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RAID controlers
Xiong Chiamiov:
I'm pretty sure that the card you bought doesn't have hardware raid, because those are much more expensive. So then, your OS should be able to see separate drives.
kureshii:
Mmm? Install IDE controller drivers, plug in hard drives, configure them the usual way?
also if the PC does detect them as separate hard drives, no way around it? to just tell it "yo! use it as is!"
No way around what? If they are separate drives, they should be detected as separate drives if the controller is set up properly, shouldn't it?
And I'd suggest you not use any of those options until you know what they are (i.e. google time again...)
GoGeTa006:
I actually bought those IDE-to-SATA adaptors, bought 5 only 2 worked for a couple of months. and they use an aditional power cord.
kureshii:
Wait, why're we talking about IDE-SATA adapters? I mean install drivers for the IDE controller you're using (which seems to be the JMB363 chip, if the ebay description is to be trusted; no comment on JMicron's chips here since that would be counterproductive). 7/Vista should be able to do this for you, and chances are it's already done so for you (since the disks are already detected in Device Manager).
So, once again, what do you want to do with those 2 detected hard drives? You're confusing the hell out of us...
Maybe Windows 7 Help can help. You probably want a simple disk.
kostya:
--- Quote from: GoGeTa006 on December 13, 2009, 06:35:10 PM ---Also after the the bios theres a "raid controler setup" and I wen there and theres a "create a raid drive" (i dont know wtf that is)
but anyways I created 1 163 GB drive out of the 2 hard drives (160 + 80 GB) I dont know why it wont let me create 2 raid drives or whatever.
--- End quote ---
This is probably where you messed up. Undo what you did in that step and see if you can see the drives in either your BIOS or Windows.
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