Reloading RAID Drivers - Upgrade 2 GB RAM
Feb 15, 2008
I have a Dell XPS Gen 2 computer (3.2 GHz P4) in which I was running a striped RAID array (2x250). It had worked fine for about a year, when one of the drives failed (the original that came with the computer) so I thought it would be a good time to upgrade and change configuration, so I installed 2 new Western Digital SATA drives (500 GB). The computer recognized the drives and let me create a mirrored array, so I started reloading Windows. When I got to the F6 part I put in the floppy disk with the RAID drivers and now I keep getting this error messag The only other thing I've done to the computer recently was upgrade from 2 GB of RAM to 4 GB, but everything was working for at least a month before this happened so I assume it's unrelated.
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Mar 13, 2008
While I wait to see if I get an answer on how I can fix my current problem, thought i would check on how I might completely relaod computer, just in case I don't get a fix. I have a HP Pavilion P3, it originally came with Windows ME, at a later date i installed an upgrade to Windows XP Home Edition. I have the original 3 disks (2 ea system recovery, and 1 application recovery), I also have the original XP Home upgrade disk with product key. I have already tried this once but it would not work-- I inserted disk 1 (hp system recovery) and booted the computer, after only a second or two the screen went blue and informed me the hard drive could not be found. I thought maybe it was because I was not using ME, so I installed the upgrade disk and booted. It began doing its thing then after loading several files it informed me of a windows error and it shut down windows.
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Dec 3, 2006
My computer came preinstalled with a whole bunch of HP garbage I didn't want.. So I bought a copy of WINxp pro and tried to install.. Upon doing this It couldn't read my hard drive, which I later determined was due to the fact it is a SATA hard drive and the XP install cd doesnt have the drivers for it. Solution was, I changed a setting in my computer's BIOS to change the raid mode to IDE instead of SATA, then the install proccess went fine. Problem is now I have to keep it at IDE, and if I turn it back to SATA the computer retstarts after the Starting Windows screen with the Windows icon, I assume this is due to the fact that Windows didn't bother installing any SATA drivers since I installed in IDE mode... Could somone please point me in the right direction as to what I need to install/configure to allow WIN to boot up with my BIOS using SATA mode?
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Dec 28, 2008
I'm planning a reformat and clean install of XP Pro in the next few days. (Intel dual core with 4 GB RAM.)The OS has been living on C drive which is a Raid 0 setup consisting of two 250 drives operating as one 500.I also have a third drive (500GB) running as D drive (I do a lot of digital photography The Plan: To replace one of the 250's with a 500 so I'll have one 250 and two 500's.
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Jan 30, 2010
i have 2 western digital 80gb on raid0. on this array i have installed windows 7 and now i want to install windows xp on another partition.the problem is that windows xp setup won't recognize my array even with the original raid driver floppy-disk. i created even an nLite customized xp with those drivers installed and it doesn't work.
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Jan 25, 2007
I just build a computer and tonight i installed XP Pro SP2 on it. I updated all my drivers. Haven't downloaded anything.The OS seems very sluggish. i.e. screen locking up. clicking on START button and having a 3-4 sec delay before it comes up.
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May 25, 2006
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Jun 7, 2010
I have a Gateway ML6720 notebook that came with Vista (processor: Intel Dual-Core Mobile Processor T2310 1.46 GHz and memory: 1024 MB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2 512) Operates at 533 MHz). This laptop does not come with a floppy nor do I have a usb floppy! I would like to "UPGRADE" to win XP Home but the hard drive isn't seen because it's missing the xp sata drivers. I already went to gateways driver site and downloaded the 32bit sata/ mass storage controller, the chipset wich supports XP and the Sigma Tel Audio Driver. I am going to use "nlite" to slipstream the drivers into the XP install disk but have a few questions because I have never done this. First, do I need to insert all drivers into the xp install or just the sata/ mass controller? And If anyone has ever done this could I get you to walk me through it?
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Jul 21, 2005
I've backed myself into a corner, now I need to pick your brains to get out of it.
OS is XP Home sp2. Stopped booting,with error message about missing files,e.g.windowssystem32cp_437.nls.
Repair did not work, so I ended up reinstalling XP, but in another folder, as I didn't want to lose settings etc.
In "windows2", when I try to enter My Docs., etc on "windows1" it says
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Aug 10, 2007
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Aug 27, 2006
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Mar 9, 2007
Had to format my hd, XP home edition was preloaded, only have a reload disc which does not sem to reload!I have the serial number for the XP which was loaded originally.What can I do? I tried to load XP pro from a system disk, it goes so far then stops.
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Feb 13, 2007
The computer suddenly turns off - when I reload it I get the disc check routing kick in - sometimes there are some 'truncated file' messages - sometimes not.I've checked for viruses and full 'disc check' with no problems.I would say that there is no predictability to this happening - at least that's what I thought - but it happens 'solid as a rock' when I try to defragment my C drive.
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Mar 14, 2009
I am trying to reload XP on a sony Vaio machine. First off, when it comes up with 'press any key to boot to CD' nothing works. I have done searches on this and have tried both PS2 and usb keyboards. I have also tried to access bios but nothing loads it.I have tried esc, tab, del, f1-f12 and no matter what, windows continues to load. I know the keyboard works because once windows loads, I can type. So this is an issue with the usb keyboard and bios I assume but I cannot get to bios to enable the usb support.
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Jul 26, 2008
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Oct 9, 2010
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Nov 28, 2005
Ive been getting alot of help with this RAID stuff and RAID 0 is looking to be my best choice. Heres the thing: I got a new Hard drive thats the same size as the first 2 I got. I have the option on my motherboard to RAID but I have hit a wall on what the RAID will do. If I were to put this HD on a RAID would it be its own drive still with the RAID structure or if I were to put it on there with another HD would both be made into 1 HD? I just have the other 2 on a simple SATA connection with no raid and its working good. I just would like to speed it up a little more mainly as I do most of my backups on DVDs. Would it be wiser to just skip the RAID since im doin backups on DVDs or would the RAID be a good option?
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Sep 9, 2007
I have been trying to install a RAID setup and I can't get past the windows installation. I have set up the BIOS correctly and I've tried using 2 different RAID floppys and still won't setup. I start the windows installation and at the F6 prompt I press the F6, when it asks for the drivers I press S and first load the Nvidia RAID driver and then again I load the Nvidia storage driver as per instructions and the installation goes until it starts the windows set up and stops right there. If I only load the Nvidia Raid driver then the set will start. The second floppy I tried using was for SATARAID floppy. Same result If I load the Nvidia SATA storage driver then It stops at Windows installation setup. I have tried installing a bootable setup and a nonbootable with no luck.
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May 25, 2008
Bought a Toshiba laptop. Low end w/Vista 32 premium. Upgraded memory to 2G and bought (received new HDD). Planning on installing XP on new HDD. Best Buy rep said no problem can install XP SP2 with out loading F6 drivers since it is not using Raid. Thought he was wrong, but tried it any way (Slipsteamed SP2 on XP) WRONG. My question is does SP 3 include support or SATA AHCI, or will I still need to find the F6 Driver. Could not locate on Toshiba Website. (Note - Their Tech support is like asking Homer Simpson and getting a reply like - DUH) Anyway the laptop is a Toshiba A205-S5804 (My cost at BB was only $368). Chipset is Intell M965) and Mainboard is a Intel Santa Rosa CRB.
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Jan 22, 2008
I deleted the raid driver from a computer I built about 4 years ago and have since given to my parents. They said that startup was taking too long and I agreed with them. It was taking way too long for windows to boot up. I started with spyware/virus scans then defrag these seemed to help some but not as much as I hoped. So I decided to try deleting some of the start up programs. The raid driver came with the MOBO and loaded in XP on start up. I only have one SATA drive and two IDE drives and was not running a raid array. The SATA hard disk is/was the C: drive with the operating system. I disabled the raid by exiting the program with the taskbar icon by the clock. That seemed to have no affect on the system so I deleted it with add/remove programs. Now XP won't boot on the SATA drive. The Bios recognizes the SATA drive on booting up (I can see the drive on the bios screen) and then Xp logo may or may not briefly show on the screen then the computer reboots again and I get the windows screen saying there was a problem do I want to try safe mode ect. last known configuration that worked or boot normally. All those options send me into the same endless boot loop/cycle.
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Nov 18, 2006
me how much memory i can install on my pc and also what size sticks i should buy
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 1 (build 2600) Compaq Presario 5405EA 470032-640 MODEL1
System Serial Number: 4D23KQNTB02G
Enclosure Type: Mini-Tower
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.40 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Compaq 073Ch
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Dec 2, 2008
I have a 3 year old Dell 4700 with XP Pro. I want to reload XP using the XP instalation disk I have. Anyone give me a step by step? I have all the files I want to keep on an external hard draive.
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Dec 17, 2005
I just finished preparing my slipstreamed windows XP setup disc with the SATA drivers already on it for my nForce 4 SATA RAID setup. It will detect the drives, just fine, but displays each one as though there were no array. I've already set up the RAID array in the bios, and it detects it as a single 500gb striped RAID-0 array.Windows is asking me to install on either one drive or the other, as though there were no RAID-0 array. If this is what usually happens, would I just point windows to install to one of the drives and the BIOS will take care of the rest? Or is something else not quite right here?
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Aug 8, 2005
I have a Home Theater PC (XP Pro with SP2) that I have been using for a few months. I recently decided to mirror the O/S drive since this machine was very valuable to me. I bought a RocketRaid 454 controller
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Oct 4, 2008
I am trying to install winXP Pro I set the system's bios to read the CD first.
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Aug 3, 2005
I have been using a "Raidmax RD-350W" power supply with a 20-pin connector to the motherboard. When i bought a new power supply it had a 24-pin connector to the motherboard. Here are a few questions since I know nothing about PSs. 1. Is there a designation (besides just manufacture preference) between 20 & 24-pin connectors to the motherboard (i.e. Pentium vs. AMD.I use AMD)? 2. Can I just buy a connector from the 24-pin connector from the PS to the 20-pin connector on my motherboard and not adversely affect my computer's power.
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Feb 9, 2008
I am trying to get files off of a computer that has an IDE raid setup.The IDE Raid is on the motherboard and I have all the drivers. Win XP is installed but will not boot.I have tried many of the MS fixes that deal with XP stopping during the boot up. Frankly I do not care about getting XP to run again on this system, but I do need some files as the owners did not back up their files.I used the XP CD to boot up the computer, F6 to enable raid and gained access to the hard drive.I installed a second IDE drive in the computer to transfer the files to. Everything seemed fine. I could see both drives, look at any directory and so on. However, I was not allowed access to copy any files, make any directories, etc. Just to get to the raid drive in the first place I had to enter the admin, so shouldn't I have had permission on both drives? I also wanted to try just booting to a command prompt, but had no access to the raid drive that way.I tried UBCD Win XP to no avail for the same reason, no drivers for the raid so it just wasn't there.
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Aug 14, 2005
New machine (Dell) with 3 160gb "non raided" hard drives about to be delivered. Old machines system disk (Windows XPPro and apps) has about 15gb used. (C drive) Seems that on the new computer it would be a good idea if my system (boot) disc (C drive partition?) had an exact copy made at the same time (mirrored?) onto a (seperate partition?) on one of the other drives (say E drive) so that if the C drive goes down I can press a magic switch and everything is restored from E drive without having to reload Windows (XPPRO)
and all the apps. Totally confused with RAID and Mirroring and things like Ghost and Drive Image. Should I get back to Dell and ask for some sort of RAID - or other advice gratefully received.
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Jun 24, 2005
Got a question conserning the boot files on my windows XP Pro,Raid setup.There are no boot files on the C: of my raid o setup.I just created this setup , I have 2 80 gig drives and partitioned them to C: & D: ,The boot files apear on my D: ,(Raid storage drive).Is this normal ? Why does windows put the boot files on D:, does this always happen in a raid setup?
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Dec 18, 2008
I am trying to do what so many others prefer...install XP on a new notebook with Vista. I have had some problems thanks to the SATA controller driver. Even the bios has no option to turn the off the controller which has worked for me. So I slipstreamed the driver that seemed to be the one (read on another site) and started the install. Got to where the install asks to specify the RAID type/brand. I select what I think is the one (HP) and then a screen comes up which reads "please insert Windows XP Professional Setup Disk #4 into your CD ROM drive and press Enter when ready". I know of floppy number four, but this is asking for CD number four?
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Aug 18, 2009
I was trying to repair a corrupt windowssystem32configsystem file using the recovery console - that did not work. Now, when I use the recovery console I am asked for an administrator password, which of course I do not know. A further complication is that the machine is configured with RAID (striped disks using Intel Matrix), so booting from any kind of recovery disk requires further drivers to be loaded. The ERD password reset tool I am using (not sure of the name but it is Linux based, and free) seems to allow support for RAID, but I can not get it to work (NTFS signature missing). I have tried 'fetching' the drivers from a floppy, but that does not seem to help. So where can I go from here? Are there any other password recovery tools that definitely support Intel Matrix Raid?
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