SATA troubles, need to fix this yesterday, please help!

[ATilaptops]

I have 2 300GB Maxtor10's. Meant for a RAID1 array. WinXP found one and I formatted and installed XP Pro on it. Then I realized that I had forgot to plug one in and that was why i couldn't see it *slaps self*. Anyway I plugged it in and created my RAID1 but it deleted all my data on the disks and to make matters better WXP couldn't see the array. I set them back to single disk...can't find. I tried the SATA driver floppy and ut just shows error messages. What the **** is up here? Anyone have any ideas?

best part...after I fix this I have to get the frickin speakers to work...anyone have experience with creative 5.1's? do you have to unsheath the wires for the reaer speakers? they are effed up...

I am dying here guys...and out of idea, please help me out!

 

[airfoil]

Did you load the RAID drivers from a floppy during XP setup by hitting F6?

 

[ATilaptops]

Yup...I get an error message where can I get a new disk or drivers?

 

[ATilaptops]

UPDATE: I made the array, then swtiched SATA to IDE in BIOS and now it sees the drives, and they SHOULD be in RAID1...so I am paritioning one of them, which should copy to the other, yes? Help me out here guys! What do I need to do?

 

[lansalot]

If they are really in RAID1, then you are past the point of "which one will copy to the other". That process is either already happening or has finished.

You will be working on the new logical device - the one you F6 your drivers in for. The two individual disks are no longer visible to the OS - if you have done it correctly.