Help with sata raid please anyone?

[vozzle]

i have bought a custom built pc. this is my first time with a pc where i need to start from scartch. it took me forever to figure out why windows would stop at setup saying my hard disc drives werent detected - i need the drivers. i have been looking everywhere trying to find the one for my mobo, but i cant.

specs:

asus m2n mobo
amd x2 5600+
4gb ram
asus radeon x6500pro 256MB
250 GB SATA HDD UDMA 300 7200 8MB
250 GB SATA HDD UDMA 300 7200 8MB


^ yup got 2 hard drives in hopes of figuring out how to raid0 , as told on a different forum. so i need help with the drivers, if any1 could tell me what files i need to put onto a cd/floppy.

also can i pull this off if my new pc has 1 dvd rom, with no floppy drives?
i could try to put in the floppy from my old pc, but just wondering if its possible.
i have spent over 2 frustraing days with this issue, im really on the edge atm, hopefully someone will help out

thank you in advance.

 

[kwspony]

I think the only way to use a DVD drive is to slipstream the OS on a DVD with the drivers. I haven't done it myself. When I built my first PC I installed a floppy and I am thankful I did just for this reason.

 

[CCT]

Best info I could find for you - use at your own risk:

http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/vis...299.html?sid=a1c81053a03f1d8105500dfd10ae7215

 

[vozzle]

so i cant use xp, because thats the operating system i have. aalso how could i slipstream, do i just put the drivers together on the same cd as the OS, and it would work. i dont know where to get drivers for xp one

 

[CCT]

A good tutorial:

http://www.short-media.com/articles/slipstreaming_windows_easy

 

[vozzle]

okay, so do i add the whole nvidia install to the cd, or do i need to break it up somehow?

i dont know which files to add, this is so conusing, i cant find any good help anywhere

 

[CCT]

If you are having trouble following that last guide, then get the user's guide from Asus (enter 'motherboard', 'socket Am2', and whatever M2N board you have):

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

then buy a floppy drive.

 

[TC Machine]

Are you sure you need drivers for the Hard Drives? What I found when I had a brand-new HD was there was no partition. Super Fdisk creates a bootable disk so you can create the partitions, but you will have to install on another computer. Don't know if that helps...

 

[raybay]

This will help you ID components.

http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php