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November 4th, 2010 16:00
setting up software raid 1 on dell optiplex 330 using disk manager - Add Mirror greyed out
Trying to set up software raid (Raid 1 - drive mirroring) in the disk manager under Windows XP on a dell optiplex 330
have added a 2nd sata drive - and it shows up and is set as unallocated space - same size as the original Seagate drive (this drive was also ordered from Dell and is a Western Digital)
the option Add Mirror is greyed out when I click on disk 0 the original drive
not sure what i'm doing wrong
I notice that there is a small 63 MB area that has slanted stripes in front of the C drive that says it's FAT and it says (EISA configuration) and it says Healthy
is this why I can't set up the mirror? because of this little partition or volume or whatever it is? i know that it says to set up mirror you have ot have the system files and boot files on the same partition
any help would be greatly appreciated!
going insane trying to figure this out
Adolf Chavez
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November 4th, 2010 21:00
The 63 MB partition on C: is probably the Dell hardware diagnostics that allow you to test the hardware by pressing F12 before Windows starts to load.
Did you format the new hard drive?
Ron
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November 20th, 2010 12:00
I tried both after formatting the new drive and I tried it leaving the new disk unformated - neither works.
A Dell tech said they could tell me how to do it - but they wanted $140 for the tech support call.
I'm pretty sure it's something relatively simple that I'm missing - I've set these up before without any problems.
Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.
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November 20th, 2010 14:00
Are you sure it's possible to create a RAID1 array in XP when one drive is already in use as a non-RAID drive? - I dunno...
What BIOS setting for SATA Operation are you using? You may have to change it to RAID ON, if it's set to RAID Autodetect/AHCI.
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November 20th, 2010 14:00
Hmmm..... :emotion-7:
Sorry, but according to this, you cannot create mirrored volumes on computers that are running Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP 64-Bit Edition.
I can't vouch for the accuracy of that link, but it seems to fit with your experience.
You may have to back up your C: drive, then reformat it and start over to create a RAID1 array with the new hard drive.
Ron