I don't think my RAID is working properly. In Windows, my two 74gig raptors show up as 138gigs, but it says that the drive has about 76 gigs full, when in reality, it is only 6 or so. That means one of the drives is not activated, right?
In the BIOS, where it shows the drives, I have it set to IDE. RAID is another option, but it is not selected. When I select it and boot, it takes me to the Intel Storage Matrix RAID utility.
In this utility, it says tha the RAID volume is "failed" and not functioning. I have a third backup hard drive as well, along with the two raptors. It says the raid is not bootable, though.
My question is: It gives me the option to create a raid volume, and says the size will be 138gigs- the two raptors. Is this what I want to do? Will it boot normally and leave my backup drive alone without deletion? I guess I will then have to reformat windows, since the RAID creation says it deletes what is on the drive.
Is it safe to select that option to create a RAID volume? Or will I end up messing things up?
In the BIOS, where it shows the drives, I have it set to IDE. RAID is another option, but it is not selected. When I select it and boot, it takes me to the Intel Storage Matrix RAID utility.
In this utility, it says tha the RAID volume is "failed" and not functioning. I have a third backup hard drive as well, along with the two raptors. It says the raid is not bootable, though.
My question is: It gives me the option to create a raid volume, and says the size will be 138gigs- the two raptors. Is this what I want to do? Will it boot normally and leave my backup drive alone without deletion? I guess I will then have to reformat windows, since the RAID creation says it deletes what is on the drive.
Is it safe to select that option to create a RAID volume? Or will I end up messing things up?
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