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January 18th, 2010 01:00
Disabling RAID
I have a Dimension 9200. I want to disable RAID because of how faulty it is. My hard drive just died last night and I am using an old replacement one from another computer. I want to know how to disable the RAID0 set up so that this won't happen again with my new hard drive. I tried changing it in the system BIOS to "Automatic / ATA," but then I can't boot up from CD or hard drive. Is there something special I need to do?
With "Automatic / ATA" enabled, It will go straight to XP and then get a blue screen of death. Even if I put in an installation CD, it won't get detected and it will try to boot XP and give me an error.
With "Raid On" enabled, I am able to boot from CD and I am able to boot straight to XP without a problem.
How should I disable RAID0? Or is it even possible for my set up? I know in the system BIOS, it says something like BIOS RAID set up. I don't know if this has to do with it, or what I will have to do to fix it. I would like to eventually switch to Windows 7, and would like to have a more stable system compared to the RAID set up. I also believe this is the main problem why I can't install Vista since Vista is always giving me the 0x80070017 error, and I don't have the RAID driver files either (not that I want RAID set up).
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.
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tnagisa00
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January 18th, 2010 01:00
I have also tried accessing the "Intel® Matrix Storage Manager" by holding Ctrl and tapping i, but I can't get to it. It just boots straight to XP... Any suggestions?
shesagordie
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January 18th, 2010 13:00
tnagisa00
The only method of breaking an array, I know of, is the following:
Boot the system, press CTRL+I [ i ] when indicated to enter the RAID BIOS setup, select Delete Raid Volume and set the drives to a non-RAID configuration.
As you have RAID 0, you will loose all data on both drives and need to reinstall windows.
Before reinstalling XP and you are planning on not using RAID, go into your system setup (F2) and set the SATA Operation to RAID Autodetect/ATA.
This basically disables RAID so you can install XP without the SATA RAID drivers.
Bev.
tnagisa00
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January 20th, 2010 07:00
I have tried this method, but I can't seem to access the RAID BIOS set up using the indicated command. I wonder if something is wrong with that...
I thought my system wasn't set up for RAID0, but I can't boot into CD when I have it set as RAID Autodetect/ATA.
jackshack
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January 20th, 2010 10:00
Having the SATA controller set to RAID On does not mean you have a RAID. This setting only enables the capability. If you had two drives plugged into properly enabled ports, usually SATA 0 and SATA 1, you would be able to get to the RAID BIOS to set up an array. With a single drive you don't get the option.
If you still have the Intel Matrix Storage Manager application on your computer, you can use All Programs from the Start menu to find and open it. This will allow you to see how your drive is set up. You seem to be able to use your computer now, so I would imagine you would see one drive listed as a Non Member drive. If so, you're fine, and you can just leave it that way.
tnagisa00
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January 21st, 2010 21:00
Thank you for your reply. Perhaps you are right about this one. I will have to look into it once I order a new hard drive and some SATA cables.
My original hard drive that came with my Dell died. I am actually using a hard drive from an older machine.