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I am trying to load xp pro on a giga-byte ga-7n400 pro2 v2 (nforce2) raid 0 with 2 WD 75G rapter drives. I load the SCSI driver (f6 as xp install starts), it reads the disk, loads the driver, formats with ntfs, copies files, reboots then gets "error loading operating system". BIOS is set correctly, RAID striping is set correctly, the array is created correctly. Strange thing is when XP is ready to format drives at the beginning of install, it sees the raid array but also shows both disks as C & D. Shouldn't it see it as just C? Anyone have any ideas how to fix?

You may have already been told this, but I'll say it anyway. If this is a single user system you will get no real performance increase from using RAID-0. It is only a benefit when used on a system that will be sending data through several concurrent connections (i.e. a file or application server). Plus, you are more than twice as likely to experience a hard drive crash which will cause you to lose ALL the data on both sides.
Now that I've gotten that out of the way, if you still really want to go down that path then...
Have you created the RAID array prior to trying to install Windows? If Windows sees two drives then there is no RAID array. Windows would only see one drive. If you are using a native Raid controller there should be options in the BIOS to create the array. If not, then there should be a subsequent BIOS option for the alternative RAID controller.
Michael J

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