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Ian Planchon · November 25th, 2008, 08:38 AM

I just went through 30 hours of setup on a raid5 system, the initialization process is over, but now the drives dont show up on the system. even under disk management they arent listed.....any ideas on how to "enable" the raid5? I would really like to get this done so I can start editing!

Jeff Harper · November 25th, 2008, 09:54 AM

If the raid was setup in the bios, then all you should need to do is make sure the controller drivers are installed within the os. If that is not working, then get a floppy disc utility and format the drives from MSDOS just to make sure.

If you are running 64 bit you might need to download the floppy software on a 32 bit machine to make the floppy. Try seagate or download Western Digital software utility.

Ian Planchon · November 25th, 2008, 10:10 AM

thanks. my brother in law is the one who setup the raid, and I am pretty sure he set it up in the bios. I will tripple check that though.

Ian Planchon · November 25th, 2008, 10:24 AM

ok, it is setup in the bios. and the drivers are all there.....it shows up in device manager, but under "volumes" all the info is blank.....

I really hope I dont need to re-do the raid, 30 hours was a long wait...

Adam Gold · November 25th, 2008, 12:47 PM

You not only need to set up the RAID array, but also set up volumes on that array. In Disk Management you should be able to right-click on the array and set up the volumes that way.

Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management. In the lower panel your array should be listed. If it's different from your system drive it could be Disk 1. Right-click in the grey area and it should give you options to create a volume.

Unless you've already done this....

Jeff Harper · November 25th, 2008, 06:13 PM

I still think he needs to re-format from a floppy. That has worked for me more than once. Redoing the Raid will not help. I can't imagine why setting up raid would take more then a few minutes....that is a mystery to me.

Ian Planchon · November 25th, 2008, 07:11 PM

ok, the raid was too large I guess. now they are two seperate drives and all works fine.

Adam Gold · November 25th, 2008, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff Harper

I can't imagine why setting up raid would take more then a few minutes....that is a mystery to me.

I have a 7 x 1TB array that takes about 22 hours to initialize or rebuild in RAID3 or 5. Other RAID levels might take different amounts of time due to the type of parity, redundancy, etc.

Jeff Harper · November 26th, 2008, 06:09 PM

Sorry, my bad. I use raid 0, didn't realize the mess involved running Raid 5. As a one man shop I could never imagine tying up my computer that long. 30 hours sounds like a bad dream.

I have a backup drive for every drive I own, but I just copy manually everthing I do as I go.

November 25th, 2008, 08:38 AM	#1
Ian Planchon Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: an Alaskan living in Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 513	raid5 I just went through 30 hours of setup on a raid5 system, the initialization process is over, but now the drives dont show up on the system. even under disk management they arent listed.....any ideas on how to "enable" the raid5? I would really like to get this done so I can start editing!

November 25th, 2008, 09:54 AM	#2
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	If the raid was setup in the bios, then all you should need to do is make sure the controller drivers are installed within the os. If that is not working, then get a floppy disc utility and format the drives from MSDOS just to make sure. If you are running 64 bit you might need to download the floppy software on a 32 bit machine to make the floppy. Try seagate or download Western Digital software utility.

November 25th, 2008, 10:10 AM	#3
Ian Planchon Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: an Alaskan living in Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 513	thanks. my brother in law is the one who setup the raid, and I am pretty sure he set it up in the bios. I will tripple check that though.

November 25th, 2008, 10:24 AM	#4
Ian Planchon Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: an Alaskan living in Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 513	ok, it is setup in the bios. and the drivers are all there.....it shows up in device manager, but under "volumes" all the info is blank..... I really hope I dont need to re-do the raid, 30 hours was a long wait...

November 25th, 2008, 12:47 PM	#5
Adam Gold Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Woodinville, WA USA Posts: 3,467	You not only need to set up the RAID array, but also set up volumes on that array. In Disk Management you should be able to right-click on the array and set up the volumes that way. Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management. In the lower panel your array should be listed. If it's different from your system drive it could be Disk 1. Right-click in the grey area and it should give you options to create a volume. Unless you've already done this....

November 25th, 2008, 06:13 PM	#6
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	I still think he needs to re-format from a floppy. That has worked for me more than once. Redoing the Raid will not help. I can't imagine why setting up raid would take more then a few minutes....that is a mystery to me.

November 25th, 2008, 07:11 PM	#7
Ian Planchon Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: an Alaskan living in Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 513	ok, the raid was too large I guess. now they are two seperate drives and all works fine.

November 26th, 2008, 06:09 PM	#9
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Sorry, my bad. I use raid 0, didn't realize the mess involved running Raid 5. As a one man shop I could never imagine tying up my computer that long. 30 hours sounds like a bad dream. I have a backup drive for every drive I own, but I just copy manually everthing I do as I go.