Why can’t I see my new HDD?

[Zer0Cool]

As some of u know, the other day I assembled my new pc.

I have 3 HDD there (WS640AAKS) 2 of them I managed to set up for raid 0. I also have a dual boot on my pc (xp & vista) When I load Vista and go to “My Computer” I see 2 HDD there. One is my main (Raid 0 Vista OS), then there is another one, same hdd’s but just different partisan for XP, but what about my 3rd one? I guess the reason its not there is because I need to partisan it? Can I do it true the OS? or do I need to boot from OS CD to do it?

EDIT

If I made this hard to understand here is what it is

hard drive 1 \__ Raid 0, Vista & XP (Dual Boot)
hard drive 2 /
hard drive 3 --- Cant see

Thanks

[xtremezx2]

Ok you have 3 hard drives.

hard drive 1 \__ Raid 0, Vista
hard drive 2 /
hard drive 3 --- non-Raid, XP

This amounts to 2 logical drives that will display in you OS. You will see drive 1 and 2 as one logical drive due to the raid array.

[Zer0Cool]

Originally Posted by xtremezx2

Ok you have 3 hard drives.

hard drive 1 \__ Raid 0, Vista
hard drive 2 /
hard drive 3 --- non-Raid, XP

This amounts to 2 logical drives that will display in you OS. You will see drive 1 and 2 as one logical drive due to the raid array.

I'm sorry if i gat you confuzed. Its like this;

hard drive 1 \__ Raid 0, Vista & XP (Dual Boot)
hard drive 2 /
hard drive 3 --- (Cant see)

[xtremezx2]

Ahhh, ok. Does it show up in the BIOS at all? Does it show in device manager (you should have 2 drives, the raid array and another)?? If your in disk management does it show anything as unpartitioned space?

[Zer0Cool]

It does show it in bios. Dont know about the device manager. I have 2 drivers shwoing in "My Computer" but its the same HDD, because its broken into 2 partisans. Wheer is my "disk management"? lol

[dude_se]

control panel>administrative tools>disk management.
may just be unpartitioned space

[Zer0Cool]

Originally Posted by dude_se

control panel>administrative tools>disk management.
may just be unpartitioned space

Thanks.

I will check it when I get home, but if its there and just unpartitioned, can I just particen it right there?

[dude_se]

yea. its pretty crappy but will work. something like partition magic has a lot more options.

[Zer0Cool]

Originally Posted by dude_se

yea. its pretty crappy but will work. something like partition magic has a lot more options.

Well I mean I need is just to make it work at full 100% capability, im not trying to do anyting else 2 it. Will the "disk management" be sufficent for that?
By the way is partition magic free?

Thanks

[xtremezx2]

Disk management should be plenty sufficient for that. Partition magic would be overkill to get for such a simple action. I only go that route for changing partition sizes and stuff like that.
Partition magic is not free.

[Zer0Cool]

great thanks

+1 to both of u

[dude_se]

thanks
partition magic is only free illegally or theres a trial.
its just a handy app, but yea disk management is fine ^
make sure you choose ntfs aswell

[Zer0Cool]

Originally Posted by dude_se

thanks
partition magic is only free illegally or theres a trial.
its just a handy app, but yea disk management is fine ^
make sure you choose ntfs aswell

NTFS gat it. Anything else I need to know? I'm about to go home.

[Remeniz]

Yea pretty much as above.

Start>>My Computer>>

Right Click>>Manage>>Storage>>Disk Management(Local)

All your drives should be there. You just will need to partition them here. The HD's in Black are the ones you need to focus on.

[Zer0Cool]

Well im finally home.

What should I select for the "Allocate unit size"? I have;

Default, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16k, 32k, 64k

[lhuser]

Leave Default.