Vista - Raid to Non-Raid

I just installed Vista Ultimate (64-Bit) on my Qosmio G35-AV660. Problem is this, it is now seeing both my HDDs as one in a "Logical Drive 0" and "RAID-0" array. Instead of 2-120gb drives I now have one 214gb drive. I want to return to separate HDDs "C" "D" w/out RAID.

I have tried booting from the Vista installation disc, and when it asks for raid driver, I install and it still only shows the "one" drive and not separate drives.

I also went into the bios screen at start up and it shows the separate drives with same RAID array, and wasn't able to change it. I tried the changes available, but it continues to reset itself and boot normally. I understand I will need to reinstall the os after RAID is removed

If I remove the second drive while doing a clean install, will it force it back to non raid, and then I can reinstall the second drive after the new install? Or is there a better way?

there should be a key or key combo to press during boot to access raid settings (mine is ctrl+F10).
look in your bios for a "silent boot" setting and disable it temporarily, so you will see all the boot screens when the computer starts.

I can get to all the boot menus, "esc" for 3 seconds, then F1.. I change the raids from 2RAID-0 to 1Raid-0 or the other option I forget now, but it always reboots to the original array..

I've decided to reload the original boot disc from Toshiba. This will revert me back to XP. I Think I can change the RAID with the Toshiba RAID utility.. I'll then try reinstalling Vista from there..

there should be an option to remove the disks from the raid array.

If there is, I can't find it..

This is in the users guide.

"Once you have selected either RAID 0 or RAID 1, changing the RAID type at a later time will require re-imaging your hard drive to the factory image"

Guess that answers that!

Thank you for your help