Help needed with RAID0 configuration

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Hi all,

I need some help from all the clever chaps out there please. I have just completed assembling my new gaming rig, and would like to commence with the installation of Vista Ultimate 64bit. I have 2 off 500Gb Seagate HDD's, which I have configured as a RAID0 volume. In the BIOS menu I have set it to RAID, and in the Intel Matrix Storage menu it was also set up as a RAID0 volume. However, it shows up as 1Tb instead of 500Gb.

I initiated the Vista installation, it is AWFULLY slow, takes minutes between the first few pages (to select country, language etc) and ultimately sees a 1Tb partition for installation. I also loaded the ICH10 driver from a USB stick, but it still sees a 1Tb partition.

Surely if I selected RAID0, and having 2 off 500Gb drives installed it should yield 500Gb? And why is the Vista 64bit so slow to get going? Is this normal?

Please help me, I would love to get this machine working ASAP.

If it is needed, here are the specs:
ASUS P5Q Deluxe
Intel E8500 Core2Duo
2 x 2Gb OCZ Reaper
2 x 500Gb Seagate 32Mb 7200 rpm HDD's
Sapphire Radeon 4870X2 GPU
Vista Ultimate 64 bit

Many thanks, I really appreciate the time that people will take to respond!

Rudi
 
no, it will show 1tb.

nothing untoward there.

raid1 will show 500gb.
 
Raid 0 = Striped. I.e. Both disks used as if they were one large disk. No redundancy.
Raid 1 = Mirrored. I.e. Both disks are a copy of each other. 100% redundancy.

I think you want RAID 1 from what you're saying.
 
Techie, is the slowness of the initial stages of Vista installation normal? I have always installed Vista from images on laptops, never from scratch like this. So cannot really compare with me previous experience.
 
rudirautenbach said:
Techie, is the slowness of the initial stages of Vista installation normal? I have always installed Vista from images on laptops, never from scratch like this. So cannot really compare with me previous experience.
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I've noticed that Vista does seem to take some time at the "Unpacking files" or similar stage (I forget the exact wording), though the process seems to speed up towards the end ;)
 
Thanks guys. This forum (and its members) is great! I guess there might be some more quessies during the course of tonight, but lets hold thumbs it all goes good.

Great weekend to all of ya.

Rudi
 
I installed Vista x64 Ultimate onto my pc, using the dvd, and with my hard drives not in a raid configuration, and installation really didn't take that long. Response times between menus during set up was fine.

Anyway, I hope everything is set up now and working well. 1TB of space sounds so inviting to me, yet also strange lol. Storage space has come a long way.
 
I discovered something curious recently. The "hanging" associated with Vista installation seem te be worse, the more chipsets the motherboard has (extra Lan, IDE chipset, Firewire etc). I installed a Basic Cheapo PC with Vista the other day and the first pages loaded almost instantly, since the Motherboard doesn't even have a IDE controller, or Firewire.

My own Formula Maximus also takes ages on the first few pages
 
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