thanks Carlos , well i'm at work at the moment , i have to wait until i go

home and try what you told me , its sounds right and helpful thank you very

much , i hope it works for me and if it doesn't i will let you know , but i

have one question , if what you told me work and the drive shows up in My

Computer , if i for mat my other drive and reinstall windows , would the

drive show up again without going through this process or this has to be done

everytime i install VISTA fresh ??

Thanks again

 

"Carlos" wrote:

> Maz,

> My best guess is that there is still no driver letter assigned to it and

> that it is not formatted.

> Right click on "Computer", click Manage (translation may be inaccurate. I

> have Vista in Spanish).

> Choose Disk Management.

> Your RAID array should appear in the center pane.

> Right-click on it and choose whatever menu shows up for assigning/changing a

> drive latter.

> Format it (preferrably quick format) later.

> That should do it.

> Carlos

>

>

> "Maz" wrote:

>

> > Hi there everyone,

> > I have a problem with my VISTA 64bit , i purchased three western digital 500

> > GB hard drives (WD5000ABYS) to do a RAID 5 with them ... and i'm using the

> > onboard RAID controller , i set the RAID 5 up and it's saying that it's

> > "HEALTHY" but when i go into My computer under the windows vista , i can't

> > see the new drive !!! but when i go into Device Manager i can see the 937GB

> > drive that been made with the Raid but when i go into My Computer i can't see

> > it , so i don't know what's the problem and how can i solve it !!! i've tried

> > to update the Motherboard chipset software from Nvidia but still didn't make

> > any diffrence ... so is there anyone can suggest what can i do to make

> > windows show me the new drive in My Copmuter so i can actually use it !

> > my system is :

> > ASUS Crosshair Motherboard

> > AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+

> > Leadtek 8800GTX video card

> > 4GB DDR2 pc 6400

> > 320 GB Seagate "primary"

> > 3 x 500 GB WD "in RAID 5"

> > Creaive X-Fi Fatal1ty sound card

> > so please please if anybody have any idea for me what to do that'll be most

> > apreciated ,

> > Thank's everybody so much ...

[Guest Carlos]

RE: Problems with windows VISTA 64BIT

 

Maz,

Once the drive is formatted, a new installation of Vista would "see" it and

assign a letter automatically.

Carlos

 

"Maz" wrote:

> Thanks Carlos , well i'm at work at the moment , i have to wait until i go

> home and try what you told me , its sounds right and helpful thank you very

> much , i hope it works for me and if it doesn't i will let you know , but i

> have one question , if what you told me work and the drive shows up in My

> Computer , if i for mat my other drive and reinstall windows , would the

> drive show up again without going through this process or this has to be done

> everytime i install VISTA fresh ??

> Thanks again

>

> "Carlos" wrote:

>

> > Maz,

> > My best guess is that there is still no driver letter assigned to it and

> > that it is not formatted.

> > Right click on "Computer", click Manage (translation may be inaccurate. I

> > have Vista in Spanish).

> > Choose Disk Management.

> > Your RAID array should appear in the center pane.

> > Right-click on it and choose whatever menu shows up for assigning/changing a

> > drive latter.

> > Format it (preferrably quick format) later.

> > That should do it.

> > Carlos

> >

> >

> > "Maz" wrote:

> >

> > > Hi there everyone,

> > > I have a problem with my VISTA 64bit , i purchased three western digital 500

> > > GB hard drives (WD5000ABYS) to do a RAID 5 with them ... and i'm using the

> > > onboard RAID controller , i set the RAID 5 up and it's saying that it's

> > > "HEALTHY" but when i go into My computer under the windows vista , i can't

> > > see the new drive !!! but when i go into Device Manager i can see the 937GB

> > > drive that been made with the Raid but when i go into My Computer i can't see

> > > it , so i don't know what's the problem and how can i solve it !!! i've tried

> > > to update the Motherboard chipset software from Nvidia but still didn't make

> > > any diffrence ... so is there anyone can suggest what can i do to make

> > > windows show me the new drive in My Copmuter so i can actually use it !

> > > my system is :

> > > ASUS Crosshair Motherboard

> > > AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+

> > > Leadtek 8800GTX video card

> > > 4GB DDR2 pc 6400

> > > 320 GB Seagate "primary"

> > > 3 x 500 GB WD "in RAID 5"

> > > Creaive X-Fi Fatal1ty sound card

> > > so please please if anybody have any idea for me what to do that'll be most

> > > apreciated ,

> > > Thank's everybody so much ...

[Guest Maz]

RE: Problems with windows VISTA 64BIT

 

Thanks again Carlos , well i ahve to format my Seagate drive and make it one

partition when i get my raid arrray to show up in My Computer , so when i

reinstall windows i hope that what u told me works .

i will post any changes that happens with my system .

Thanks again i apreciate your help

 

"Carlos" wrote:

> Maz,

> Once the drive is formatted, a new installation of Vista would "see" it and

> assign a letter automatically.

> Carlos

>

> "Maz" wrote:

>

> > Thanks Carlos , well i'm at work at the moment , i have to wait until i go

> > home and try what you told me , its sounds right and helpful thank you very

> > much , i hope it works for me and if it doesn't i will let you know , but i

> > have one question , if what you told me work and the drive shows up in My

> > Computer , if i for mat my other drive and reinstall windows , would the

> > drive show up again without going through this process or this has to be done

> > everytime i install VISTA fresh ??

> > Thanks again

> >

> > "Carlos" wrote:

> >

> > > Maz,

> > > My best guess is that there is still no driver letter assigned to it and

> > > that it is not formatted.

> > > Right click on "Computer", click Manage (translation may be inaccurate. I

> > > have Vista in Spanish).

> > > Choose Disk Management.

> > > Your RAID array should appear in the center pane.

> > > Right-click on it and choose whatever menu shows up for assigning/changing a

> > > drive latter.

> > > Format it (preferrably quick format) later.

> > > That should do it.

> > > Carlos

> > >

> > >

> > > "Maz" wrote:

> > >

> > > > Hi there everyone,

> > > > I have a problem with my VISTA 64bit , i purchased three western digital 500

> > > > GB hard drives (WD5000ABYS) to do a RAID 5 with them ... and i'm using the

> > > > onboard RAID controller , i set the RAID 5 up and it's saying that it's

> > > > "HEALTHY" but when i go into My computer under the windows vista , i can't

> > > > see the new drive !!! but when i go into Device Manager i can see the 937GB

> > > > drive that been made with the Raid but when i go into My Computer i can't see

> > > > it , so i don't know what's the problem and how can i solve it !!! i've tried

> > > > to update the Motherboard chipset software from Nvidia but still didn't make

> > > > any diffrence ... so is there anyone can suggest what can i do to make

> > > > windows show me the new drive in My Copmuter so i can actually use it !

> > > > my system is :

> > > > ASUS Crosshair Motherboard

> > > > AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+

> > > > Leadtek 8800GTX video card

> > > > 4GB DDR2 pc 6400

> > > > 320 GB Seagate "primary"

> > > > 3 x 500 GB WD "in RAID 5"

> > > > Creaive X-Fi Fatal1ty sound card

> > > > so please please if anybody have any idea for me what to do that'll be most

> > > > apreciated ,

> > > > Thank's everybody so much ...