RAID problem

[WCAS]

My computer isn't exactly high end but i figured this was the right place for a question about RAID

I purchased two Seagate hard drives from new egg last week and I finally got them in yesterday but when I tried to install them in raid but it seems that my floppy drive was broke.

Well I tried several other floppies and I can only guess that its a problem with my mother board. The floppy drives don't even flicker though when I install them. I tested them in other computers so i know they work.

Is there any way I can install Windows XP on raid 0 with something other than a floppy?

Athlon 2600 xp
Albatron kx18ds pro
2x Seagate Barracudas 7200.10
1gb pc3200

 

[saltynay]

you can do software raid quite easily without a floppy but you don't get all the benefits of hardware raid

what raid configuration are you looking for?
why are you going raid?
does you motherboard support hardware raid?

 

[WCAS]

I want to go for RAID 0 for performance

I play a lot of RTS games so load up times can be killer (especially on my old 5200 rpm Maxtor drive i was using). I also enjoy learning new things.

And yep my mobo sure does support it.

I got everything ready for it except installing my operating system but I cant get the drivers off of the floppy.

Is the performance between soft and hardware raid very different?

Thanks for the reply.

 

[saltynay]

software raid combines the disks and is very simple whilst hardware combines the disks and makes the speed increase but it takes a bit more time going through menu's

you should have an option in the bios have you got your motherboard manual there should be a section about adding new hdd's and then how to configure them which normally includes raid.

 

[WCAS]

yea I've done all that but xp doesn't recognize disks in RAID from what I've read.
With out the drivers from the floppy that is.

 

[WCAS]

Bleh, I found what was wrong with my floppy drive. when you talked about the bios I got to thinking. I realized that the floppy might have been turned off in the bios and it was.

Sorry to waste your time with such a nooby mistake salty. Thanks for all the help none the less.

 

[saltynay]

no problem unlike normal tech support where you have to drag a fat technician out and book an appointment 3 days before I am just sitting in my garden sunbathing and chatting on msn lol

 

[joshd]

Bleh, I found what was wrong with my floppy drive. when you talked about the bios I got to thinking. I realized that the floppy might have been turned off in the bios and it was.

Sorry to waste your time with such a nooby mistake salty. Thanks for all the help none the less.

nice. enjoy your raid0, I definatly noticed a difference in loading times for games.

 

[Sora]

Yea RAID 0 is nice and I will have the money soon to RAID 0 my drives but I don't know if I want to wipe my current HDD heh but we will see.

 

[WCAS]

Thanks for the good wishes and help.

I can always rely on this forum for help.