Installing SATA + RAID with x64

[JAG87]

Hello,
how do I go about setting up 2 SATA drives in RAID 0 while I install Windows XP x64?

To this add that I will not have a floppy drive. I do however have a usb floppy drive from my laptop... will that work if I plug it in? If not then i might just pop in a floppy just for the installation, and then remove it.

AFAIK, I need to go into the raid setup utility, and make the array. Then when I run the Windows installation, and it asks me for RAID/SCSI drivers, do I install the sata drivers first, or do I install the RAID first? I have never installed both at once so I dont know what to do... I would like to do this once, and correctly.

Thanks to every1 in advance.

 

[JAG87]

no1 answer? bah you selfish peeps.
COMON HELPS!

 

[Brentx]

Fist you need to make the Raid (through the raid bios) then you can install windows to it. I personally have no clue if a USB floppy will work however there is another solution. Go and google nLite. Download, and then slipstream your raid drivers right into the Windows CD. It's a great tool. It is what I use.

 

[nweaver]

Originally posted by: JAG87
no1 answer? bah you selfish peeps.
COMON HELPS!

Sorry we weren't all sitting here on a saturday waiting for a post from you

 

[JAG87]

Originally posted by: nweaver

Originally posted by: JAG87
no1 answer? bah you selfish peeps.
COMON HELPS!

Sorry we weren't all sitting here on a saturday waiting for a post from you

well I see a lot of threads move up, but mine gets 1 good reply in 5 hours.

 

[nweaver]

you bumped with that a little over an hour later, and you STILL want decent responses?

 

[Blades]

For future reference.. .Search for the utility "nlite".. Nforce could be tricky if you are installing from a diff SATA adapter using a SATA DVD (ie plextor).. Had to load the Sil drivers for my mobo from floppy and slipstream hybrid NVRAID drives onto my xp64 pro cd.