Windows XP doesn't see my RAID array (1 Viewer)

[JasenP]

I recently installed the Soyo Dragon Ultra with the Highpoint RAID adapter and Windows is not seeing the RAID array.

The OS is on IDE 1 and the HD's for the RAID are on IDE 3 & 4. I configured and created a RAID-0 array using the supplied Higyhpoint configuration software after installing the newest drivers and the RAID controller shows up in my hardware list and is working, but still no love from XP.

Is there something I need to do in Windows to make it show?

I am using the newest Soyo BIOS and RAID has been enabled. I can't think of anything else to do.

 

[Wayne Bundrick]

The array is created but has it been partitioned and formatted?

 

[JasenP]

Yes it's true, I am a moron.

Wayne, thanks for the response. I figured it out last night. I am a RAID novice and I thought the array WAS the format since it warned me that all the data would be deleted. I formatted using Windows disk manager and it works great now.