I have installed two Western Digital Raptor 36GB drives on a test machine. They are connected via Serial ATA cables to an Intel 875PBZ motherboard. Intel RAID is enabled. I have setup a RAID 0 array with 128Kb stripe.
Basically, I go through this sequence:
a) XP boots off the CD drive
b) I press F6 to specify third-party storage drivers
c) XP installs a few files
d) XP asks for the storage drivers, I insert the Intel RAID driver disk
e) I then specify an 8GB drive to install XP on (out of the total of 67GBs available)
f) XP formats the disk, then installs its files
g) XP then wants to reboot
At this point I'm having the trouble. Once the system reboots, the Intel RAID information screen shows then the regular BIOS information is shown, then (without the XP CD in the drive), I get:
"A disk read error has occurred
Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to restart"
?! I'm baffled.
If I destroy the array and go into the BIOS then specify the IDE type as Legacy (instead of Enhanced, then select SATA P0/P1 + PATA Primary (instead of "Intel RAID enabled"), XP will successfully install fine, on the single drive of course.
So installing XP with RAID setup, fails to boot. Installing XP on a single drive, works. This exact same setup worked fine with two Seagate Serial ATA 120GB drives I used to have. So the only difference is the drives, but what in the drives would stop RAID array from working/booting?
I've tried the WD LifeGuard tools and both drives check out fine with no errors. I've tried XP's FIXBOOT and FIXMBR recovery console tools to try and get the array to boot, still no luck. I called WD, they blame Intel (board maker). I paid $25 and called Intel, they have no idea what the problem is.
Any ideas?
Basically, I go through this sequence:
a) XP boots off the CD drive
b) I press F6 to specify third-party storage drivers
c) XP installs a few files
d) XP asks for the storage drivers, I insert the Intel RAID driver disk
e) I then specify an 8GB drive to install XP on (out of the total of 67GBs available)
f) XP formats the disk, then installs its files
g) XP then wants to reboot
At this point I'm having the trouble. Once the system reboots, the Intel RAID information screen shows then the regular BIOS information is shown, then (without the XP CD in the drive), I get:
"A disk read error has occurred
Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to restart"
?! I'm baffled.
If I destroy the array and go into the BIOS then specify the IDE type as Legacy (instead of Enhanced, then select SATA P0/P1 + PATA Primary (instead of "Intel RAID enabled"), XP will successfully install fine, on the single drive of course.
So installing XP with RAID setup, fails to boot. Installing XP on a single drive, works. This exact same setup worked fine with two Seagate Serial ATA 120GB drives I used to have. So the only difference is the drives, but what in the drives would stop RAID array from working/booting?
I've tried the WD LifeGuard tools and both drives check out fine with no errors. I've tried XP's FIXBOOT and FIXMBR recovery console tools to try and get the array to boot, still no luck. I called WD, they blame Intel (board maker). I paid $25 and called Intel, they have no idea what the problem is.
Any ideas?