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eSata in Vista
  1. #1


    Mtek Guest

    eSata in Vista


    Hi,

    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.

    The controller was going bad, so I bought a Xtrastor 3.5 x2 HDD
    enclosure which supports RAID 1.

    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......

    It should detect close to 500GB since the other 500GB is for the RAID
    1.

    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?

    Thanks!!!



    John

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  2. #2


    DL Guest

    Re: eSata in Vista

    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

    "Mtek" <mtek@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:98932000-792b-4402-a463-3e3fc3d08131@xxxxxx

    >
    > Hi,
    >
    > 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.
    >
    > The controller was going bad, so I bought a Xtrastor 3.5 x2 HDD
    > enclosure which supports RAID 1.
    >
    > 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......
    >
    > It should detect close to 500GB since the other 500GB is for the RAID
    > 1.
    >
    > 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?
    >
    > Thanks!!!
    >
    > John


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  3. #3


    Mtek Guest

    Re: eSata in Vista

    On Jun 25, 2:49*am, "DL" <address@xxxxxx> wrote:

    > 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
    >
    > "Mtek" <m...@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    >
    > news:98932000-792b-4402-a463-3e3fc3d08131@xxxxxx
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >

    > > Hi,
    >

    > > 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.
    >

    > > The controller was going bad, so I bought a Xtrastor 3.5 x2 HDD
    > > enclosure which supports RAID 1.
    >

    > > 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......
    >

    > > It should detect close to 500GB since the other 500GB is for the RAID
    > > 1.
    >

    > > 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?
    >

    > > Thanks!!!
    >

    > > John- Hide quoted text -
    >
    > - Show quoted text -
    Well, I want to just format the drives and start from
    scratch........no luck so far though.....


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