How to install RAID 1?

[blackrain]

I am installing RAID for the first time. I was under the impression that I could just enable RAID in the BIOS and then install windows 7. However, when I look in the BIOS, there is only an option to change between RAID and IDE under "On Chip ATA Devices". I don't see any other option to designate RAID 1 for 2 of the drives in my setup.

I also see on the MSI website, that there are drivers available but I need to use a floppy drive. Am I really going to have to use a floppy drive? I can't remember if I still even have one.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. The MSI manual is horrible with respect to information.

My set up is:

MSI 785GT-E63
AMD X2 555 BE
2x 120GB HDs


Edit: Okay, I figured it out. When I enabled RAID and rebooted there was a utility that basically looked like this:
http://livesupport.asus.com/amdraidhowto.html

I also figured out that you have to hit the space bar to select. I just left all the default options and chose RAID 1.

So next question: Windows 7 gets to a point during the installation where it asks what drive to install to. It only shows Disk 0. It does not show 2 disks. Is that because of the RAID functionality? There was also an option on the same screen to install a driver. I did not. Was I supposed to?

How will I know if windows 7 installs correctly in RAID 1?

 

[Spikesoldier]

to windows it will look like one drive, however to the RAID controller it sees both and is reading from and writing to both.

you can verify that you have a true image by yanking one drive and setting computer to being a single disk system. then simply re-add the disk and rebuild your array.