Thread: eSata in Vista
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Old 06-25-2008   #3 (permalink)
Mtek


 
 

Re: eSata in Vista

On Jun 25, 2:49*am, "DL" <address@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> As per your other group post a raid array created by one controller is
> unlikely to be compatible with a different controller
> Please dont multi post, it confuses the issue
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> > Hi,
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> > I am running Vista Home Premium. *I had been running 2 Western Digital
> > 500GB drives in RAID 0 mode. *The external enclosure was a Fantom
> > enclosure.
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> > The controller was going bad, so I bought a Xtrastor 3.5 x2 HDD
> > enclosure which supports RAID 1.
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> > Anyhow, when I hook it up via USB, it only detects an 8GB drive. *Once
> > I got it to detect it as a 75GB drive. *If I hook it up as an eSATA,
> > Vista does not see it at all......
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> > It should detect close to 500GB since the other 500GB is for the RAID
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> > I have a PB5 motherboard. *I have tried a lot of things via the cables
> > and re-booting and such, no luck. *Anyone have any suggestions?
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> > Thanks!!!
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Well, I want to just format the drives and start from
scratch........no luck so far though.....

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