Asus M4A89GTD Pro and RAID setup ?s

[Alphacowboy]

Hey guys, Its been a LONG LONG time since I have posted here, but anyway, I need some help!

Here is the details, setting up a new system and want to run a RAID setup. Problem is, I have been out of the loop on this stuff for so long I am kinda losing my mind trying to figure this out. The motherboard is a ASUS M4A89GTD and the Hard drives are WD Black Caviar 1TB. I have 2 drives. Any help on this would be appreciated, last time I did this was probably 8 years ago with IDE 133 and it was super simple, as it was all controled in the BIOS for setting up what array I wanted. I cant seem to find anything at all in the ASUS bios for this except to turn on or off RAID, other than that, no other options.

Thanks, from a now old guy that cant remember anything.... lol.

Matt

 

[Alphacowboy]

nevermind, I figured it out.... guess this stuff is just like riding a bike, you never really forget, but can be a bit tipsy your first time back in the seat. Some how I missed the RAID setup page in the manual 2 times... oh well. BTW, could they make the menus anymore confusing, its 2010 people, you think they would be more user friendly and a little more refined. Plus, I think they need to proof read their manuals a little more...

 

[xiek]

I need some help.. I have an existing system with win7 on it.. and I want to add a RAID array to it.. I found the set up in the bios.. but when I turn it on, the computer no longer boots.. how do I turn it on, but not lose my current C drive that I boot from?

 

[dawp]

I need some help.. I have an existing system with win7 on it.. and I want to add a RAID array to it.. I found the set up in the bios.. but when I turn it on, the computer no longer boots.. how do I turn it on, but not lose my current C drive that I boot from?

you can select boot order from the boot menu in BIOS. just select your current boot disk as your primary boot device.