windows only recognizes one hd in raid0

svtour1

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i finally got my raid0 setup, or so i thought. when my computer boots up the promise raid detects both hard drives, but in windows it only shows one. The promise raid utility detects both hardrives also
 

AEB

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what os, and how big is the 1 hard drive it detects. you knwo what raid 0 does dont you
 

shootinyou

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Originally posted by: svtour1
i finally got my raid0 setup, or so i thought. when my computer boots up the promise raid detects both hard drives, but in windows it only shows one. The promise raid utility detects both hardrives also

Windows will only show 1 drive which is the combined capacity of your Raid 0 array, if when loading
the OS you didn't partition your array. ie: 2X 80gig HDDs in raid 0 will be reported as 1X 160gig in Windows
 

AEB

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yes thats why i asked what the size windows was showing, but i guess your method is more direct...